The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”

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  • jaaake@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    I did.

    The verb comes from the phrase Lynch Law, a term for a punishment without trial. Two Americans during this era are generally credited for coining the phrase: Charles Lynch (1736–1796) and William Lynch (1742–1820), both of whom lived in Virginia in the 1780s.

    The verb “to lynch”(like the city of Lynchburg) comes from the same family. Literally. Charles Lynch is older brother to John Lynch (abolitionist and founder of Lynchburg).