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Re:Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion by SideburnsOfDoom on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @08:37AM (#42387536)
A worked example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Years_of_Lead_(Italy)
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Re:Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion by mrguyorama on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @11:54AM (#42389806)
A better example in the US is the thousands of innocent black men who have been hanged from a tree because "everyone knows they did it"
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Re:Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion by peterfirefly on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @12:15PM (#42390096)
Plenty of whites were lynched too.

(And plenty of the black and whites were guilty.)

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Re:Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion by SideburnsOfDoom on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @04:23PM (#42393131)
If the USA does have "Years of lead" then the quantity and quality of firearms (e.g. military grade assault rifles) will make it far worse.

"Years of lead" in a political sense I mean. In a more general sense, you already are in "Years of lead".

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Re:Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion by Cumpiler69 on Thursday December 12, 2024 @08:28AM (#42398946)
>A better example in the US is the thousands of innocent black men who have been hanged from a tree because "everyone knows they did it"

Atrocities against people were committed using this logic since the dawn of humanity. The bigger problem is this way of thinking is used to justify the vilification of people even to this day. See debates on supporting US election candidates.

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