Posted on 11/13/2014 5:14:15 PM PST by walford
Thug
As Richard Sherman pointed out after receiving criticism about his post Super Bowl interview, It seems like [thug] is the acceptable way of calling someone the n word nowadays. Substituting the word thug doesnt disguise the negative association with Black people.
Urban/Inner City
The Black community is often referred to as urban or inner city when people are uncomfortable talking about Black people or where they live.
States Rights
During the Civil Rights Movement, politicians used racially coded appeals and words such as states rights to try and capitalize on the racial anxiety during that time.
Welfare and Food Stamps
When President Lyndon Johnson wanted welfare to include a racial component, it became possible to associate welfare with helping minorities. The same stigma is used with food stamps today. When Newt Gingrich called Obama the food stamp president, everyone knew what word he really was using.
Law and Order
During the Civil Rights Movement, the opposition said that Law and Order was needed to handle the racial tension and civil rights protests. In other words, we need to control the Blacks.
Cut taxes
Making the poor and people of color sound more threatening, cutting taxes has long been racial code for not using tax payer money to help Black and brown people.
“...he put his hand on the clerks throat when he dared to follow him after being robbed.”
Yep, and that’s not just assault, it’s assault that could possibly denote murderous intent. Grabbing someone by the throat is an order of magnitude from shoving them or even throwing a punch.
“...and thats not just assault, its assault that could possibly denote murderous intent. Grabbing someone by the throat is an order of magnitude from shoving them or even throwing a punch.”
As I said in the OP, if the perp is black, the [white] victim is supposed to be maimed or killed, not fight back.
Yet again, leftist claims of “dog whistles”.
And it always seems like it is always the leftists that hear the dog whistles.
So since the leftists hear the dog whistles, they must be the dog. Or - they are really hearing “voices”! Quick, they need to be given Thorazine!
Hey, they call us insane, so I am just throwing the same Alinsky at them.
In short, if you’re conservative, you’re obviously racist.
We have black squirrels in our town. The kids called them squiggers.
After I told them not to do that, my wife and i could not help but laugh out loud. Couldn’t help it.
Yes, lethal force definitely would have been warranted, as any reasonable person could perceive a threat to their life if someone grabs their throat.
“As I said in the OP, if the perp is black, the [white] victim is supposed to be maimed or killed, not fight back.”
Well, that is the black/leftist viewpoint. Unfortunately for them, nobody else is likely to ever come around to seeing things their way.
As I said in the OP, if the perp is black, the [white] victim is supposed to be maimed or killed, not fight back.
Well, that is the black/leftist viewpoint. Unfortunately for them, nobody else is likely to ever come around to seeing things their way.
These are bullies and cowards we’re talking about here.
This guy has ‘way too high an opinion of his own importance and that of his race.
The “Knockout” game preceded Zimmerman, just not as often
The Knockout game preceded Zimmerman, just not as often
Another thing we can never know is whether it started out with black people doing it to each other mostly at first, and then switching to primarily targeting whites when Trayvon was put down. It’s not as if the media would be interested in exploring its history. When it is mentioned by the MSM, they are quick to say it’s a myth.
A YouTube search for “knockOUT game” yields how much of a “myth” it is.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22knockOUT+game%22
I love the responses. I can tell that the word “racist” has totally lost its bullying power, and whoever still says it is asking for it! LOL! Payback’s a bitch!
Heh! I call Andrew Cuomo a THUG all the time, is he black?
I love the responses. I can tell that the word racist has totally lost its bullying power, and whoever still says it is asking for it! LOL! Paybacks a bitch!
Of course, I added my $0.02 also. By all means join in and bury his ass in COMMON SENSE — something the Left pitifully lacks.
“Gibsmedat”: A sense of entitlement common among the low info voters, oftentimes accompanied by a militancy or hostiliy towards the host organism, which is the taxpayer.
Kids are so adorable. No filter, no context, just pure entertainment.
Looks to me like the author is STILL trying to silence any criticism of the urban/liberal/black culture’s dangerous and damaging proclivities
by calling any such criticism “racist”.
The oddest thing is that their mom and I almost never use that word. I am not saying that I never have said it. Its just not in our common daily vocabulary. I find it a word that is lazy in its description. There are so many other wonderful words to specifically categorize someone.
That being said, the kids came up with the term through their friends. And in this lilly white WASP/Jewish community I simply have to scratch my head.
You just never know what is going on behind closed doors.
If these words are “codes” for the N-word, then maybe it is the fault of the people being “coded” for.
But they are not racist; people of all races and ethnic groups use food stamps, for example, or live in the inner city, for another. Criminals of all races exist.
It's just that one group has more than the others, proportionally. But that still doesn't make a word for an idea like “inner city youths” a synonym for the “N-word”.
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