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Slothful lies of the BBC (shame on Sean Coughlan)edit
Latest comment: 8 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
The 77 burned alive were part of the 88 slaves executed for their part in the 1736 failed slave rebellion in Antigua. This event involved more than the Royall family. Isaac Royall, Jr. (1719–1781) was an 18-year-old lad at the time and, yes, his family owned slaves (at least one was implicated in the failed rebellion), but the idea that he was "known for "extreme cruelty"" such that "on one occasion he had 77 slaves burned alive" is complete BULLSHIT and a complete misrepresentation of the facts; "on one occasion" as if there were other "occasions" of arbitrary murder. Scholarly/academic writings exist on all of these topics so why resort to the BBC for Wikipedia content, especially when they are caught in a lie? (postscriptum: I see the Wikipedia contributor implicated Isaac Royall, Sr. as "known for "extreme cruelty""—that is not in the BBC story—social justice fabulist Coughlan is referring to Isaac Royall, Jr., and yes this is absurd.) --Ingram (talk) 00:40, 5 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
If there is a surviving member of the family, they should dispute the claims and sue BBC for libel. Gtwy (talk) 09:00, 6 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 10 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion
This article currently states that there were “several racist incidents” in the Harvard Law community that sparked the change. The source given to support this claim however, a NYT article written by a Harvard Law professor, explicitly mentions only one incident - an act of vandalism with unclear motives and intent - and further states that, from this one incident, many in the community infer the presence of more racism. The article should be revised to remove “several racist incidents” and replace that phrase with “an act of vandalism.” That is, unless there were in fact several racist incidents - in which case an additional source should be added to support and expand on that statement. 2601:703:105:A5E0:2906:A562:3D10:6844 (talk) 02:19, 5 July 2023 (UTC)Reply
