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← Lynchers will only be punished when public sentiment demands it

17 connected korrents · 7 moments from 6 Mar 2025 to 22 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under government government Everything filed under journalism journalism Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Lynchers will only be punished when public sentiment demands it Lynchers will only be punished when publicsentiment demands it IW Ida B. Wells — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are Same subject: Boycott, emigration and the press together can stamp out lynch law — tap to centre the map on it Boycott, emigration and the presstogether can stamp out lynch law IW Ida B. Wells — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are Same subject: Lynching hardens and blunts the moral sense of young white Southerners too — tap to centre the map on it Lynching hardens and blunts themoral sense of young whiteSoutherners too BW Booker T. Washington — holds since c. 1899 — tap for who they are Same subject: Oppose church lawmakers, but keep their rules alongside the weak so as not to offend them — tap to centre the map on it Oppose church lawmakers, but keeptheir rules alongside the weak so asnot to offend them ML Martin Luther — holds since c. 1520 — tap for who they are Same subject: Southerners who disapprove of lynching but stay silent are as guilty as the lynchers — tap to centre the map on it Southerners who disapprove oflynching but stay silent are asguilty as the lynchers IW Ida B. Wells — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are Same subject: The rape cry has silenced press and pulpit on lynching — tap to centre the map on it The rape cry has silenced press andpulpit on lynching IW Ida B. Wells — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whoever refuses to obey the general will must be compelled by the whole body, which means being forced to be free — tap to centre the map on it Whoever refuses to obey the generalwill must be compelled by the wholebody, which means being forced to befree JR Jean-Jacques Rousseau — holds since c. 1762 — tap for who they are Same subject: In a democracy the majority can oppress the minority more cruelly than a single ruler — tap to centre the map on it In a democracy the majority canoppress the minority more cruellythan a single ruler EB Edmund Burke — holds since c. 1790 — tap for who they are Same subject: Society needs protection from the tyranny of prevailing opinion, not only from the tyranny of rulers — tap to centre the map on it Society needs protection from thetyranny of prevailing opinion, notonly from the tyranny of rulers JM John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1859 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvementin AI models would create a bigincentive for some other parts ofthe world to invest a lot more incompute. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it A broken criminal justiceinstitution survives preciselybecause it serves the people who runit. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 RB Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate's political success isincreasingly disconnected from theiractual record of accomplishment. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A central bank press conference exists for the chair to explain and answer for the committee's decision. — tap to centre the map on it A central bank press conferenceexists for the chair to explain andanswer for the committee's decision. Last stated a month ago 21 Sept 2026 CS Claudia Sahm — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A correction never travels as far as the scare it corrects: the press said a fifth of the project's skills were malicious, and the measured figure was 0.3 percent. — tap to centre the map on it A correction never travels as far asthe scare it corrects: the presssaid a fifth of the project's skillswere malicious, and the measuredfigure was 0.3 percent. Last stated 3 months ago 10 Aug 2026 PS Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free press, however abused, can scarcely ever stir up popular tumults or rebellion — tap to centre the map on it A free press, however abused, canscarcely ever stir up populartumults or rebellion DH David Hume — holds since c. 1741–1776 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run on truth only if its leader deeply desires it and rules with a firm hand rather than by democracy. — tap to centre the map on it A company can run on truth only ifits leader deeply desires it andrules with a firm hand rather thanby democracy. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Mar 2025 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-03-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not a democracy: every voice should be heard and then one person decides, and the decision should not be the popular one. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not a democracy: everyvoice should be heard and then oneperson decides, and the decisionshould not be the popular one. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A conversation needs several legitimate voices; if the people has only one, democracy becomes dictation — tap to centre the map on it A conversation needs severallegitimate voices; if the people hasonly one, democracy becomesdictation YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Lynchers will only be punished when public sentiment demands it Last stated c. 1892 Holds Ida B. Wells Read this korrent →