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by Mikhail_Edoshin 2453 days ago
When a mob lynches someone it's obvious they "had enough" of him. And maybe he even was guilty enough to deserve such a punishment. But we hardly ever think about this, to us a lynched person is always a victim. Why? Because nobody can be so guilty as to deny them a due process. A real justice where the person can face the accusers and defend himself, and be sure that the decision is made by a jury of impartial peers. People who "finally had enough" can only be the accusers in this scene. Where are the others?

Do you really think that insensitivity and vulgarity is worse than mob justice?