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Mobs frequently avenge the commission of this crime by themselves torturing to death the man committing it; thus avenging in bestial fashion a bestial deed, and reducing themselves to a level with the criminal.
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Roosevelt condemns the mob mentality that leads to lynching, equating it to a regression to barbarism.
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