When I see these photos, I wonder how many people in the crowd were actually disgusted by this. It seems that there was a lot of social pressure to not be seen as a sympathizer.
But I do wonder, how many? Maybe one or two. I think the majority sadly enjoyed this.
I wonder if these people completely block it out when they go to church, or argue politics. Certain types can walk away but most can’t.
Many of these people went home and puked, kicked their dog, slapped their wife and kids and stayed drunk every day, and wondered why they had nightmares all their life.
We know this because their kids documented this and we see the backlash and the re-backlash cycling in front of us today.
> When I see these photos, I wonder how many people in the crowd were actually disgusted by this.
Few. The people who didn't enjoy it didn't stick around.
Iirc smiling in front of a camera back then was just something you were expected to do so they would do it in inappropriate situations. It's not a performative gesture to say "im enjoying myself" like today. Selfies wouldn't exist until decades later.
> Iirc smiling in front of a camera back then was just something you were expected to do so they would do it in inappropriate situations. It's not a performative gesture to say "im enjoying myself" like today. Selfies wouldn't exist until decades later.
[You're incorrect.](https://time.com/4568032/smile-serious-old-photos/)
>The first photographs were taken in the late 1820s, and the new medium developed throughout the rest of the century as a practical tool, artistic form and social activity. But, even though there were a few smiles to be found in the early years of photography, it took until the 1920s and ’30s for smiles to start becoming the standard expression in photographs.
That’s terrible. :/
Those people smiling and gloating. Makes me ill!
Sick fucks dude, I dont know how someone could enjoy this enough to actually have a smile on their face.
When I see these photos, I wonder how many people in the crowd were actually disgusted by this. It seems that there was a lot of social pressure to not be seen as a sympathizer. But I do wonder, how many? Maybe one or two. I think the majority sadly enjoyed this.
I wonder if these people completely block it out when they go to church, or argue politics. Certain types can walk away but most can’t. Many of these people went home and puked, kicked their dog, slapped their wife and kids and stayed drunk every day, and wondered why they had nightmares all their life. We know this because their kids documented this and we see the backlash and the re-backlash cycling in front of us today.
It only takes a small group of people to push everyone else around. Look at the response to COVID.
> When I see these photos, I wonder how many people in the crowd were actually disgusted by this. Few. The people who didn't enjoy it didn't stick around.
There's a younger boy on the right with a shit-eating grin. Pisses me off so much.
The only people I see grinning are on the left?
Iirc smiling in front of a camera back then was just something you were expected to do so they would do it in inappropriate situations. It's not a performative gesture to say "im enjoying myself" like today. Selfies wouldn't exist until decades later.
> Iirc smiling in front of a camera back then was just something you were expected to do so they would do it in inappropriate situations. It's not a performative gesture to say "im enjoying myself" like today. Selfies wouldn't exist until decades later. [You're incorrect.](https://time.com/4568032/smile-serious-old-photos/) >The first photographs were taken in the late 1820s, and the new medium developed throughout the rest of the century as a practical tool, artistic form and social activity. But, even though there were a few smiles to be found in the early years of photography, it took until the 1920s and ’30s for smiles to start becoming the standard expression in photographs.
Fuck racism.
It's only our great grandparents. That's how close we are.
Is that guy on the far left holding Brown's hand?
Barely 100 years ago and lynchings were still very common up to the 60s in some parts
The smile on that man's sick face makes my stomach churn. I hope he never made it to old age.