'Thug' is the New N-Word? lol

[aaronleland]

just looking for the new word to be offended at.

The word "looking" offends me. I want you to publicly apologize, or I'm calling Al Sharpton.

 

[manifold]

I think its about as farcical as calling him a thug or even considering what he did thuggish. Also you never stated what you would consider to be a thug. Notice the difference between thug and thuggish. Lets keep the goal posts where they were.

Not everyone who is a loudmouth shit-talker is a thug, but most thugs are loudmouth shit-talkers. So if in fact a real thug found himself in that situation, I'd expect loudmouth shit-talking similar to Sherman's.

And Yes, thug is a noun while thuggish is an adjective. If you think there is a meaningful distinction between the meaning of the two, I'd say you're splitting hairs.

All the thugs I know are cold blooded silent killers. None of them waste energy being loud. So a real thug in that situation would not have done what Sherman did.

Yes there is a large difference in the terms. Thuggish can be just one attribute of a thug. If all thugs wore black hats then anyone with a black hat could be considered thuggish.

Wait a minute, I thought thug was now a euphemism for ******?

 

[Yurt]

wait a minute, i thought manifold was now a euphemism for dumb....

thug is not a new term, it does not represent any one group of people

 

[GISMYS]

Thug!!! No!!! Just a total jerk!!!!

 

[syrenn]

just looking for the new word to be offended at.

The word "looking" offends me. I want you to publicly apologize, or I'm calling Al Sharpton.

 

[NLT]

When I grew up thug was a term for any criminal , black or white, then hip hop adopted it and now it pretty much means Ni**er

Now.

Honesty.

Thanks.

Yes but the blacks used it that way first, you wanted the truth, there it is.

 

[Asclepias]

Not everyone who is a loudmouth shit-talker is a thug, but most thugs are loudmouth shit-talkers. So if in fact a real thug found himself in that situation, I'd expect loudmouth shit-talking similar to Sherman's.

And Yes, thug is a noun while thuggish is an adjective. If you think there is a meaningful distinction between the meaning of the two, I'd say you're splitting hairs.

All the thugs I know are cold blooded silent killers. None of them waste energy being loud. So a real thug in that situation would not have done what Sherman did.

Yes there is a large difference in the terms. Thuggish can be just one attribute of a thug. If all thugs wore black hats then anyone with a black hat could be considered thuggish.

Wait a minute, I thought thug was now a euphemism for ******?

The observation was made that it can be. i agree. What is confusing you about this?

 

[manifold]

thug is not a new term, it does not represent any one group of people

And gay means happy, and does not represent any one group of people... right?

 

[Asclepias]

When I grew up thug was a term for any criminal , black or white, then hip hop adopted it and now it pretty much means Ni**er

Now.

Honesty.

Thanks.

Yes but the blacks used it that way first, you wanted the truth, there it is.

Thats a lie not the truth.

 

[R.D.]

Now.

Honesty.

Thanks.

Yes but the blacks used it that way first, you wanted the truth, there it is.

Thats a lie not the truth.

Lets not get emotional

 

[manifold]

All the thugs I know are cold blooded silent killers. None of them waste energy being loud. So a real thug in that situation would not have done what Sherman did.

Yes there is a large difference in the terms. Thuggish can be just one attribute of a thug. If all thugs wore black hats then anyone with a black hat could be considered thuggish.

Wait a minute, I thought thug was now a euphemism for ******?

The observation was made that it can be. i agree. What is confusing you about this?

I'm not confused, we were simply operating with a different working definition of the word.

Carry on.

 

[Asclepias]

thug is not a new term, it does not represent any one group of people

And gay means happy, and does not represent any one group of people... right?

It also means homosexual.

gay adjective \ˈgā\
: sexually attracted to someone who is the same sex

 

[Asclepias]

Wait a minute, I thought thug was now a euphemism for ******?

The observation was made that it can be. i agree. What is confusing you about this?

I'm not confused, we were simply operating with a different working definition of the word.

Carry on.

I am using the definition in the dictionary. Which one are you using?

thug noun \ˈthəg\
: a violent criminal

 

[NLT]

Now.

Honesty.

Thanks.

Yes but the blacks used it that way first, you wanted the truth, there it is.

Thats a lie not the truth.

BS the hip hop community tied the word thug to N**ger, way back in the 80's. Tupac made it a popular term

 

[Yurt]

thug is not a new term, it does not represent any one group of people

And gay means happy, and does not represent any one group of people... right?

when webster accepts the "change" then so will i. until then it is mere race baiting.

 

[manifold]

The observation was made that it can be. i agree. What is confusing you about this?

I'm not confused, we were simply operating with a different working definition of the word.

Carry on.

I am using the definition in the dictionary. Which one are you using?

Sherman's

 

[Asclepias]

Yes but the blacks used it that way first, you wanted the truth, there it is.

Thats a lie not the truth.

Lets not get emotional

Lets try and answer the question why Sherman is a thug for his rant? You seem to still be avoiding this question.

 

[Immanuel]

I still have not seen the interview that got him labeled a thug and have no intention of watching it. I do not like him due to his actions during the first meeting between the Seahawks and the Niners this year. But I have not seen him do anything that would make me think he was a "thug" whether you use the term in the traditional sense of the word as being a low rate arm-twisting criminal or the new sense of the word as a replacement for the N-word. An arrogant prick seems to fit, but not "thug"

 

[NLT]

To me he wasnt acting like a thug, he was acting like a roided out ball player

 

[Asclepias]

I'm not confused, we were simply operating with a different working definition of the word.

Carry on.

I am using the definition in the dictionary. Which one are you using?

Sherman's

So you are confused. Please quote Sherman defining thug. He said thug was an accepted way of calling a Black person the n word.