Does it Matter When president Bush Says This?

"The era of rampant lynching is a shameful chapter in American history," Bush said at a black history month event at the White House, which began with serious comments about prejudice and ended with music performed by The Temptations.

"The noose is not a symbol of prairie justice, but of gross injustice," the president said. "Displaying one is not a harmless prank. Lynching is not a word to be mentioned in jest."

As a civil society, Americans should agree that noose displays and lynching jokes are "deeply offensive," Bush said.

"They are wrong," the president said, referring to such displays and jokes. "And they have no place in America today."

For decades, the noose was a symbolic part of a campaign of violence, fear and intimidation against blacks, the president said. Sometimes, he added, it was orchestrated by the law enforcement officers charged with protecting them. Bush also said the noose was a tool for intimidation and killing that conveyed a sense of powerlessness to millions of blacks throughout the country.

"Fathers were dragged from their homes in the dark of night before the eyes of their terrified children," he said. "Summary executions were held by torchlight in front of hateful crowds. In many cases, law enforcement officers responsible for protecting the victims were complicit in their deaths."

 

what is lynch? I assume it has nothing to do with David Lynch..

 

bushie's comments were directed towards kelly tilgman of the golf channed

 

What'cha mean? Does he deserve a medal for being against lynchings?

 

you tie a rope around a ****** (a noose around the neck), and hang'em from a tree

thats the type of lynching he's talking about

 

That's not funny.

 

Of course not, I am asking if it makes a difference

 

who said it was supposed to be funny?

thats what were talking about

you didn't lynch a black person - you lynched a ******. the context was correct.

 

About how I feel about him? I always assumed he was against lynchings.

 

I think more so that there have been a bunch of incidents recently in schools involving nooses being hung...of course the one in Louisiana comes to mind

 

I don't understand. Nor care to, in fact..

 

It's not cool either Fitz.

 

do you think it makes a difference regarding rising hate crimes?

 

whatever, i'm not apologizing for using the correct context of lyncing

 

Oh. Nah, I don't think a political figurehead, particularly one with as little influence in the matter at hand... he's not an expert on crime or race... can influence anyones attitudes much.

 

I didn't expect you too.

 

don't you think a lot of good old boy types identify with Bush though and young sort of rebelious right winger high school students?

 

still, it had to be said. that shit ain't funny and it never was.

(and i see what you were goin for, fitz, the true ugliness of it.)

 

so lynching means hanging black people.. wait.. is that still happening in the U.S????

 

exactly...penny asked what it was...it was a very nasty and terrible thing to do...but without the word ****** in there, you don't get the hateful ness of lynching. its just hanging someone