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Interesting term, run out of town on a rail. From Wikipedia: Riding the rail (also called being "run out of town on a rail") was a punishment most prevalent in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries in which an offender was made to straddle a fence rail held on the shoulders of two or more bearers. The subject was then paraded around town or taken to the city limits and dumped by the roadside.
A story attributed to Abraham Lincoln has him quoting a victim of being ridden out of town on a rail as having said, "If it weren't for the honor of the thing, I'd just as soon it happened to someone else."
That is interesting! I always enjoy a bit of etymology.
With that in mind we should probably go with the tried-and-true method of torches & pitchforks for Sideshow John. Can you imagine trying to haul his ass around town on a board?
Tar and feathering was another method of dealing with shitheads. Usually done right before riding them out of town on a rail.
it's always struck me as a pretty hard rebuke of a person and all they stand for, as outdated as it is.
I would genuinely like to see that happen to him.
they did it to Skinner on that simpsons episode everybody hates