Strange how the claim of 'rape' apparently is what set off the crowd to lynch, but the murder apparently was not nearly seen as being as heavy.
Surreal how there are people smiling in that photograph with the corpses hanging.
It's not that strange - people in the US are much less tolerant of sexual violence than other forms. Rape is just more abhorred than murder.
Consider how there is a sex offender registry, but not a registry for those committing attempted murder or assault.
Also note how shows like Game of Thrones have 100x more murders than rapes, but the rapes invariably cause a public outcry. The murders on the other hand are just business as usual.
Not just in the US, either. Accusations of rape are a major factor in the migrant crisis in Europe, after the apparent mass sexual assaults on New Year's Eve and other instances.
I fail to see how this is true, unless you're only speaking about cultural depictions. The incidence of rape is double that of murder in the US.
Sort of like how Hollywood can make a movie in which people fight with fists, knives, guns, lasers, tanks, airplanes and ships, and the audience sees scene after scene full of dead mangled bodies, and the movie can still get a PG-13 rating. But one scene of two grown adults engaging in consensual sexual activity, and the movie is automatically an R or worse.
One of the grisly and horrifying things about lynching is that this was quite common. Whole towns would turn out and gladly pose for the camera with dead bodies in full view.
RACE