I don’t remember the word thug ever used in a mob movie. Maybe in history it was used to describe low level criminals. But meanings of words change.Carpy wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 8:55 pmWhen did thug become a racist term? When I imagine a thug, it's a white guy needing a shave who does the dirty work for mobsters.SouthernIslander wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 8:28 pm I figured someone would eventually post this to excuse people saying it now, including Trump.
Unfortunately that doesn’t fly because Obama was F***ing wrong too and it does not give anyone a pass to call us thugs because he did.
Trump crossed the line with talking about bringing out the dogs in DC. Anyone who made it middle school has seen the pictures of black people pushed against walls by dogs during the civil rights movement. Not looters, but peaceful protesters.
He’s writing these Tweets directly to his base. He’s not capable of uniting a country during a crisis. The country is a mess and he’s hiding behind his Tweets.