>Brian:
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>>I see. He's being _virtually_ lynched. Is that anything like Clarence
>>Thomas's complaints about his own "virtual lynching?"
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>Probably. Lynching is the blood sport for many (if not most) white US
>males.
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Maybe I'm not clear on that "virtual" means, but in this context,
doesn't it mean "not actual?"