Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Response to a Lynching Joke in an Email

Someone just sent me this email "Lite beer versus dark beer.............finally, we reach an agreement!"

That included this picture:



Usually I wouldn't share something like this in a public forum. In this case I believe we must shine a light on the seriously sick and twisted nature of jokes like this and make sure that people can't pretend they don't understand the murderous context of this image.

My response:

"Lynching jokes are funny to you? Fucking sick bastard...... take a look at what a lynching actually looked like and the twisted mass murderers who perpetrated these crimes against ...humanity.

Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America

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