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← Lynching hardens and blunts the moral sense of young white Southerners too

17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 24 Mar 1789 to 22 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under China China Everything filed under America America Everything filed under empathy empathy Everything filed under politics politics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Lynching hardens and blunts the moral sense of young white Southerners too Lynching hardens and blunts the moralsense of young white Southerners too BW Booker T. Washington — holds since c. 1899 — tap for who they are Same subject: Lynching has brutalized the South more than it realizes and imperils law and order — tap to centre the map on it Lynching has brutalized the Southmore than it realizes and imperilslaw and order 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: The South hides lynching behind the screen of defending the honor of its women — tap to centre the map on it The South hides lynching behind thescreen of defending the honor of itswomen IW Ida B. Wells — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are Same subject: The slave trade hardens the people who deal in it; slave dealers are not born worse than other men — tap to centre the map on it The slave trade hardens the peoplewho deal in it; slave dealers arenot born worse than other men Last stated 238 years ago 24 Mar 1789 OE Olaudah Equiano — holds since 1789-03-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: White men lynch Black men for consensual relationships with white women, not for rape — tap to centre the map on it White men lynch Black men forconsensual relationships with whitewomen, not for rape IW Ida B. Wells — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are Same subject: Lynchers will only be punished when public sentiment demands it — tap to centre the map on it Lynchers will only be punished whenpublic sentiment demands it IW Ida B. Wells — holds since c. 1892 — 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 arguments for the exodus from the South do more harm than the exodus itself — tap to centre the map on it The arguments for the exodus fromthe South do more harm than theexodus itself FD Frederick Douglass — holds since c. 1881 — 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 continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for. — tap to centre the map on it A continental army's first missionis to keep the regime in power, notto defend the border — which is whatthe People's Liberation Army is for. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 SP Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it A country cannot fund its ownindustrial strategy and call thesame policy cheating when China doesit. Last stated a year ago 15 May 2025 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country's scientific trajectory can keep advancing even if political instability or economic uncertainty slows its broader progress. — tap to centre the map on it A country's scientific trajectorycan keep advancing even if politicalinstability or economic uncertaintyslows its broader progress. Last stated 7 months ago 21 Mar 2026 TG Tanner Greer — holds since 2026-03-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A backlash against women's economic rise is not automatic; it happens only where politicians choose to mobilise it. — tap to centre the map on it A backlash against women's economicrise is not automatic; it happensonly where politicians choose tomobilise it. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Dec 2024 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2024-12-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A citizen deciding politically should ask what is good for the community, not what is good for themselves — tap to centre the map on it A citizen deciding politicallyshould ask what is good for thecommunity, not what is good forthemselves JT Joseph Tussman — holds since c. 2000 — tap for who they are Same subject: A consistent liberal is not an anarchist — tap to centre the map on it A consistent liberal is not ananarchist MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Lynching hardens and blunts the moral sense of young white Southerners too Last stated c. 1899 Holds Booker T. Washington Read this korrent →