To (say) Thug or to not (say) Thug, that is my ?

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  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    ummmmm fear of using a word that is so commonly used in black circles, using a word to degrade anybody is wrong but that should be fair and even across the board and not so one sided, or don't use them at all.....and btw this topic has turned ugly.

    Godfather.
  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    Idris said:

    Last-12-Exit said:

    Idris said:

    Last-12-Exit said:

    So the black mayor of Baltimore was saying the n word in code? I think your reaction was knee jerk.

    errrr, no. (now you, really missed the point)
    Is your point that it's ok for black people to say thug but not white people? You wrote thug = the n word. Then said I missed your point. What am I missing?
    First of all, sorry. I'm being lazy, I need to get back into the MTrain political posting vibe. So my bad.

    That is not exactly what I said. I did not say thug=n word.(full stop that is the meaning of thug). I said (sure) 'some' are using it as coded language.

    Fair enough
  • Idris
    Idris Posts: 2,317
    rr165892 said:

    Maybe I'm old fashion but the first thing that comes to mind when I hear thug isn't a person of color at all.I think of like Mafia no neck henchman,or guys who collect for bookies in philly,Or soccer knuckleheads.Irish mobsters from Boston.Bugsy Siegals goons in early Vegas.

    Indeed!
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,604
    rr165892 said:

    Maybe I'm old fashion but the first thing that comes to mind when I hear thug isn't a person of color at all.I think of like Mafia no neck henchman,or guys who collect for bookies in philly,Or soccer knuckleheads.Irish mobsters from Boston.Bugsy Siegals goons in early Vegas.

    The picture of which you speak...

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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    rr165892 said:

    Maybe I'm old fashion but the first thing that comes to mind when I hear thug isn't a person of color at all.I think of like Mafia no neck henchman,or guys who collect for bookies in philly,Or soccer knuckleheads.Irish mobsters from Boston.Bugsy Siegals goons in early Vegas.

    This is exactly what I think of when I hear 'thug'.
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  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    That is because you are a bright guy with common sense TB.
  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    Jimmy.Holy shit that is Depp.That looks great.Imwas also thinking Nicholson in the Departed.Or boondocks Saints.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    I didn't even recognize him.

    And he's playing "Whitey"?!

    Haha.
  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    hedonist said:

    I didn't even recognize him.

    And he's playing "Whitey"?!

    Haha.

    I know it should be kinda epic.Looks like he may be back on his game.
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,750
    edited May 2015
    rr165892 said:

    hedonist said:

    I didn't even recognize him.

    And he's playing "Whitey"?!

    Haha.

    I know it should be kinda epic.Looks like he may be back on his game.
    described as "unrecognizable" in this role.

    I assume tha tmeant he doesnt have that innate "deppness" about him in this part. takes a minute to see him in the role physically.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,758
    mickeyrat said:

    rr165892 said:

    hedonist said:

    I didn't even recognize him.

    And he's playing "Whitey"?!

    Haha.

    I know it should be kinda epic.Looks like he may be back on his game.
    described as "unrecognizable" in this role.

    I assume tha tmeant he doesnt have that innate "deppness" about him in this part. takes a minute to see him in the role physically.
    Well its about time he came out of the pirate/scissorhands typecast he put himself in.

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  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    Thug is not a racial term. It describes any low life criminal. Always has. Just because 2pac enjoyed mafia movies we're supposed to stop using a word?? LOL.

    Don"t let these PC idiots make the rules.
  • InHiding80
    InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    edited May 2015
    cp3iverson said:

    Thug is not a racial term. It describes any low life criminal. Always has. Just because 2pac enjoyed mafia movies we're supposed to stop using a word?? LOL.

    Don"t let these PC idiots make the rules.

    You're not supposed to use it as a racist code word while being ok with corrupt politicians because they have an R next to their name.

    Nice to see Depp giving a fuck for once, though. He's become such a pathetic sell out.

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