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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe word "Thug"
This appears to have emerged as a replacement for the 'N" word by the rightwing.
I am not fooled.
These Repub/CON/Bagger/RWnutz are hate-filled and spiteful souls aren't they?
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DonViejo
(60,536 posts)over here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024374024
Join in!
Warpy
(111,338 posts)I apply the word to Republicans because that's who they are.
Just because other people misuse a word doesn't mean that it should be discarded.
hlthe2b
(102,357 posts)I guess to the average racist RW, "criminal" equates specifically to non-whites...
I can probably count on two fingers, my use of the word "thug" in the past three decades, so I have no problem deleting it from the vocabulary, if so.....
I do, however, continue to refer to Republicans as RETHUGLICANS... Can't find a suitable alternative...
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Search results: https://www.google.com/search?q=thug&num=100&newwindow=1&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=shvjUqfHApLzoATBlYLIAw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1600&bih=878
Same search, filtering out the most recent 6 years: https://www.google.com/search?q=thug&newwindow=1&safe=off&biw=1600&bih=878&sa=X&ei=bxzjUoKiBYrjoAS-kYLABQ&ved=0CEUQpwUoAw&source=lnt&tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A1%2F24%2F1995%2Ccd_max%3A1%2F24%2F2008&tbm=isch
Finally, just a search for "thug" and "etymology": https://www.google.com/search?num=100&newwindow=1&safe=off&biw=1600&bih=878&q=thug+etymology&oq=thug+etym&gs_l=serp.1.0.0.50881.51993.0.54797.5.4.0.1.1.0.109.342.3j1.4.0....0...1c.1.32.serp..0.5.344.sjTZX6a50eE
It's been in use for at least a couple hundred years, referring to, basically, gang members.
It looks very much from image results that musical artists, including Tupac, adopted the term and re-popularized it.
It makes sense, then, that they feel free to say "thug"; more free to use it than the other word because we've properly put a stop to that.
TexasProgresive
(12,158 posts)in reference to RW wackos. They are certainly members of a gang.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)You nailed it.