(07-11-2023, 01:56 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote:

(07-11-2023, 10:36 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: The comment was pointing out a disparity between asking for Irish reparations vs African American reparations.

Sorry you're "hung-up" on which decade the lynchings were most frequent. 
*rimshot* I'll be here all week - Cue the accusations of racism and tastelessness 

If I'd said "in the past century" instead of "the 60's" it would have made the point more accurately, but since Black people were still being killed for being Black in the 1960's and Irish Americans were not being killed for being Irish in 1960's America - my point was and is perfectly valid and completely void of hyperbole.

Well, sure. I guess if you changed your statement to be more factual, it would be less hyperbolic. I guess I never thought of it like that. All future hyperbolic statements have now been rendered moot, thanks to sound logic.  

Seriously, though, I understood what point you were trying to make and threw out a comment about not needing hyperbole because the facts are sufficient. I don't like this particular type of hyperbole because, while you are certainly smart enough to know what you said isn't factual, there are a lot of people who say that very same thing who genuinely believe that people were being strung up in the 60's. Factual history and context are not often present in modern day discourse, mostly because we have an ignorant society. Additionally, you, being a very smart guy, shouldn't assume that the stupid among us won't repeat your hyperbole as fact, without the background or capability of verifying or challenging that information. That's why I called it out. 

Again, I get your point. I didn't disagree with it. I just said we shouldn't resort to hyperbole, which is a fair critique of your statement. It's not needed, and there is a narrative associated with race that runs rampant in this country by people who, intentionally or unintentionally, exaggerate the truth. The truth is sufficient, which is the whole of my point.