Comment by kbelder
4 years ago
The similarity is that both are mob actions, done without legal charges or rules of evidence.
I'm not defending the guy specifically; I have no idea whether he's a guilty scumbag or a persecuted innocent. But even jerks deserve a certain amount of due process before punishment. Maybe she's the scumbag? I don't know, and neither do you.
A lynching is done by a literal mob. This is being done by a metaphorical mob.