# New Wave Lynch Mobs **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 29, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216 "2012-03-29T23:16:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dufus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@Dufus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dufus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216/41 "2012-04-01T17:30:00Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Huh, are you saying that you’re often accused of racism? Weird. I don’t know what is being taught in schools these days. It seems like a statement like “the sky is blue,” and the chant will begin; that’s racist, that’s racist, that’s racist, that’s racist… Ask about news events, and the chant begins. It’s almost like the old science fiction thrillers are coming true. Let the chant begin! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216/42 "2012-04-01T17:32:24Z")
> [@Dufus](#): > > Vinyl Turnip, I suppose I’m against them too. I don’t want my own opinion to influence anyone’s answer, though. > > Thank you for asking! Hey, it’s my pleasure! For a balanced view, I guess we’ll also need some feedback from posters who support death threats against innocent people, vigilante bounties, and looting. C’mon lurkers, don’t be shy! ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216/43 "2012-04-01T17:37:38Z")
> [@Dufus](#): > > I don’t know what is being taught in schools these days. It seems like a statement like “the sky is blue,” and the chant will begin; that’s racist, that’s racist, that’s racist, that’s racist… > > Ask about news events, and the chant begins. > > It’s almost like the old science fiction thrillers are coming true. Let the chant begin! You poor oppressed bastard. My heart, it breaks. Although, if I may, you already used the science fiction thing. One thing I will \*not \*tolerate is being bored. ---
**Author:** ![Dufus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@Dufus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dufus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216/44 "2012-04-01T17:53:00Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > You poor oppressed bastard. My heart, it breaks. > > Although, if I may, you already used the science fiction thing. One thing I will \*not \*tolerate is being bored. Chanting that’s racist, that’s racist, that’s racist never gets boring to you? Are you a parrot or a human being? Oh wait, I’ll bet that’s racist??? ---
**Author:** ![Dufus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@Dufus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dufus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216/45 "2012-04-01T18:05:56Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > For a balanced view, I guess we’ll also need some feedback from posters who support death threats against innocent people, vigilante bounties, and looting. > > C’mon lurkers, don’t be shy! Almost the entire thread has been feedback from people who are in denial that any such thing even exists. But hey, it’s a free country! I asked for people’s thoughts. I’m getting what I asked for. It’s kind of disturbing that some of them seem like zombies chanting a political line that they were indoctrinated with in elementary school. (Not to mention any sci-fi connection!) ---
**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216/46 "2012-04-01T18:22:46Z")
> [@Dufus](#): > > Almost the entire thread has been feedback from people who are in denial that any such thing even exists. But hey, it’s a free country! I asked for people’s thoughts. I’m getting what I asked for. > > It’s kind of disturbing that some of them seem like zombies chanting a political line that they were indoctrinated with in elementary school. (Not to mention any sci-fi connection!) Uh oh. You said zombies. ---
**Author:** ![Dufus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@Dufus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dufus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216/47 "2012-04-01T18:29:22Z")
> [@Crab\_Rangoon](#): > > Uh oh. You said zombies. Oh shit, I hope that isn’t racist, too?! ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216/48 "2012-04-01T18:38:04Z")
> [@Dufus](#): > > …It seems like a statement like “the sky is blue,” and the chant will begin; that’s racist, that’s racist, that’s racist, that’s racist… > … Why yes, calling the sky “blue” is racist as hell and should not be tolerated, first amendment be damned. Are you off your meds again? ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216/49 "2012-04-01T18:55:48Z")
Well, he’s not getting a lot of oxygen to his brain, what with being lynched and all. ---
**Author:** ![Dufus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@Dufus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dufus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216/50 "2012-04-01T19:08:58Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Well, he’s not getting a lot of oxygen to his brain, what with being lynched and all. I thought you said you would not tolerate being bored?? Now you’re going to prove it? ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216/51 "2012-04-01T19:19:27Z")
…and suddenly the idea that you’re routinely just misunderstood seems slightly more plausible. ---
**Author:** ![Dufus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@Dufus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dufus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216/52 "2012-04-01T19:26:07Z")
You’re saying that it was even more boring elsewhere? Now you’re back to where it’s not so boring? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216/53 "2012-04-01T19:30:09Z")
> [@Dufus](#): > > Madmonk28, I guess that my impression of “lynch mob” was formed by “western” shoot-em-up movies. This is a good example of why it’s important to form opinions based on real life, and not fiction. [This is a real lynch mob.](http://iconicphotos.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/48eac7cb_47a1f24149ab8.jpg?w=700)[Here’s another.](http://www.theseamericans.com/wp-content/gallery/american-lynching/300px-lynching-of-lige-daniels.jpg)[And another.](http://www.blackpast.org/files/blackpast_images/event_omaha_courthouse_lynching.jpg)[And one more.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/75275680@N00/2853398429/) I could go on. There’s hundreds of these pictures. Time was, they sold them as postcards. So I think, in answer to your question, that there’s really no comparison between a real lynch mob, and your “new wave” mobs, and anyone with even a little bit of historical perspective is going to find the comparison more than a little offensive. ---
**Author:** ![Dufus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@Dufus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dufus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216/54 "2012-04-01T19:37:32Z")
> [@General Mills](#): > > This is a good example of why it’s important to form opinions based on real life, and not fiction. > > [This is a real lynch mob.](http://iconicphotos.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/48eac7cb_47a1f24149ab8.jpg?w=700)[Here’s another.](http://www.theseamericans.com/wp-content/gallery/american-lynching/300px-lynching-of-lige-daniels.jpg)[And another.](http://www.blackpast.org/files/blackpast_images/event_omaha_courthouse_lynching.jpg)[And one more.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/75275680@N00/2853398429/) > > I could go on. There’s hundreds of these pictures. Time was, they sold them as postcards. > > So I think, in answer to your question, that there’s really no comparison between a real lynch mob, and your “new wave” mobs, and anyone with even a little bit of historical perspective is going to find the comparison more than a little offensive. Thank you for continuing down the **racist** one track mind set. If I wanted to be a **racist** like you, I could post atrocity black on white crime pictures all day. What would it get me?? I would be called a racist. Jesus Christ, people, is there anyone with a functioning brain left in this zombie world? ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216/55 "2012-04-01T19:42:23Z")
> [@Dufus](#): > > I could post atrocity black on white crime pictures all day. Then why the weak sauce in the OP? ---
**Author:** ![Dufus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@Dufus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dufus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216/56 "2012-04-01T19:58:18Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Then why the weak sauce in the OP? In the OP I was asking about news stories that were on TV that night. I was not asking about stories from 100 years ago, 75 years ago, 50 years ago…do you see what I’m asking Diana?? Reading the replies to this post, I’m starting to think there is more bias now (reverse racism) than there was 100 years ago. Is it just the pendulum swinging? Thank you for trying to provide an honest answer without resorting to the zombie chant! ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216/57 "2012-04-01T20:04:25Z")
Or, alternatively, the phrase “lynch mob” has a very specific connotation which you are fully aware of and using specifically so that when people point out the inherent racism you get to scream about how we’re all “reverse-racist”. :rolleyes: Nah, that would be… well, dufus-y. ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216/58 "2012-04-01T20:08:09Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > You know I didn’t notice this before, because I just assumed the Black Panthers would do something like that, but in the article, it very clearly states that the $10000 bounty is not for Zimmerman’s head but for a citizen’s arrest. I suppose its much more sensationalistic to say that the NBPP is putting out a hit on Zimmerman, but it seems the reality is that they simply want him arrested and is offering some money to do so. In light of that, I fully support them You know, “citizen’s arrest” is what the article called it. The NBPP called for his “capture”. So you might as well call it “kidnapping”. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216/59 "2012-04-01T20:14:56Z")
> [@Dufus](#): > > I guess there are lots more examples, too. The Samaritan woman at the well is one. The crowd is howling for her to be stoned to death. The “first known liberal” steps in and saves her. Dude, you totally screwed up the story. The Samaritan woman at the well had a philosophical discussion with the first known liberal. The lynch mob story was with a different woman entirely. ---
**Author:** ![Dufus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@Dufus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dufus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216/60 "2012-04-01T20:18:51Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Or, alternatively, the phrase “lynch mob” has a very specific connotation which you are fully aware of and using specifically so that when people point out the inherent racism you get to scream about how we’re all “reverse-racist”. :rolleyes: > > Nah, that would be… well, dufus-y. I thought I had explained my use of the phrase “lynch mob” in an earlier post. In case you were bored and looking for thrills elsewhere, I’ll explain it once again: The maddened crowd, thirsty for blood, have their flaming torches lit. They are moving down the street, kicking children out of the way. They are throwing rocks thru windows. Some of them in the back are taking advantage of the broken store windows (never mind that)… DEMANDING JUSTICE! The sheriff better get his ass out of the way. (Sorry, better get HER ass out of the way, Diana) The sheriff usually gets plugged during those Texas lynch mob riots, or the leader of the Texas lynch mob gets plugged by the sheriff, and the rest of them go home to smoke crack. Does any of this sound vaguely familiar to you Diana?? If it doesn’t, I would suggest Celebrity Sex Symbols on TV right now, cause I don’t think I can type much more… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216.md?page=4)