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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts) Sat Jun 20, 2015, 04:06 PM Jun 2015

DailyKos: Yes, ISIS Burned a Man Alive: White Americans Did the Same Thing to Black People by the T

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/04/1362325/-ISIS-Burned-a-Man-Alive-That-It-is-Nothing-Compared-to-the-Spectacular-Lynchings-of-Black-Americans?detail=emailclassic

Just FYI - descriptions are pretty graphic.

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DailyKos: Yes, ISIS Burned a Man Alive: White Americans Did the Same Thing to Black People by the T (Original Post) LiberalElite Jun 2015 OP

Yes, but we don't do that anymore. It would be a hate crime today Agnosticsherbet Jun 2015 #1

It wasn't most Americans that did this LiberalElite Jun 2015 #2

Yes, but it would be illegal and the vast majority would Agnosticsherbet Jun 2015 #5

Tell it. Repeat it. This is history that can not and should not be forgotten. nt nc4bo Jun 2015 #3

What-aboutery is absolutely the stupidest diversion tactic on Earth. snagglepuss Jun 2015 #4

Exactly shenmue Jun 2015 #6

For me the point is Americans have a very LiberalElite Jun 2015 #7

There's a difference between the actions of an individual and the actions of a state XemaSab Jun 2015 #8

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)

1. Yes, but we don't do that anymore. It would be a hate crime today

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2015, 04:17 PM

Jun 2015

and premeditated murder.

All cultues have done terrible thingss in the past.

We condemn ISIS because most Americans have grown beyound that way of thinking. Those Americans who do that today are monsters and criminals.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)

2. It wasn't most Americans that did this

Reply to Agnosticsherbet (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 20, 2015, 04:24 PM

Jun 2015

and I bet there are a number who would do it now.

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)

5. Yes, but it would be illegal and the vast majority would

Reply to LiberalElite (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 20, 2015, 04:53 PM

Jun 2015

see it as a monstrous crime.
As a culture we have along way to go. But we have come far enough to label what ISIS does as a monstrous war crime.

nc4bo

(17,651 posts)

3. Tell it. Repeat it. This is history that can not and should not be forgotten. nt

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2015, 04:38 PM

Jun 2015

snagglepuss

(12,704 posts)

4. What-aboutery is absolutely the stupidest diversion tactic on Earth.

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2015, 04:51 PM

Jun 2015

Yeah horrific, disgusting, sensless, hateful race-based crimes happened in America and happen still, however there can be no argument that race relations have improved in the US though there is a long long way to go. No comparison can be drawn between the Islamic State and the US. The essence of the Islamic State is to regress back in time, to eliminate the rights that heroic people like MLK fought and died for.

shenmue

(38,506 posts)

6. Exactly

Reply to snagglepuss (Reply #4)

Sat Jun 20, 2015, 05:07 PM

Jun 2015

Daily Kos is so full of shit. And they never take me off their mailing list, no matter how many times I ask. They're always asking me for money.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)

7. For me the point is Americans have a very

Reply to snagglepuss (Reply #4)

Sat Jun 20, 2015, 05:08 PM

Jun 2015

vicious bloody history of our own with behavior that does continue here and there to this day. It wasn't all that long ago that a black man was dragged behind a pickup truck. IMO it's good for us to be reminded.

XemaSab

(60,212 posts)

8. There's a difference between the actions of an individual and the actions of a state