There used to be a tradition in Washington DC, where a man was tarred and feathered

[yuiyoshida]

No one deserves it as much as Trump and Mitch MCconnell....

what say ye Democrats? (interesting the guy is wearing a 45 on his cap)

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	dumb idea, but I like it.
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	Let real Justice prevail!
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[Javaman]

1. you also realize that tar and feathering is basically torture, right? nt

[yuiyoshida]

4. Yeh...

I guess this is all such a frustrating thing to see these guys destroy democracy in front of our very eyes.. we feel the need to do something to save it...

[Javaman]

5. I completely agree, but tar and feathering isn't the way. I still hold out...

for justice and law to prevail.

[yuiyoshida]

7. I agree ...but ya know what...

every time I see Trump on TV I wanta throw a brick!

[Javaman]

11. I will give you points on the crazy cat/ignatz reference. LOL

I do certainly know how you feel.

[Triloon]

22. It is public humiliation.

The tar used for this was not hot asphalt tar, which melts at 400 degrees and would be lethal, but was pine tar. Pine tar is still used to make baseball bats sticky, but used to be used to waterproof tarpaulins and sailors clothes (jack tar = sailor). It is awfully sticky and had to be removed with turpentine, a slow procedure.
The reference in the picture to "making macarony" goes to the ridicule of aristocrats, the fashionably elite Tories and royalist s who received this treatment. It is why British soldiers denigrated Yankee Doodles hat feather as "macarony". The high Italian fashion of the time for huge elaborate wigs and extravagant clothing was called macarony, a mark of the aristocracy.
A modern version of this public shaming might be something like a shot of spray adhesive across the shoulders and a handful of pillow feathers. Kind of like.... a milkshake.

[cynatnite]

24. They used hot wood tar back in the day...torture. n/t

[Triloon]

25. Pine tar, pitch, liquifies between 90- 130 degrees.

Since it adheres to the skin until it cools this is hot enough to cause minor skin damage. Most of the pain involved comes from its removal from the damaged skin with turpentine. Torture? sure. That's why I suggest the modern alternatives of spray adhesives or milkshakes. 'Making macarony' the painless way.

Please consider the use of pepper spray, tear gas, rubber bullets and other modes of non-lethal "Pain Compliance Techniques" by the police as torture as well. Even incarceration, and certainly imprisoned isolation. We are far from being as modern and civilized as we like to think we are.

Milkshakes.

[yuiyoshida]

28. Fascinating post!! Thanks for this

I love learning about historic things just like this!

[demmiblue]

2. #2 & #6

I chose #2 because... who the hell would condone such a thing?

[yuiyoshida]

20. No one would...as others have said its torture but

Damn, Skippy...this dude is puling Democracy apart thread by thread to the point it may not hold up much longer and there is NO ONE to step in and stop it. My hope is that not only will Democrats repair it, but make it stronger than its ever been... What he says and does is NOT WHO WE ARE...we really believe in Truth, Justice and the American way..

[hlthe2b]

3. In unspoken fantasies, maybe. But tar and feathering was often fatal.

It is rarely portrayed that way, but it surely was.

But, yes, I'd love to see karmic justice--whatever that might be--and even better immediate societal justice brought to bear with Trump/McConnell and quite a few others.

[yuiyoshida]

21. yup...

I agree!

[Sherman A1]

6. I certainly dislike the actions of both these men but

this suggestion is repulsive.

[yuiyoshida]

10. I guess I am frustrated this madness has not ended..

its like watching the Titanic go down and there is nothing you can do to save it.

[Sherman A1]

13. As are we all

however my statement speaks for itself and it stands as written.

[yuiyoshida]

15. well...

Fair enough

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. Gennnnnnnnnerally not a fan of mob-driven torture.

[yuiyoshida]

14. I keep waiting for someone to save us....

They are destroying Democracy in front of our very eyes...

[WhiskeyGrinder]

23. No one is going to "save us," and waiting for someone to do so isn't helpful.

[yuiyoshida]

29. unfortunately you are correct

We must save ourselves somehow... if we are to preserve and protect our Democracy

[iscooterliberally]

9. Well, the Secret Service did let Trump ascend to AF1 with TP stuck to his shoe.

That's probably about as close to tar and feathers as we will get. I would be happy to see them both perp-walked and dressed in prison jump suits.

[yuiyoshida]

12. He would certainly look good in an Orange Jump suit

behind bars.

[SeattleVet]

16. I don't think he would.

It might make him look a tiny little bit better, but there's not enough bronzer and pancake makeup and brown paper bags to ever make him look like anything remotely approaching 'good'.

[yuiyoshida]

18. You have a point....

He will always be as ugly as a raging, pulsing sore thumb.

[LanternWaste]

17. I'm a bit surprised your suggestion is taken as literal rather than a visceral reaction.

Well, no... I guess I'm not surprised-- self-righteousness can be a difficult flaw in humans to hide.

Thank God you didn't mention drawing and quartering or (my personal favorite) the stocks... else you'd have been 'tarred and feathered' (for the sake of the very-clever sub-literate demographic-- that too was metaphorical rather than literal)

[yuiyoshida]

19. As I said above, I guess

I am just frustrated watching this fool rip apart the Constitution in front of our faces, he is virtually destroying our Democracy in front of our very eyes, its like watching the Titanic go down and being helpless to do anything about it... I really wouldn't want him Tarred and Feathered but, I want to seen him brought to Justice and our Democracy repaired so this CAN NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN!

[ADX]

26. Figuratively-speaking, I'm all for it...

...but I'm against it in the literal sense...

[yuiyoshida]

31. Agree...

[MaryMagdaline]

27. No, but you know if his family had been here during the Revolution, they would have been Tories.

Canada would have had them by now.

[yuiyoshida]

30. Are you sure that Canada would have wanted him?

I don't think they would...

[flotsam]

32. Chicken Hawks First!

Bolton and Mike Pompeo come to mind.