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bravenak

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10. Pissed off.

Wed Apr 29, 2015, 04:44 PM

Apr 2015

No need to find a label to put on them. They already have enough labels. They are sad, miserable, poor, black, overlooked, underfunded, labeled, despised, forgotten, beat down, abused, lied to, crapped on, jacked up against a wall, fatherless victims of the drug war, judged, fined, kicked...
Why do you feel the need to call those desperate souls names? Are their lives not harsh enough for you yet? Call them what you will, but at least you noticed them. Finally they got noticed.

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Baltimore Councilman to CNN Host: ‘Just Call Them N--gers’ [View all] SummerSnow Apr 2015 OP

Sensationalist headline... Oktober Apr 2015 #1

The look on her face said exactly what he said. bravenak Apr 2015 #2

These weren't just children causing the destruction B2G Apr 2015 #3

Looters and arsonists are angelic confused children Ohio4theWin Apr 2015 #4

Oy veh. cyberswede Apr 2015 #5

Enjoy your stay shenmue Apr 2015 #55

Isn't he saying that the host might as well call them the n-word if she's going to call them thugs? cyberswede Apr 2015 #6

Yep. bravenak Apr 2015 #7

What do you call individuals B2G Apr 2015 #8

Pissed off. bravenak Apr 2015 #10

And making excuses for blatant criminal behavior B2G Apr 2015 #16

Personal responsibilty is so passé Ohio4theWin Apr 2015 #19

Those are reasons. bravenak Apr 2015 #20

Hmmm... those "white kids" are never referred to as "thugs," tho. Liberal_Stalwart71 Apr 2015 #21

Thug means nigge% to me. bravenak Apr 2015 #23

That's EXACTLY what it means Scootaloo Apr 2015 #28

Remember Thug Life? bravenak Apr 2015 #39

I don't know which is more offensive--the word itself or insulting our Liberal_Stalwart71 Apr 2015 #29

I'd rather they just be straight up, myself. bravenak Apr 2015 #37

And exactly the point Stokes was making. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #47

Funny how some pretend they don't get it. They get it. bravenak Apr 2015 #48

The main cause of all this rioting is police are killing black people at will. Wouldn't you be Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #24

Very well written... AuntPatsy Apr 2015 #52

Thank you very much. bravenak Apr 2015 #53

Pissed off at being killed at will by out of control pork. 99Forever Apr 2015 #11

A senior housing center was burnt to the ground as well. Ohio4theWin Apr 2015 #12

I think you're a troll and you need to be very careful. Liberal_Stalwart71 Apr 2015 #31

Having a different viewpoint doesn't equate to troll Ohio4theWin Apr 2015 #42

No, being a troll equates to troll. NuclearDem Apr 2015 #46

Looters and arsonists. NuclearDem Apr 2015 #25

Hooligans is the term used in Europe, is it racist? Ohio4theWin Apr 2015 #26

Is there a reason you so desperately want to use a racist dog whistle term? NuclearDem Apr 2015 #30

Yes. It's a troll and I'm very close to alerting. Liberal_Stalwart71 Apr 2015 #32

I don't agree with your opinion that's it's racist, does that make me racist? Ohio4theWin Apr 2015 #35

... NuclearDem Apr 2015 #40

Lol! bravenak Apr 2015 #41

Because you won't like him us the other word ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #49

is it used by a majority-brown European media to denigrate minority-white people? Scootaloo Apr 2015 #34

Yes ArcticFox Apr 2015 #14

That's exactly how I read it. n/t pnwmom Apr 2015 #17

That's how I read it too. nt Bobbie Jo Apr 2015 #18

That's how I read it, swede. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #22

Thug is the predominate dog whistle word for AAs and Hispanics now. It's the word Freepers use Monk06 Apr 2015 #50

That's what I thought shenmue Apr 2015 #54

It's odd that after tens of thousands of years, we still expect that the oppressed LanternWaste Apr 2015 #9

+1 951-Riverside Apr 2015 #13

Very good ananysis, I should also add Hutzpa Apr 2015 #15

I think it's collective PTSD, just keep returning to the trauma. We keep unconsciously returning Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #36

I heard this "thug" debate on MSNBC a little while ago. Vinca Apr 2015 #27

Avoid That Word HassleCat Apr 2015 #33

Stokes is correct, thug is the new Luntzian therm for n-word. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #38

Sensationalist headline and article wheniwasincongress Apr 2015 #43

Isn't he saying that to call them "thugs" is the same thing as calling them "n---ers? jwirr Apr 2015 #44

Yeah. Seems pretty obvious to me. Barack_America Apr 2015 #56

Yes, and all bad. jwirr Apr 2015 #57

My take on it. Half-Century Man Apr 2015 #45

Erin Burnett is a vapid little spoiled brat bluestateguy Apr 2015 #51