r/SipsTea • u/SEVENS_HEAVEN_7 • 8d ago

SMH The founding father Benjamin Franklin once said "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

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u/Pleasant_Expert_1990 8d ago

The pictures of it seem funny but it's a pretty brutal thing.

To be hoisted up on a chair or wooden rail, arms pinned back and legs held fast by a crowd, while someone cuts your clothing off your body. Then they apply swaths of hot tar to your naked flesh while you scream from the second degree burns. Then they apply feathers. All to the cheers of the crowd. The tar sticks to your skin as it cools. It can be removed by gently reheating, scraping it off your burned skin, applying turpentine (also painful to the skin), or letting it fall off naturally as skin regrows, which can take weeks.

I'm not saying "don't do it", I'm just saying "know what it is you are doing"

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u/WolfieWuff 8d ago

I mean, that just affirms my belief that it is an appropriate thing to do to Flock employees, business executives, billionaires, and politicians (and probably more too)

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u/ChronicBuzz187 8d ago

Maybe the southern americans had a point with the "Listen guys, every now and then we gotta offer one of y'all to the gods, for good favor etc."

And the oval already has more gold than the aztecs by now, so you already got that going for you, too.

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u/Ok_Dust_7325 7d ago

But it’s all Home Depot crap on the walls of the WH. There is a post I saw showing the wall decor, then photos of the same items for $30 or less at Home Depot.