Cop soccer kicks suspect

[Makani]

so does "thug" have a racist connotation now?

I kind of think it always did, but I wouldn't want to say it always does.

 

[JadeOwl]

so does "thug" have a racist connotation now?

Yes.

So many people are using it as a euphemism for n****r these days that it's getting hard to tell when someone is honestly using it with its intended meaning.

 

[Scary Uncle ODB]

Yes.

So many people are using it as a euphemism for n****r these days that it's getting hard to tell when someone is honestly using it with its intended meaning.

No it doesn't.
No one is calling a black guy in a 3 piece suit working at NYSE a thug.

We are calling criminal piece of shit thugs--people of any color.

People call people the n-word because they are black in most cases

See a difference?

 

[Pwent]

so does "thug" have a racist connotation now?

I don't assume the person is black if I hear "thug" but i think it is one of the few words that people can safely use when describing a rapscallion who happens to be black, so it is overused there

"He was a good boy spreading the word of Jesus"
"No, he was a _____"

Criminal doesn't carry enough weight, so what word fits better than "thug"?

 

[j98]

compliance isnt even enough to stop the police beatings anymore, no one is safe

 

[Chesten_Hesten]

If only Pride was still alive. Takada and Sakakibara could recruit this guy.

That Cop prolly has a Lenne Hardt Ringtone Hell, maybe all of them!

http://www.lennehardt.com/ringtones.html

 

[SLUG1186]

No it doesn't.
No one is calling a black guy in a 3 piece suit working at NYSE a thug.

We are calling criminal piece of shit thugs--people of any color.

People call people the n-word because they are black in most cases

See a difference?

Were people calling Richard Sherman a thug after he was talking shit when they won the super bowl?
Does he have a criminal record?

 

[chokeyou]

So wait NAACP is criticizing their decision to release the video? My they really will find anything they possibly can to bitch about lol.

 

[Stringer Bell]

cop is a piece of shit and maryland is a shit state if it takes two grand juries worth of residents to indict him.

Stick him in gen pop.

 

[Scary Uncle ODB]

Were people calling Richard Sherman a thug after he was talking shit when they won the super bowl?
Does he have a criminal record?

Do all thugs have criminal records? Was he exhibiting thug like speech and behavior?

If this white kid said the same thing they would call him a thug
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[MicroBrew]

I kind of think it always did, but I wouldn't want to say it always does.

Thug is now just a euphemism for Black youngish males who don't like Carlton Banks. Can't say the N word and hoodrat is also too obvious so Thug works. I just watched the below video of White kids rioting ; I never do hear media/society call White kids who riot as being thugs.

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[Scary Uncle ODB]

Thug is now just a euphemism for Black youngish males who don't like Carlton Banks. Can't say the N word and hoodrat is also too obvious so Thug works. I just watched the below video of White kids rioting ; I never do hear media/society call White kids who riot as being thugs.

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actually, when someone says thug all you think about is black people because you are such a damn racist.

 

[woodguyatl]

cop is a piece of shit and maryland is a shit state if it takes two grand juries worth of residents to indict him.

Stick him in gen pop.

Not sure they would ever get an indictment in Maryland since Dover is the capital of Delaware.

 

[Dayman1984]

Disgusting behavior.

 

[MicroBrew]

actually, when someone says thug all you think about is black people because you are such a damn racist.

Oh spare me the crocodile tears and faux rightwing umbrage.

 

[7437]

actually, when someone says thug all you think about is black people because you are such a damn racist.

Right. You are so post-racial, I will bet you dont even notice when they are black.

 

[KnightTemplar]

I'm sure some people will defend this cop, to me he belongs in prison with the other thugs.

He just wanted to get home to his family, Nicky!

#CopLivesMatter:icon_lol:

 

[Hollywood Nicky]

You mean like the guy he arrested?

If he committed a crime of course, but him being a criminal doesn't excuse the cop being a POS criminal too.

 

[Hollywood Nicky]

Thug is racist when used with the intent of slamming black kids and singling them out as if they are the only ones who are thugs. To me it depends on your intent.

 

[Scrody]

Thug is now just a euphemism for Black youngish males who don't like Carlton Banks. Can't say the N word and hoodrat is also too obvious so Thug works. I just watched the below video of White kids rioting ; I never do hear media/society call White kids who riot as being thugs.

So when I call my large white friend who is good at beating the shit out of people a thug, I'm actually calling him a racial slur for black people?