[Intrepid]

Thugs are offended by being called what they are. Now we're supposed to take into account the sensibilities of murderers and anarchists?
Anybody have any sympathy for their victims or are they the fault of whites too?

[elklindo69]

Richard Sherman was called a thug even though he's one of the hardest working and dedicated players in the NFL with no criminal record, who also happened to be an accomplished student athlete. It was the whites who coined the term 'thug' in order to disparage blacks.

When whites go wrong, the narrative is always a euphemistic in nature...A good kid who made bad choices.

[RealJustme]

When whites go wrong, the narrative is always a euphemistic in nature...A good kid who made bad choices.

Wrong, we call them thugs.

[sillydaddy]

I like the word nigger better....don't you Elk?

[RealJustme]

Elk is trying to pretend it's conservatives not liberals who make excuses for thugs.

We need more zoo and more zoo trainers to process the thugs now walking our streets, they're not deserving to be treated as humans.

[johnforbes]

The word apparently derives from "thuggee" (Hindi).

As to white criminals, I have no sympathy or excuse for them either.

If every person rioting in Baltimore were white, I'd feel the same way about such dopes.