ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoGuy made a blasphemous remark, and a religious mob went to lynch him. Police arrested him for safety, but actually they executed him instead.slrpnk.netexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down17
arrow-up1162arrow-down1external-linkGuy made a blasphemous remark, and a religious mob went to lynch him. Police arrested him for safety, but actually they executed him instead.slrpnk.netByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 months agoThe initial story and tweet. https://x.com/Arshadyousafzay/status/1833784208453472329
minus-squareatro_city@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·2 months agoSo people can just accuse somebody and get a lynchmob going, huh? I guess we’ve gotten a few instances of that in the West now too.
minus-squareRandelung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoI mean, witch trials? Lynchings? We’ve always had that problem in one way or another.
minus-squarehuginn@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoYes but part of progress and societal growth is giving up lynchings and mob justice. It’s intrinsically uncivilized.
minus-squareRandelung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoYes, but we haven’t managed that step, either.
minus-squareatro_city@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoSure, but we aren’t in the dark ages anymore (at least we shouldn’t be?).
minus-squaregmtom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoThe last recognised lynching in the US was in 1981.
minus-squareRandelung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoThat’s what they said in the dark ages, too…
minus-squareBrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoIs there any way to see threads on Xitter without an account? I can only see the post and none of the responses or subsequent posts by the OP
minus-squareProgrammer Belch@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoFor now there are some nitter instances still working: https://xcancel.com/Arshadyousafzay/status/1833784208453472329?mx=2
minus-squareBrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoYou biscuit 🫡 Thanks a ton.
minus-squareClay_pidgin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoLooks like Khatam-e-Nabuwat is a Pakistani religious organization? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aalmi_Majlis_Tahaffuz_Khatm-e-Nubuwwat
minus-squareThis is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoQuetta is claimed by Pakistan (As an Indian, I fully support Balochistan separating from Pakistan)
minus-squareClay_pidgin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoDo you know more of the context of this mob attack? Does it have something to do with the politics of who owns that region?
minus-squareThis is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago Do you know more of the context of this mob attack? Religion Does it have something to do with the politics of who owns that region? I don’t think that’s the case. It’s just everyday crazies going nuts because someone told them that they should be offended.
The initial story and tweet. https://x.com/Arshadyousafzay/status/1833784208453472329
So people can just accuse somebody and get a lynchmob going, huh? I guess we’ve gotten a few instances of that in the West now too.
I mean, witch trials? Lynchings? We’ve always had that problem in one way or another.
Yes but part of progress and societal growth is giving up lynchings and mob justice. It’s intrinsically uncivilized.
Yes, but we haven’t managed that step, either.
Sure, but we aren’t in the dark ages anymore (at least we shouldn’t be?).
The last recognised lynching in the US was in 1981.
That’s what they said in the dark ages, too…
Yeah, probably not, bruv…
Is there any way to see threads on Xitter without an account? I can only see the post and none of the responses or subsequent posts by the OP
For now there are some nitter instances still working: https://xcancel.com/Arshadyousafzay/status/1833784208453472329?mx=2
You biscuit 🫡
Thanks a ton.
No problem
Looks like Khatam-e-Nabuwat is a Pakistani religious organization? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aalmi_Majlis_Tahaffuz_Khatm-e-Nubuwwat
Quetta is claimed by Pakistan
(As an Indian, I fully support Balochistan separating from Pakistan)
Do you know more of the context of this mob attack? Does it have something to do with the politics of who owns that region?
Religion
I don’t think that’s the case. It’s just everyday crazies going nuts because someone told them that they should be offended.