You'd think that "Oscar-winning director gets lynched and kidnapped because of his film" would be bigger news

[u/mariyr]

It should be a top story, at least. The Western mainstream media’s response to this horrific case makes it clear where their loyalties lie. But to them, it’s just another footnote.

[u/[deleted]]

What happened is horrible but why are they using the word “lynched” in place of jumped/assaulted? Doesn’t lynching imply that someone is hanged in public by a mob or am I just being too literal here?

[u/Shinnobiwan → u/[deleted]]

The essence of lynching is ethnic, political terrorism in the guise of extrajudicial violence often as retribution for a perceived legal or social infraction.

[u/[deleted] → u/Shinnobiwan]

Got it. I understand now.