Sorry, this is simply not correct. You can look in any dictionary. M-W, Dictionary dot com, Cambridge, whatever. A lynching is an extrajudicial *killing* by a mob. This was an attempted lynching, which is why the victim was *nearly* lynched.
I am not trying to be extremely pedantic here but the academic study of the history of lynching is extremely important and serious and it's imperative to use accurate language about the topic in my opinion. A Man Was Lynched Yesterday means something deep
You keep saying "as it did in this case", but "this case" is me saying "nearly lynched". You came into my thread to tell me I am wrong to use the literal dictionary definition of the word. If you want to be loose with your terminology in your own posts, that is your prerogative, but leave me alone.
I just ended up having to block this guy who was picking fights for no apparent reason, accusing me of "rewriting" other people's words to which I never even referred. Don't be an asshole in my mentions, that behavior needs to stay on X the everything app (formerly Twitter)
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