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Re:A Project of One’s Own by UncleMeat on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @08:59AM (#27434548)
> mention explicit use of events or the DOM and the common sentiment reminds me of reading history about lynchings in Jim Crow era and sun down towns

Mass murder with no judicial punishment resembles people being mean to you at work? Black people were disemboweled and burned alive by gangs of people who did it for fun. This is the most ridiculous comparison I think I have ever seen on this forum.

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Re:A Project of One’s Own by austincheney on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @07:18PM (#27442332)
Jim Crow is a collection of various discriminatory laws and regulations with the intention of institutionalizing racial segregation and discrimination.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws

It seems you are confusing Jim Crow for the various riots and racial violence that occurred during that time period. It serves no benefit to falsely intertwine similar but separate historical concepts solely to write some vague hyperbole.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbole

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Re:A Project of One’s Own by UncleMeat on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @08:26PM (#27442802)
He didn't just say "Jim Crow laws" but instead "lynchings in Jim Crow era", which specifically refers to extrajudicial gang murders of black people in america.
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