Richard Sherman on 'thug': "it's the accepted way of calling somebody the N-word nowadays."

[ladjf]

234. Perhaps I've misunderstood this entire thread.

The original point was that Mr. Sherman said the when a black person was called a "thug" , it was code for the "N" word.
When I commented that I didn't think his statement was true, several posters pointed out my ignorance of the code usage for the "N"word.

You say "No one believes they're synonymous now and never were". Do you mean that Mr. Sherman didn't mean what he said about the words? My statement simply meant that if there are a number of people who now believe that "thug" has a specific
racial meaning, that will be a temporary condition ,likely to disappear over time.

I regret that I posted on this thread in the first place. I personally don't care how people adapt language to suit their personal
values.