Use of the word "thug" has reached...thug-like levels!!

[SVTLightning]

Originally Posted by Suburban_Guy

Thug is conveniently used here by some to deliberately provoke and incite, without having to use racially derogatory terms.

It's a sly and backhanded way of venting and getting your licks into a particular racial group, without getting outright trouble with the mods.

So transparent even an infant could see what's going on.

Thats just stupid because Thug is not reserved for one race regardless of how many times said race claims that.

[fitzy24]

Originally Posted by madison999

Man alive!!!!! He's a thug, she's a thug, you're a thug, I'm a thug, everybody is a thug!

People seem to need to use that word to label people to the point that they act like thugs themselves just trying to demonize everyone.

Is a person who over-uses and misappropriately uses the word thug a thug themselves? I say yes, and there are many all around us.

Just because you have a college degree and post online does not mean you are not a thug. Some are thugs with their fists, others with the pads of their fingertips.

peace out

Now they are starting to be savage thugs.

[calculator]

This word wasn't used that much until the Freddie Gray incident.

I agree with what Suburban Guy said.

[jmgg]

If the shoe fits, wear it. If the term fits, USE IT.

[thefragile]

Originally Posted by SVTLightning

Thats just stupid because Thug is not reserved for one race regardless of how many times said race claims that.

It is if you're a con. Look no further than this or the politics forum.

[Orlandochuck1]

Originally Posted by WaldoKitty

I'm pretty sure that if you referred to the common criminal as a "Gentleman of the Highway", that most contemporary Americans would be clueless. But Thug certain works.


From Websters:

Thug
: a brutal ruffian or assassin : gangster, tough

Synonyms

bully, gangbanger, gangsta, gangster, goon, gorilla, hood, hooligan, mobster, mug, plug-ugly, punk, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, hoodlum, tough, toughie (also toughy), yob [British], yobbo

-----------------------------------------------------------

Given the nature of many topics discussed here, the term seems completely acceptable and not over-used. I'm sure that if you referred to

It says ganster is a thug. So gang members are thugs.... easy enough. Thanks.

[LoveMysterious]

This site has turned me off from the words 'thug' and 'agenda.'

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by thefragile

It is if you're a con. Look no further than this or the politics forum.

If you claim the moon is made of cheese, that doesn't make it so.

[thefragile]

Originally Posted by PedroMartinez

If you claim the moon is made of cheese, that doesn't make it so.

Lol, it's cute you dispute that.

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by thefragile

Lol, it's cute you dispute that.

It's even cuter that you make false accusations and believe them to be true.