Editing Tarring and feathering (section)

===Metaphorical uses===
The image of the tarred-and-feathered [[outlaw]] remains a [[metaphor]] for public humiliation many years after the practice had become uncommon,<ref name=AHD/><ref name=FOD/><ref name=Uther/> such as in this example from ''Dark Summer'' by [[Iris Johansen]]: "But you'd tar and feather me if I made the wrong decision for these guys."<ref>{{cite book |last=Johansen |first=Iris |author-link=Iris Johansen |title=Dark Summer |date=21 October 2008 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f7iXWoB7Y7AC&dq=%22tar+and+feather+me%22+Dark+Summer+Iris+Johansen&pg=PA366 |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]] |page= |isbn=978-0312368081}}</ref> Perhaps the earliest instance of such metaphorical use appears in a letter by [[Benjamin Franklin]] from 1778.<ref name="Trininc" />{{rp|38–39}}

In more recent years, tarring and feathering can refer to [[cancel culture]], or mass vendetta campaigns on [[social media]].<ref name="Burns 2015"/>