Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Kansas City mayor accuses Governor of racism for calling Super Bowl mass shooters ‘thugs’
The Postmillennial ^ | Feb 17, 2024 | Thomas Stevenson

Posted on 02/18/2024 7:34:13 AM PST by Mr. Mojo

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas said on Friday that Missouri Gov. Mike Parson used a racial "dog whistle" when the governor said "thugs" were responsible for the shooting.

He made the comments while speaking to KCUR host Steve Kraske on the radio program "Up to Date."

“I certainly do think this was criminal activity, it’s lawlessness and I think that that’s troubling,” Lucas told Kraske when the radio host asked about the governor's comments. “But ‘thugs’ is a dog whistle in the most classic sense and I have seen this dog whistle time and again.”

A "dog whistle" when referred to in politics is often used describe something, such as a term, that is allegedly coded language to communicate a message to racists, sexists, or other groups who hold biases.

In the interview, Lucas went on to rail on gun rights and spoke about all the gun violence in Kansas City.

He then said that the only reason the identities of the shooters who committed the crime have not been released yet is because they are juveniles and not their race. This is despite that the juveniles will be charged as adults in the mass shooting.

In 2021, Lucas announced plans to defund the KC Police Department by 47 million dollars and that the reason for the decision was centered around “listening to black and brown people."

He suggested that $47 million cut from the department "is not actually a lot." He then railed on those who live outside the city for making suggestions on how to solve crime in the town.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: banglist; blackmoronsmatter; blackthugsmatter; feral; ignorantnegro; kc; thatsracist; thugishindistupid; thugs
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-85 next last
To: Mr. Mojo

Weird, I’ve always connected “thug” with whites.


41 posted on 02/18/2024 8:10:47 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo

No, you can’t take over the language.

The term ‘thug’, like many other such terms, describes the behavior of individuals, and is completely race neutral.

Control the language, control the debate. Control the debate, control the society.


42 posted on 02/18/2024 8:13:48 AM PST by rottndog (What comes after America?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo
Look like a couple a mensa members to me!


43 posted on 02/18/2024 8:16:39 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Objective: Permanently break the will of the population to ever wage war again.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo

“thugs” were responsible for the shooting

- - -

The mayor focused on “thugs” . . . when the “dog whistle” is “responsible.”


44 posted on 02/18/2024 8:18:12 AM PST by linMcHlp
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo

When someone says “troubling” about crime that is a waving red flag—they have no intention of dealing with the problem.


45 posted on 02/18/2024 8:18:13 AM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo

Mr. Lucas, a 39 year old black man himself, is simply “shaming” the governor. In a joint effort over the past 100 years, blacks and the media and feel good liberals succeeded in effectively outlawing words that were critical about blacks. The “N” word can now only be used by blacks.

What they (blacks, media, feel good liberals) want, is the same thing for ANY word “critical” of blacks who committ crimes.


46 posted on 02/18/2024 8:23:19 AM PST by Cen-Tejas
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo

KC has a colossal a$$hole for a mayor.


47 posted on 02/18/2024 8:28:57 AM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Disband and Defund the putrid FBI. America does not need an out of control Gestapo)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo

How about executing the thugs, take the kid gloves off.


48 posted on 02/18/2024 8:29:29 AM PST by kenmcg (ti hi o)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas is FULL of $HIT!


49 posted on 02/18/2024 8:30:43 AM PST by VideoDoctor
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo

I was almost positive that the shooters with “white supremacists”. I’m sure glad Quinton clarified that they were Black “thug” minors.


50 posted on 02/18/2024 8:32:23 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (I don't think the Founding Fathers intended to have a government that pushes Americans around.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo

Well, he is right about one thing. “Thugs” is a code word for black males doing their black male thing. Just like “savages” was the term coined by French priests for the Native Americans who were eating babies and disemboweling the what explorers.

Racist as hell.


51 posted on 02/18/2024 8:32:26 AM PST by anton
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: GOPJ

Why? Because this man wants attention.


52 posted on 02/18/2024 8:33:45 AM PST by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo

Woof. Woof.


53 posted on 02/18/2024 8:38:43 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
>>Everyone and their Mom know the shooters were black but it was immediately buried. <<
We can thank that jackass mayor for letting the cat out of the bag.
54 posted on 02/18/2024 8:43:01 AM PST by EliRoom8
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo
“But ‘thugs’ is a dog whistle in the most classic sense and I have seen this dog whistle time and again.”

###################################

List of words the Left does not want the Right to use:


55 posted on 02/18/2024 8:56:31 AM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo

The thugs’ identities have not been released because they are juveniles. As soon as they are charged as adults their identities will be released. But their juvenile records won’t likely be. See the ‘Gentle Giant’ from Ferguson.

So this will be their first offense. Because they are under 18, they will not be subject to Missouri’s death penalty, nor will they be subject to life without parole. What will the thugs be charged with? I doubt they planned to kill the woman they killed since apparently the thugs used a ‘spray and pray’ technique.

But citizens, the real problem, besides your racism, is the fact that you possess guns. If you didn’t have guns then the two sweet souls presently locked up might not have gotten them through theft or some other illegal means. If you look at it closely enough, it’s really our fault. /s


56 posted on 02/18/2024 8:59:31 AM PST by hanamizu ( )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo

“But ‘thugs’ is a dog whistle in the most classic sense and I have seen this dog whistle time and again.”


https://duckduckgo.com/?q=thug&ia=web

Internet may be right. Look at the images.


57 posted on 02/18/2024 9:03:42 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo
“But ‘thugs’ is a dog whistle in the most classic sense and I have seen this dog whistle time and again.”

He's saying the word 'thug' represents the black community and any such use of the word is cultural appropriation.

58 posted on 02/18/2024 9:06:01 AM PST by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: hanamizu

You couldn’t be more wrong. I grew up about 150 miles from Kansas City... yes, I am in my 70’s. But at my high school parking lot, you could walk out in the student section any afternoon and find dozens of trucks with gun racks, with both a rifle and shotgun — unlocked. Most of the cars had a pistol or two in the glove box ... again unlocked. WE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM.
Guns don’t kill people and pencils don’t misspell words. People kill people... where did we loose the basic value of respecting others? I remember in the 50’s of separate bathrooms at the county fair... but society saw the error of that and they were eliminated. Frankly speaking is see more racism propagated by minorities than by “whites”.


59 posted on 02/18/2024 9:07:12 AM PST by bosshog
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 56 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Mojo
Kansas City mayor accuses Governor of racism for calling Super Bowl mass shooters ‘thugs’...

What would you call them Mister Mayor?!

Another Dem idiot mayor.... Sigh. So many of them.

60 posted on 02/18/2024 9:14:03 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-85 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson