https://www.isegoria.net/2014/10/are-slate-and-amanda-hess-arguing-for-lynching/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:08:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2014/10/are-slate-and-amanda-hess-arguing-for-lynching/comment-page-1/#comment-1742896 Isegoria Sat, 01 Nov 2014 13:49:33 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=36582#comment-1742896 I suspect that immediate-death-by-mob serves as enough of a deterrent to reduce the need for follow-through.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2014/10/are-slate-and-amanda-hess-arguing-for-lynching/comment-page-1/#comment-1742872 Bert E. Sat, 01 Nov 2014 13:44:58 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=36582#comment-1742872 Lynching a negro for looking at a white woman was a very rare instance I might think. You had about the same chance of being lynched for such an “offense” as being hit by lightning fifty or so times and surviving.

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