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In reply to the discussion: Has the word "thug" become racist? [View all]Deep13
(39,156 posts)30. I don't know, but I have never considered it at such.
To me, thug means a violent criminal, often an enforcer for organized crime management.
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Yes. It's a code word used by 'gun advocates' to mean 'urban' which is the GOP's code word for... nt
onehandle
Dec 2013
#2
I don't believe you have to walk on eggshells. The point is that many racist people are far more
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jan 2014
#64
Yep, all the right wing gun fanciers who called Trayvon Martin a "Thug" meant it affectionately.
Hoyt
Dec 2013
#19
Language evolves. Not always in a good way. It is no longer race neutral.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jan 2014
#51
I think the context in which it's used is what makes a word racist or not...
penultimate
Dec 2013
#14
No, but, like any derogatory term, racists may consider it an attribute of groups they don't like.
Gidney N Cloyd
Dec 2013
#18
A thug, is a thug, is a thug. Who ever thought of it anything different?
demosincebirth
Dec 2013
#21
I've only heard it in reference to criminals, re-thug-licans and racial thugs.
TexasProgresive
Dec 2013
#23
Depends on the situation and the potential for selective outrage by the enduser
flvegan
Dec 2013
#38
I don't think so, how could it be if so many here use the term rethuglican
Packerowner740
Jan 2014
#43
Seeing as a neighbor frequently uses it when referring to my son- a good student
ScreamingMeemie
Jan 2014
#45
So, we're talking about one guy who uses a partcular word in correctly.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jan 2014
#54
Wow. Anyone who says "thug" has not become a racist term is denying reality. It IS used by racists
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jan 2014
#49
Being among the older and less wise here, what is a badly behaving white person called?
libdem4life
Jan 2014
#52