Whoops, forgot to mention the posting you were replying to, and which is a 
posting I made replying to a loaded-for-bear attack on Lyle by Anne.  So, 
that makes 4 postings by me in the last week or so, but just one defending 
another poster.

Gus

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "myfriends" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] The Law & Lynching


>I think you have me mixed up with someone else.  The only posts I've made 
>in the last week or so was one to you re. indentured children,  one re. 
>Prof. Pfiefer's papers on lynching, and one re. furnace workers.   Am I 
>overlooking something?
> If so, I'd like to knw, but if not, then you tell me:  What IS really 
> going on here?
>
> Gus
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Anita Wills" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 4:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] The Law & Lynching
>
>
> Ummm, it appears that Lyle has also misread postings. Each time I
> have attempted to point that out to him, you jump in to defend him.
> So what is really going on here?
>
> Anita
>
>
>
> -- myfriends <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Come on, Anne, get real.  You seem to have an urge to pick at
> anything Lyle
> has posted recently, and to insinuate that he is somehow a racist.
> To make
> sure,  I just  reread everything he's written in the last week plus
> your
> replies, and it's clear you have completely misread Lyle's postings.
>
> Your logic --or lack thereof--  shows up when you suggest comparing
> apples
> to apples and then use the KKK and Farrenkat's preaching as
> examples.  You
> can't just chose part of the equation, and unless you also consider
> time,
> location,  etc. your comparison  would still be a mixed bag of
> fruit.   I
> suppose now you'll charge me with being a racist, too, but you'd
> better
> think twice and ask for pictures before you do, unless, like Lyle,
> you
> believe  racism can be found anywhere.
>
> At the risk of being a real bore, may I suggest you back off and give
> others
> a chance to have opinions, and if you think you disagree and should
> comment,
> read what they had to say a second time, CAREFULLY.
>
> Gus
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Anne Pemberton" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 3:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] The Law & Lynching
>
>
>> Lyle,
>>
>> I'm not going to take on the whole of your post, but please tell me
> how
>> many whites were lynched in response to Louis Farrenkat's
> preaching, and
>> then compare that total with the number of black lynched by the KKK
> (or
>> estimates, I'm not sure that there are absolute numbers anywhere,
> but
>> maybe there are).
>>
>> Let's make sure that we are comparing apples to apples, not apples
> to
>> grapes.
>>
>>
>> Anne
>>
>> Anne Pemberton
>> [log in to unmask]
>> http://www.erols.com/apembert
>> http://www.educationalsynthesis.org
>
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