Sporadic instances of right-wing violence have occurred for hundreds of years. Random violence in general is simply a constant of American life. But rather than deal rationally with this reality, emotional manipulators whip up grand narratives to serve their political interests
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I don't view organized, coordinated lynchings and cross burnings, carried out by political organizations often with the backing of law enforcement, as falling into the "sporadic" category
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Congratulations neither do we, but you're dense as fuck if you think they stopped
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Who was left wing here? Grant and the radical republicans who supported the anti-klan laws or the johnsonian democrats who opposed reconstruction? And which is horace greeley here? Liberal or conservative? And how do we connect them to modern liberals and progressives?
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Voting rights and negative rights and other citizenship rights is the crucial element here. Lest the lynchings would not be crimes.
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Why are you asking Tracey a question that assumes he will answer honestly?
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