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Re:The Yale Problem Begins in High School by sliverstorm on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @01:06PM (#10628523)
I'm not a master enough of this subject to form a detailed argument, but I hope we can agree there is a line somewhere between civil criticism and a lynching.

Especially, IMO, in the case of a ballot issue. Are we trying to coerce people to vote the way we want them to? That's unconscionable to me.

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Re:The Yale Problem Begins in High School by dragonwriter on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @01:24PM (#10628656)
> I'm not a master enough of this subject to form a detailed argument, but I hope we can agree there is a line somewhere between civil criticism and a lynching.

Yes, there is, and what Eich experienced was not only not a lynching [0], it was quite far from the line that separates criticism from lynching.

[0] in case there is a lack of clarity, this is a lynching: http://abhmuseum.org/2012/01/an-iconic-lynching-in-the-north...

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Re:The Yale Problem Begins in High School by sliverstorm on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @04:17PM (#10629764)
it was quite far from the line that separates criticism from lynching.

Where do you believe that line is? He certainly experienced mob justice in some form.

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