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Wednesday, July 08, 2020

Delaware flogged people all the up to 1952? Damn...

GEORGETOWN, Del. (AP) — An 8-foot tall whipping post was removed from a Delaware county courthouse square Wednesday after activists said the post was a reminder of racial discrimination.

The post outside the Sussex County Courthouse in Georgetown was removed after an hour and a half of excavation and put in storage unit with other historical artifacts.
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  1. Any bets Biden never knew it was there?

    Nemo

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  2. Between the British mainland and Ireland lies the Isle of Man. The island is mostly famous for motorcycle racing but in the 1970s it was known for still having judicial birching.

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  3. Wow. This is not going to be an amiable divorce once the proceedings commence.

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  4. "However, Black people were disproportionately punished, according to the (mostly white liberal affluent female or soy male) historical group."
    Just because they share your skin it don't make them kin.

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  5. You know, sometimes I feel, like I've been tied to the whippin' post...

    Julius

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    1. Good one. In case some of the readers didn't catch the reference...
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTMqq6H-T74

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    2. I honestly didn't know that was an Allman Brothers song. The only version I've heard is by the Steel Woods. Thanks for posting this.

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  6. Removed? Just when it was sorely needed....

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  7. Did black people disproportionately commit crime?

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  8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUvxRjYqjEQ

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