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Re:The Lottery – Shirley Jackson (1948) by gord288 on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @10:51AM (#48280652)
>overzealous lynching did I believe sometimes cross the line

Very magnanimous of you to acknowledge that.

Re:The Lottery – Shirley Jackson (1948) by like_any_other on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @11:02AM (#48280797)
Magnanimity has nothing to do with it. Based on the evidence, that's the strongest acknowledgment I can make. Unless we entertain some fantasy scenario where, despite being told that crime is near its lowest levels currently, Black people were dramatically less criminal in the past, so they simply could not have committed enough rapes and murders to justify the 56 yearly lynchings.
Re:The Lottery – Shirley Jackson (1948) by gord288 on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @12:23PM (#48281876)
Extrajudicial executions are never justified. They are normally referred to as “murders”.