Yes, ISIS Burned a Man Alive: White Americans Did the Same Thing to Black People by the Thousands

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Yes, ISIS Burned a Man Alive: White Americans Did the Same Thing to Black People by the Thousands

ISIS burned Muadh al Kasasbeh, a captured Jordian fighter pilot, to death. They doused him with an accelerant. His captors set him on fire. Muadh al Kasasbeh desperately tried to put out the flames. ISIS recorded Muadh al Kasasbeh's immolation, produced a video designed to intimidate their enemies, and then circulated it online.

ISIS's burning alive of Muadh al Kasasbeh has been denounced as an act of savagery, barbarism, and wanton cruelty--one from the "dark ages" and not of the modern world.

American Exceptionalism blinds those who share its gaze to uncomfortable facts and truths about their own country.

For almost a century, the United States practiced a unique cultural ritual that was as least as gruesome as the "medieval" punishments meted out by ISIS against its foes.

What is now known as "spectacular lynching" involved the ceremonial torture, murder--and yes, burning alive--of black Americans by whites. Like ISIS's use of digital media to circulate images of the torturous death of Muadh al Kasasbeh by fire, the spectacular lynchings of the black body were shared via postcards and other media.

In fact, the burned to death images of the black body were one of the most popular types of mass culture in 19th and 20th century America.

More: http://m.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/04/1362325/-ISIS-Burned-a-Man-Alive-That-It-is-Nothing-Compared-to-the-Spectacular-Lynchings-of-Black-Americans

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

This isn't a bait thread, but the flames are coming.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Considering this thread has a link to an article, chances are it'll be locked really soon.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

It's more likely that this thread will be ignored and die a quick death.

[JohnR! 5,495]

The Jergens will fly off the shelves...

This isn't a bait thread, but the flames are coming.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

It's quite shocking how recently some of this stuff happened.

Edited February 5, 2015 by Hail Ming!

[JohnR! 5,495]

Yeah, but since none of the K-men were Muslims it doesn't count. They were acting according to their interpretation of the bible where Jesus unequivocally says it's OK to burn people whose skin color is dark.

It's quite shocking how recently some of this stuff happened.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

There is a degree of selective blindness on the issue, to be sure.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Liibs crack me up. Some sick radical burns a man alive in the name of Islam

ObAma rushed to point out the fact Christians did something wrong once also and the chest Obama challenged get mad at Fox News

I swear you can't make this ####### up

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

The Jergens will fly off the shelves...

Don't forget the moist tissues for the clean up!

Back to topic, it's a shame how people are so quick to forget these things. Or worse, how some of these so called "patriots" that call for the death of people are acting in the same vein as those they despise.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Liibs crack me up. Some sick radical burns a man alive in the name of Islam

ObAma rushed to point out the fact Christians did something wrong once also and the chest Obama challenged get mad at Fox News

I swear you can't make this ####### up

Were you shooting for something resembling rational thought? If so, I'm sorry to tell you that you failed miserably.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Liibs crack me up. Some sick radical burns a man alive in the name of Islam

ObAma rushed to point out the fact Christians did something wrong once also and the chest Obama challenged get mad at Fox News

I swear you can't make this ####### up

When the abortion bombers were going around attacking clinics, wasn't that in the name of Christianity? Why didn't we call them Christian Extremists? The WBC spews hateful words about Gays and Lesbians all the while quoting scripture from the bible, isn't that in the name of Christianity?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-abortion_violence

December 25, 1984: An abortion clinic and two physicians' offices in Pensacola, Florida, were bombed in the early morning of Christmas Day by a quartet of young people (Matt Goldsby, Jimmy Simmons, Kathy Simmons, Kaye Wiggins) who later called the bombings "a gift to Jesus on his birthday."^[22][23][24] The clinic, the Ladies Center, would later be the site of the murder of Dr. John Britton and James Barrett in 1994 and a firebombing in 2012.

Edited February 5, 2015 by Marvin and Su

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Don't forget the moist tissues for the clean up!

Back to topic, it's a shame how people are so quick to forget these things. Or worse, how some of these so called "patriots" that call for the death of people are acting in the same vein as those they despise.

That last paragraph proves in itself that things haven't changed as much as maybe some folks think they have.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

That last paragraph proves in itself that things haven't changed as much as maybe some folks think they have.

Because they see themselves as being "right". It's okay as long as it affects others.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Liibs crack me up. Some sick radical burns a man alive in the name of Islam

ObAma rushed to point out the fact Christians did something wrong once also and the chest Obama challenged get mad at Fox News

I swear you can't make this ####### up

Partisan politics is irrelevant to this thread. People are only outraged about what Isis are doing because the technology exists to see it in real time. Years ago it happened out of sight and out of mind except for those few tourists who years later have seen the skull towers in Cambodia and wonder how people became so depraved that they could do such things.

Its fine to be angry about Isis, just be sure that you know where that anger comes from.

The lynchings of blacks are part of the USA's cultural history, whether anyone wants to recognise it or not. And it isn't ancient history.