Soledad O’Brien lectures ‘naive’ journalists ‘thug’ is the new ‘n-word’ – you can’t use it

BizPac Review ^ | 5/4/15 | Carmine Sabia

[Zakeet]

[RC one]

So we can’t draw pictures of Muhammad and we can’t say “thug”? I thought “journalists” were supposed to be pro-first amendment?

[9YearLurker]

The “T-word”?

[windsorknot]

Don't draw Mohammed. Don't call a thug a thug.

BTW, if the "n-word" is so bad, why is it used so freely by those who should be offended by it?

[rlmorel]

THEY.

CAN.

ALL.

KISS.

MY.

BUTT.

I am sick and tired of having my language dictated to me by liberals. It is a perfectly legitimate word in use for centuries by people of all races to describe people of all races. And they want to say it is racist?

Not going down that road.

[windsorknot]

Speaking of Soledad, I’ve heard tell that it’s a haven for thugs.

[Popman]

“I can’t think of a situation where there’s ever been a headline or someone has called a white young person who’s in the middle of a violent protest, demonstration, whatever, a thug,”

Well, she was correct on one point...."I can't think"

I would bet a trillion dollars during the "Occupy Wall Street" movement, lots of trustfundians protesting were called thugs...by the media

[Paladin2]

Pretty much my obliquely stated point. She’s too sensitive because of her name and the tendency of the LSM to exhibit thuggish behavior.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Sorry Princess but “Thug” IS NOT the new “N” word. Grow up an get a life. If life is too hard for you, I recommend that you just stay home and bake cookies.

[FlingWingFlyer]

It’s weird but I’ve ALWAYS thought of CNN “journalists” being the “new ‘N’ word”.

[windsorknot]

The Left are free-speech Nazis who themselves constantly butcher the language to conform to their world view.

[Gaffer]

Maybe they're saying thug and she's hearing thig.

[eartick]

blackniggerthug blackniggerthug blackniggerthug

There, whole new word. You can substitute color as needed

[Skepolitic]

I rather like the term “community organizer” to describe the people who burn down their neighborhoods.

It kind of fits in a perverse sort of way.

[mikefive]

$h!t flinging monkeys is already taken, so I’ll stick with thugs. I don’t want to disrespect the monkeys by relating them to thugs.

[abclily]

My thought exactly. She sounds like a journalistic thug. Thug is as thug does.

[jughandle]

Someone needs to get out into the real world a little more often.

[Flick Lives]

“I can’t think..."

You got that right, Soledad.

[Pecos]

The jackasses on the Left know that if they can control the language, they can control our thoughts. Orwell's "1984" demonstrates the problem quite well.

I vote NO. If the word "THUG" offends you, then don't act that way. It's that simple!

[NorthMountain]

Based on your picture, I assume that a “thug” is a homosexual guy with arthritis in his hands ...