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21. Fact is, it's not even an insult in some circles

Reply to etherealtruth (Reply #20)

Wed Jan 29, 2014, 08:33 PM

Jan 2014

Tupac made it cool:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=thug+life

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Why is Seahawks Richard Sherman a thug, but not Rep. Michael Grimm? [View all] napkinz Jan 2014 OP

could it be dreadlocks? madrchsod Jan 2014 #1

where are all the tweets calling Grimm a thug? napkinz Jan 2014 #2

The dreadlocks are cool and Sherman is hot. Some people are just jealous! n/t freshwest Jan 2014 #30

he is totally cute, i had no idea who he was JI7 Jan 2014 #34

Sounds like a thug to me. Chorophyll Jan 2014 #3

Grimm has been vigorously defending Christie napkinz Jan 2014 #10

Hey, that's an insult to primoridal ooze. I'm sure it had no bad intent. Septic tank, yeah... n/t freshwest Jan 2014 #27

should not insult primordial ooze--at least ooze had some use. niyad Jan 2014 #54

how about "colostomy bag filler"? dionysus Jan 2014 #67

that would work. niyad Jan 2014 #68

Well if I have to explain it to you... nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #4

Ding ding we have a winner malaise Jan 2014 #9

you stole me DING! napkinz Jan 2014 #14

Ha malaise Jan 2014 #15

DING DING DING DING! napkinz Jan 2014 #12

Nope ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2014 #57

Yep. GoCubsGo Jan 2014 #66

I'll call him a thug. He sure acted like one. Throd Jan 2014 #5

Are you saying Boom Sound 416 Jan 2014 #6

I haven't seen any NATIONAL uproar over Grimm's behavior napkinz Jan 2014 #13

Maybe more folks saw the game, than the dog and pony show. 1000words Jan 2014 #18

yup - people are much more emotional over football playoffs Lucky Luciano Jan 2014 #25

Agreed. But, Boom Sound 416 Jan 2014 #56

I did. mstinamotorcity2 Jan 2014 #73

My immediate response was to think that Grimm was a total thug. Lucky Luciano Jan 2014 #7

+1 Fearless Jan 2014 #44

Grimm is not a "thug" etherealtruth Jan 2014 #8

threatening bodily harm to a reporter does not make one a thug? napkinz Jan 2014 #17

I stick by my characterization - thug is simply not harsh enough for me etherealtruth Jan 2014 #19

+1,000 Scuba Jan 2014 #11

"Thug" has pretty much lost any meaning 1000words Jan 2014 #16

That was my thought ... etherealtruth Jan 2014 #20

Fact is, it's not even an insult in some circles 1000words Jan 2014 #21

Actually, and it is not me saying this, this is the new "polite way" of saying the N word nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #22

Exactly! etherealtruth Jan 2014 #23

Thug means "an insufficiently respectful Negro." geek tragedy Jan 2014 #24

Thug can be code for "scary black guy." It also has other, broader, older meanings. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2014 #62

Tweety now covering the story napkinz Jan 2014 #26

Grimm is a ReTHUGlican. The complaints on Sherman are BS. JMHO. YVMV. n/t freshwest Jan 2014 #28

ReTHUGlican napkinz Jan 2014 #37

Yes, it's an old one. Chatted with a nice old lady at the store this week and she used it. freshwest Jan 2014 #39

Sherman just got a killer response SoCalDem Jan 2014 #29

Good one. Seattle is excited about the Superbowl! n/t freshwest Jan 2014 #40

As someone who Jamaal510 Jan 2014 #48

Exactly... butterfly77 Jan 2014 #31

You are confusing thug with fascist. B Calm Jan 2014 #32

Lets see...Richard Sherman kwolf68 Jan 2014 #33

One is black. gLibDem Jan 2014 #35

Oh he sure is Packerowner740 Jan 2014 #36

Can you imagine if, say, AL FRANKEN did this? RoverSuswade Jan 2014 #38

first Tweety, now Rachel is covering it ... MSNBC! napkinz Jan 2014 #41

Doesn't a threat like that legally qualify as assault? another_liberal Jan 2014 #42

I asked the same question in one of my replies napkinz Jan 2014 #43

One is a football player TNNurse Jan 2014 #45

THey both are MNBrewer Jan 2014 #46

Go look up the definition of a thug in the dictionary.... Cali_Democrat Jan 2014 #50

What is to say there won't be some consequence? davidpdx Jan 2014 #47

I don't get it..Grimm gets in the reporters face and essentially threatens his life. Jefferson23 Jan 2014 #49

anyone else would have been charged with ASSAULT napkinz Jan 2014 #64

Yep, and why I asked..where was security and why wasn't Grimm tazed. Jefferson23 Jan 2014 #70

"where was security?" napkinz Jan 2014 #75

I am guessing that the reporter had already passed through security and at that Jefferson23 Jan 2014 #79

Richard Sherman is not a thug! OnlinePoker Jan 2014 #51

Sherman is black AND has dreadlocks. Dawson Leery Jan 2014 #52

Actually I heard Grimm called a thug and a bully today KeepItReal Jan 2014 #53

60,000+ Google hits say Grimm *is* a "thug" Nye Bevan Jan 2014 #55

868,000 https://www.google.com/#q=mike+grimm+thug niyad Jan 2014 #58

Sherman seems to be a very interesting and intelligent person renate Jan 2014 #59

quite a resume on this pos: niyad Jan 2014 #60

Melanin. Iggo Jan 2014 #61

thank you MFM008 Jan 2014 #63

Grimm = white Congressman. Sherman = scary black man with dreads Nanjing to Seoul Jan 2014 #65

yep, hit the nail on the head napkinz Jan 2014 #69

Christie & Grimm ... napkinz Jan 2014 #71

Two peas in a pod. butterfly77 Jan 2014 #81

looks like a scene from Godfather III ---> napkinz Jan 2014 #72

Grimm is a thug and I called him one when I saw the tape. n/t BeeBee Jan 2014 #74

I said that the other night. And Sherman was applegrove Jan 2014 #76

I consider myself reasonably well informed about language and word usage... 3catwoman3 Jan 2014 #77

Michael Grimm IS a thug, (and I'm not the first person to say so). 11 Bravo Jan 2014 #78

I wonder if we have a chance to pick up Grimm's seat napkinz Jan 2014 #80

true. nt La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2014 #86

Yep. Nt ecstatic Feb 2014 #89

Sherman is an ass, but Grimm is a thug, and probably sexist mythology Jan 2014 #82

It probably has something to do with the 38 tackles and 8 picks jmowreader Jan 2014 #83

But...but...pointing out racism is playing the race card! Htom Sirveaux Feb 2014 #84

only one of them is black. nt La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2014 #85

They're both thugs. Straw Man Feb 2014 #87

both thugs? napkinz Feb 2014 #90

Yes. Straw Man Feb 2014 #92

Because Grimm is a white republican from Boroughtucky? Tom Ripley Feb 2014 #88

will the REAL thug please stand up ... and resign napkinz Feb 2014 #91