That person was incorrect. 'Lynched' is not hate speech and it is not tied to a 'race'.

'Lynching' describes an action, it is not derogatory language. That person is an idiot for conflating the word with American history.

lynch

verb
(of a group of people) kill (someone) for an alleged offence without a legal trial, especially by hanging.
"her father had been lynched by whites"
synonyms: hang, hang by the neck;

I believe it's called revisionist history, and George Orwell wrote about it and it's downfalls at great length in his novel, 1984.

Yes I prefer the past to be preserved as well as us carrying on to a better sort of future then at least we do get a comparison and reference points.

Changing historical writings is a tactic of a government or society that wants to control your thoughts. Lynching and nigger are words. If you're able to be hurt by mere words, I pity you.

Agreed...we can't re-write it even if we try...all we can do is try to learn from it...which it doesn't seem like we're doing. We're going backward currently, not forward.

I’m against censorship of any kind. Anyone can say anything as far as I’m concerned. I don’t believe I have the right to not be offended.

What was the context of using the word lynching? If it were used as a trivial metaphor for something that it has nothing to do with and whining on behalf of someone who was clearly not literally lynched (eg “they’re lynching trump, it’s a witch hunt!” ) I could see objecting to it. Lynchings happened though and if it’s mentioned in a serious light of trying to discuss race inequality or the problems with vigilante “justice” then I don’t see the problem. I don’t think old books need to be revised for sensitivity’s sake either. However, if I were asked to read a passage from Huck Finn aloud to the class I think I’d insist on calling him simply “Jim” ?

I remember when the Harry Potter book became famous there was talks about rewriting the Narnia books and take out all the magic (because of course magic is Satan's work). Interesting thing at the time was that the Narnia books were written by CS Lewis, who also wrote Christian theology books. It never happened, but talk got so loud that I was afraid it would.

Now I'm aware that magic is quite different than the "n" word, but when you have precedent in one area it becomes easier to do it in other areas. I personally do not believe in censorship, however in rare cases it is necessary (as in hate speech). Changing a word just because the word is antiquated is not really a valid reason.