And not just The Scream, but he called him an "F---in' Coon!!!"

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65. As a gay man I can not agree with you that our inclusion is reversing, we are

making historic progress and recently gained some footing with DOMA being overturned-soon I might have equal rights to you! So I am bothered that you want to claim reversal of progress i 'staggering fashion' in the time of our greatest court victory of all time. You have no support for your assertion at all, and there is much to counter that pessimistic outlook.
Here is another thing to consider. About words and such. You type this " a world where thugs with guns are the norm" in a thread about racist words. Frequently on DU folks say the word 'thug' is racist, and they call people who use it racist. But you use it in a thread about racist words, very casually.

"8. In right-wing commentary, I've seen people use "thug" as a racist codeword
(because all African-Americans are criminals, according to right-wing mythology )

Example of use: "I moved to the suburbs because all kinds of welfare mothers, gangbangers, and thugs moved into my neighborhood."

Translation: "I moved to the suburbs because some upwardly mobile African-Americans moved into my neighborhood."
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