Have They No Shame? No

One of the things anyone who irritates the hard right quickly gets used to — you see it all the time in comments on this blog — are the constant accusations that you’re lying, even when you did no such thing, simply because you didn’t present the fact or mention some other facts in a way that suits the commenter. If I say “the economy added 236,000 jobs a month under Clinton”, I’ll get “That’s a lie! Krugman doesn’t mention the dot-com bubble!” or “That’s cherry-picking! What about Jimmy Carter?” etc..

But this takes the cake: right-wingers are accusing Shirley Sherrod of lying when she said that Bobby Hall was lynched, when in fact all that happened was that he was beaten to death.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/have-they-no-shame-no/

http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/...2010&base_name=by_far_the_most_pathetic_thing

 

Ummm, did this little rant have a point?? LOL!!!

 

Duh!

 

Exploiting an innocent child's image in this manner is really in bad taste. And you're a father?

 

How about now?

 

You're a real class act, Lucrum, no doubt loved and revered by your whole family.

 

Beaten to death is considered lynched, ie killed without a trial.

 

Not exactly. Although the end result is the same.


"Lynching is extrajudicial punishment carried out by a mob, often by hanging, but also by burning at the stake and shooting, in order to punish an alleged transgressor..."

 

Thanks