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Originally Posted by PepsiFree

I am going to call you out a bit on this, because I had a suspicion, so I did a quick search of your use of the word "thug."

For one, you were told during the Baltimore riots why the term thug was problematic, and that it had pretty big racial implications in modern history. It's essentially a very "polite" sounding way to say the N-word. So playing dumb here is not really appropriate when this issue has been known to you for some time. To be fair, you're pretty consistent as defending it as "just a word" with a history that is decidedly not racist. But asking "why" when you know why, is a bit of a farce.

Second, and here's the issue, you've called plenty of athletes (and a few non-athletes) thugs in your time here. Would you care to guess what, exclusively, is the colour of their skin? Do you remember?

I'm not going to bring up the receipts, and for the record, I do not think and am not accusing you of being a racist or a bad person, but your use of the term comes exclusively when Black people are involved, and that is the issue with the term. You are one of many people whose use of the term "thug" is racially motivated, even if you don't intend it to be. And it is not appropriate.

I really dont care what you, in particular, think.