"Thug"

[LeilaniMP]

Racist, or not?

For years mobsters and bullies have been called "thugs".

 

[BobbyT]

Racist, or not?

For years mobsters and bullies have been called "thugs".

Context is everything. But I admit that understanding context does take more analytical capacity than some can bring to bear.

 

[Boca]

Racist, or not?

For years mobsters and bullies have been called "thugs".

Did you intend for a link to what you mean?

 

[LeilaniMP]

Did you intend for a link to what you mean?

Just a general question in regards to the word.

Definition from Merriam-Webster: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thug

 

[LeilaniMP]

Context is everything. But I admit that understanding context does take more analytical capacity than some can bring to bear.

It's an uncomplicated question in regards to whether it is a racist word, or not.

 

[Mytzlplk]

Context is everything. But I admit that understanding context does take more analytical capacity than some can bring to bear.

indeed, and particularly if you're one who's long palled around with (and more) racist "thugs" whose rhetorical offenses efforts like this seek to diminish.

apparently some racists think it is a worthy substitute for the "N" word http://crooksandliars.com/2014/02/florida-man-proclaimed-i-hate-thug-music

context indeed

 

[Charcat]

Of course it's not racist. Only a few far-out progressives would even think of it. Who ever heard of a lazy thug? (OK, but you KNOW the word "lazy" is racist).

 

[LeilaniMP]

Definition from Merriam-Webster:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thug

 

[Charcat]

indeed, and particularly if you're one who's long palled around with (and more) racist "thugs" whose rhetorical offenses efforts like this seek to diminish.

apparently some racists think it is a worthy substitute for the "N" word http://crooksandliars.com/2014/02/florida-man-proclaimed-i-hate-thug-music

context indeed

Maybe because blacks call it "gangsta" music?

 

[LeilaniMP]

indeed, and particularly if you're one who's long palled around with (and more) racist "thugs" whose rhetorical offenses efforts like this seek to diminish.

apparently some racists think it is a worthy substitute for the "N" word http://crooksandliars.com/2014/02/florida-man-proclaimed-i-hate-thug-music

context indeed

More mytzylbabble....

 

[LeilaniMP]

Of course it's not racist. Only a few far-out progressives would even think of it. Who ever heard of a lazy thug? (OK, but you KNOW the word "lazy" is racist).

Of course it isn't, but there are those who look for the racist bogeyman in everything.

"racist": the catch phrase used by the intellectually lazy left when describing anyone who disagrees with turdbama..

 

[resident_evil]

Racist, or not?

For years mobsters and bullies have been called "thugs".

For years violent people have been called thugs.
Not racist.

 

[LeilaniMP]

Maybe because blacks call it "gangsta" music?

Heck, you see them also aspiring to the "gangsta" life.

 

[LeilaniMP]

For years violent people have been called thugs.
Not racist.

You are correct!

 

[Barbella]

"Thug" is racist. So is "boy", "girl", "baby", "white", "black", "dark", "light", "gorilla", "banana", "ape", "jungle", "jive", "jingle", and.....well, racist words are far too numerous to mention in one evening (or week, or decade, depending on who you talk to....).

Does that answer your question?

 

[resident_evil]

"Thug" is racist. So is "boy", "girl", "baby", "white", "black", "dark", "light", "gorilla", "banana", "ape", "jungle", "jive", "jingle", and.....well, racist words are far too numerous to mention in one evening (or week, or decade, depending on who you talk to....).

Does that answer your question?

Brown paper lunch bags taken to work are also racist.

Seattle city gov’t bans the words “citizen” and “brown bag,” for obvious reasons

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/02/s...-brown-bag-for-obvious-reasons/#ixzz2syNiEuoX

 

[LeilaniMP]

"Thug" is racist. So is "boy", "girl", "baby", "white", "black", "dark", "light", "gorilla", "banana", "ape", "jungle", "jive", "jingle", and.....well, racist words are far too numerous to mention in one evening (or week, or decade, depending on who you talk to....).

Does that answer your question?

Thank you!

 

[Barbella]

Brown papers lunch bags taken to work are also racist.

Fried chicken, watermelon seeds.....

 

[LeilaniMP]

Brown papers lunch bags taken to work are also racist.

And pb & j sandwiches

 

[LeilaniMP]

Fried chicken, watermelon seeds.....

What about calling someone a watermelon seed spitter, as Condi has been described?