Politically Correct Lynching

Posted by Moonage on 13 Jun 2005 | Tagged as: Political Correctness

The Senate seldom says it’s sorry, although it is now ready to officially express its remorse over the failure to outlaw lynching in the United States.

A resolution that the chamber was likely to take up Monday voices regret for the Senate’s unwillingness for years to pass a law stopping a crime that cost the lives of over 4,700 people, mostly blacks, between 1882 and 1968.

The nonbinding measure apologizes for this failure and expresses "most solemn regrets of the Senate to the descendants of victims of lynching."

I just think these legislative efforts are stupid political correctness.  If lynching is still legal, then what is the result of those people who died?  Saying you’re sorry for lynching don’t cut it.  Put some heart and effort behind it.  Make it a crime punishable by death.  If someone lost something due to a lynching, make restitution.  Make someone suffer for the crime they committed.  Make them personally responsible. Make it real.

The one thing I do like about the legislation is that it notes lynchings were documented in 46 states.  The modern image that it was purely a Southern white male thing needs to be addressed a lot more.

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