I didn't expect myself to feel this angry before I entered this thread but thinking about this fucking lady living 60+ years and just saying oh I made that up. No justice being tortured and killed. He was like 13. Think about him being beat and dragged. Think about it. Right now.
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Woman Admits Testimony In The Murder of Emmet Till Was Made Up
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Wolfe
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As history has taught us right?
Lol, what? You know there's a whole history to back up what he said, right? With this particular incident being one of the most popular examples...
At any rate, you're in good company.
Agreed. Completely unforgivable.
Gentleman Jack
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Between 1882-1968, Mississippi saw more lynchings than any other state in the union. People showed up to them like they were parties. People knew they were often fueled by nothing more than a rumor. Carolyn was 21 when she encountered Till.
I guess you could make the argument that she didn't know what would happen if she started a vicious rumor about an innocent black man. But then again you could make any number of stupid fucking arguments like the earth is flat or there's a teapot between the earth and mars.
For real. FFS
There is a group of posters here that will down play, water down, deflect or play devils advocate on behalf of basically any injustice no matter how small or big.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
This was the mid 1950s. It wasn't as commonplace as it had been decades prior
Child. Not man.
I'm not defending her actions guys. Pick a new dogpile target.
Secret Fawful
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She deserves to have her corpse dug up and tossed into a lake, followed by having sewage dumped into her grave and left to sit.
Defending punching Nazis, tackling protesters, and now I guess this is the next weird hill to die on.
Gentleman Jack
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Don't be that shocked, this is exactly how the right portrays BLM and the gay/trans rights movements.
Shit is transparent. Par for course for dave is ok though.
What planet do you live on?
You attempted to excuse her actions because maybe... possibly she didn't know.
People having issue with your ridiculous post more than likely know your M.O. in threads involving race/racism.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Mississippi is Mississippi, but by the late 40s and early 50s people were getting arrested and getting convicted in lynching cases.
Point out where I said that, even in the first post I made I argued that she should have known how her husband would react.
Wolfe
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You brought this on yourself dude.
Also lol at your first comment, that shit is still basically commonplace today, just in a different form.
boiled goose
good with gravy
Unfortunately not how the universe works. Which is why justice needs to happen in this life.
That's why we need a fair justice system. Outwitness testimony should not be considered evidence generally.
Those alternative facts. Damn that google
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Yeah, I mean. Shit. Look at this post from 2008
I've been spreading hatred on GAF for a decade.
Or maybe - any opinion that slightly deviates from "Burn in hell" is frowned upon these days and people should learn a little critical thinking and refrain from reactionary dogpile quoting trying to get people banned.
Fine Ham Abounds
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Pretty much
Congratulations, you know killing black people is bad.
As I said earlier, you don't have always try to excuse white people and the bad things they do.
It's okay to admit a white woman did a bad thing,
theignoramus
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Hopefully this foul woman stays hidden cause I have zero interest in any kind of apology tour or televised spectacles involving the Till family being asked to forgive this creature.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
I never said she didn't do a bad thing, I said she might not have the foresight to know what would happen as a result of her bad thing - which I don't think is very controversial and we have no way of asking her. All we have is second hand information from interviews.
She is dead.
apocalidiot
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Dude, what the fuck is the point of your argument? Like why are you making it?
NarrowPath
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That is utterly horrific. I hope she was tormented her whole life knowing what she did. She should spend the rest of her life in prison.
Aizen.S.Kennedy
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Yup calling white women racist is more racist then the actual acts of racism that have cost countless black lives. Makes sense if your not a black person I guess
GurgleBot20
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Even if she didn't know her lie had repercussions in the first place, she double downed on it and got two murderers free from sentencing. The same two received 3000 for an interview where they admit guilt.
What are you basing this on and why do you even care?
We have to absolve her of some of her responsibility for Emmett's horrific murder.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Because sometimes some nuance is a good thing.
Her lie led to the death of a child and I hope it weighed heavily on her
theignoramus
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Where are you getting that she died in 2014? And nah fam, were not playing that game. That woman knew as well as anyone what happens when a White woman accuses a Black person of some kind of sexual "impropriety".
I feel like I read somewhere before that she had already confessed, maybe the 2007 confession was revealed somewhere else.
Either way, anyone with a brain knew she was lying. That kid did not have a death wish.
No idea why she did lie though, kid paid for his candy and you kill him for it?
Either way, anyone with a brain knew she was lying. That kid did not have a death wish.
No idea why she did lie though, kid paid for his candy and you kill him for it?
onadesertedisland
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She will die a hated person. Her legacy is of lies and murder. The world will be a better place without her. There is no justice in her admission, only more hurt. I hope she dies knowing the harm she caused the world.
tearsintherain
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The entire account is crazy to read, for people who have never really lived in the South:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till#Encounter_between_Till_and_Carolyn_Bryant
That and the murder section are just ... wow.
People I think are confusing the widow of the other brother with Carolyn, I don't believe the woman who OP is referring to - Carolyn - is dead. In fact OP's article even says she is 82 and in hiding.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/02/27/emmett-till-juanita-milam/5873235/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till#Encounter_between_Till_and_Carolyn_Bryant
That and the murder section are just ... wow.
People I think are confusing the widow of the other brother with Carolyn, I don't believe the woman who OP is referring to - Carolyn - is dead. In fact OP's article even says she is 82 and in hiding.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/02/27/emmett-till-juanita-milam/5873235/
Skellig Gra
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fuck her, that shit is so messed up
theignoramus
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Not on facts. Lynching was extremely common back then & everyone wouldve subconsciously understood the kind of violent backlash that accusation would create.
It's like someone in today's age accusing someone of terrorism, then pretending they wouldnt have known about the consequences that would befall the target of that accusation.
Kid Kamikaze10
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I hope her soul is deep in hellfire
You think you're smart, but you're not.
Lil'DigiOp
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theignoramus
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She's not dead according to that Vanity Fair article.
Foresight.
It's basic causality. It's not two, three or four steps ahead, it's one.
Of all the cases to conjure nuance and moderation you choose Till. Even the smallest attempt to blunt the story is egregious.
Many lynchings were because of black success.
Well dressed blacks were at risk every time a jealous crowd walked passed them. Black businesses and churches were at risk of getting firebombed.
A child buying candy is a show of a degree of economic fluidity. That simple act alone could have been what put him at risk. Especially if the other people in the store were ain't shit racists that were okay with murdering a child over their own insecurities (hint: they were)
it didn't weigh on her at all, so your argument is bad
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