‘Why 60 Minutes aired photos of lynchings’

[Dick Whitman]

Gut-wrenching report on last night's episode re: a memorial opening this month related to lynchings across America.

Oprah hosted the segment and, yes, the photos were 100 percent necessary.

Why 60 Minutes aired photos of lynchings in report by Oprah

 

[Slacker]

Wow. Not a good look for the SEC crowd. ... Gut-wrenching, actually.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Just speculation, of course, but I have little doubt that a significant number of Americans would enthusiastically support the return of mob lynchings of accused/convicted criminals. Social media, in particular, has revealed an ugly lack of empathy for anyone who ever screwed up.

 

[Azrael]

But the phrase "white supremacy" makes people uncomfortable.

 

[doctorquant]

But the phrase "white supremacy" makes people uncomfortable.

Uh huh ... that's the issue.

 

[Azrael]

A long history of this kind of violence against a specific group of Americans just might entitle that group of Americans to their own definition of the phrase.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

Very fine people on both ends of the rope.

 

[Dick Whitman]

But the phrase "white supremacy" makes people uncomfortable.

I'm pretty comfortable applying it here.

 

[doctorquant]

A long history of this kind of violence against a specific group of Americans just might entitle that group of Americans to their own definition of the phrase.

Especially if that allows another specific group of Americans — ponderous white dullards of privilege — to preen in their own righteousness.

 

[Azrael]

hmmmmmm

 

[Alma]

Just speculation, of course, but I have little doubt that a significant number of Americans would enthusiastically support the return of mob lynchings of accused/convicted criminals. Social media, in particular, has revealed an ugly lack of empathy for anyone who ever screwed up.

Sure. The Parkland shooter? Absolutely.

 

[BTExpress]

Yeah, him, and the guy who killed Cecil the lion, and the woman who gave a middle finger at Arlington National Cemetery, and . . .