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Comment by AshleyGrant

5 years ago

Well of course it isn't "more thuggish." The use of "thug" was done on purpose. It is a known racist dog whistle. Trump's racist followers know exactly what he means when he says "These THUGS are..." They replace that with the n word. It's just as a society we don't allow them to say the n word any more, so they've replaced it with a myriad of dog whistles.

What I'm saying is that, in their minds, every single person in that mob is a "thug," and everything they're doing is (in your words) "thuggish."

But the mob of white folks in Charlottesville? Nothing thuggish there. That's just white folks protesting against being oppressed by minorities.

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SpicyLemonZest  5 years ago

I would call any group of people who burns down a police station, or breaks into a Target and starts stealing stuff, thuggish. The mob of white folks in Charlottesville did not, as far as I know, do these things.

  • AshleyGrant  5 years ago

    Yeah, they only murdered a black person. That's not nearly as bad as burning a building.

    /s for those who can't see that I'm responding to someone who has been trolling this thread hard

    • darkerside  5 years ago

      I think this person is actually not a troll, just has some ideas that are maybe not fully thought through. I see evidence of an open mind by the poster elsewhere on the thread. Let's try to have patience with other people.

jonhohle  5 years ago

The previous president used “thug” to describe Baltimore rioters. Would you consider that racially charged?

https://historymusings.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/full-text-ob...

I didn’t vote for Trump, but it’s clear he’s referring to individuals and groups that are destroying areas of Minneapolis.