So thug is a purely racist term now?

[lebron23james]

It kind of makes sense actually. If you're watching film of your team not giving full effort slugs could be a word you'd use to describe them. Thugs doesn't even make sense unless he decided to randomly just be "racist" which seems unlikely.

 

[lebron23james]

I would have like to see JB come out to the press and try to make a joke about it and say "I promise, I never meant to call them a bunch of thugs...…….I meant to say a bunch of N**@#*s.

But that would never fly in 2020.

 

[Robotech]

It kind of makes sense actually. If you're watching film of your team not giving full effort slugs could be a word you'd use to describe them. Thugs doesn't even make sense unless he decided to randomly just be "racist" which seems unlikely.

As old as he is, I wouldn't be surprised if he got confused.

 

[Mecca]

In my opinion there is never a good reason to behave like a piece of shit.

.....and I agree.

But, here's the thing....

In my situation, which one of us was the piece of Shit...

The Cop that admitted he didn't really have a reason to pull me over. But, did it because it looked wonky?

Or, me, the one that called him every name, but the son of God, because he pulled me over half a block from the home I own under false pretenses?

Perception is reality.

In fairness, I think the clowns out there acting a fool, talking Shit during a T-stop are their own worst enemies.

All that does is escalate the situation.

If you feel like you have been wronged, there are better ways to resolve it...

I did pop off. But, I did AFTER, when I knew there would be no repercussions.

If it were my kid?

They wouldn't say Shit if they had a mouth full of it because they were raised to respect authority.

 

[broncosmitty]

These players are pussies.





I got Piston tickets in a couple weeks against the Cavs. If JB gets canned, I'm not going.

 

[ill]

So what do you call a hooded white American?

punk?

 

[ill]

If he’s got his hood up, his hands in his pockets and see him from behind or from the side, can you even tell what race he is?

yea, he's just a guy in a hoodie

does your term for him change when you see what color his skin is?

 

[Myles]

what does a thug look like?

when someone says "thug life" what do you think?

Typically would probably think of it as:
No job or only poor part time job
Arrogant
Fuck you attitude
Criminal activity
Dumb

I would call these 2 thugs.

 

[ill]

Typically would probably think of it as:
No job or only poor part time job
Arrogant
Fuck you attitude
Criminal activity
Dumb

I would call these 2 thugs.
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to me a thug is someone you bring along when you want to intimidate someone. I'm not a big dude, so if I want to bring some muscle, I bring him along.

Think in black culture, the term "thug" is synonymous with a tough guy. You have guys like Tupac with "Thug Life tattooed across his belly and rappers like Bone Thugs N Harmony or Young Thug.

In this instance, since this is oddly in the NBA forum, I am guessing that if you refer to a black athlete as a thug, it is being taken as some kind of racial attack.

In my opinion, a thug can be black or white, but maybe black people are more sensitive to it as it makes it sound like they are some kind of criminal.

 

[Montalban]

Beilein apologized for that? Give me a break. Fuck those players.

 

[tomodach10]

Beilein apologized for that? Give me a break. Fuck those players.

Fuck the players for what? Please explain.

 

[ill]

Fuck the players for what? Please explain.

Montalban is extremely racist

 

[Montalban]

Fuck the players for what? Please explain.

For trying to turn this into a racial thing.

 

[Montalban]

Montalban is extremely racist

Anyone who thinks calling someone a thug is racist is a fool.

 

[packerzrule]

I would call these 2 thugs.
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Personally, I would call these 2 dumb fuckers

 

[PEOPLESCHICKEN]

fucking snowflakes...just be honest and say you hate your head coach already

It is when you have a coach clearly in over his head, and management that is just now realizing they done fucked up.

If the Cavs had a winning record this is not even a story

 

[Myles]

to me a thug is someone you bring along when you want to intimidate someone. I'm not a big dude, so if I want to bring some muscle, I bring him along.

I can see where some people take that as a definition of thug. Makes sense. I usually think of muscle or goon for that. Not Alice the Goon though. Ha ha.

 

[tomodach10]

For trying to turn this into a racial thing.

What player complained about what he said? I have not heard one player say anything. Not their fault, but blame the black guys for not saying anything or making it an issue. LOL

 

[Mecca]

What player complained about what he said? I have not heard one player say anything. Not their fault, but blame the black guys for not saying anything or making it an issue. LOL

Yeah, from everything I've heard, the assistant coach brought it to his attention.

He addressed his players, they said apology accepted and moved on.

The media are the one's making it a issue.

But, sure....

Fuck the players.

 

[Mecca]

For trying to turn this into a racial thing.

Link?

Because you are clearly seeing info that I haven't come across yet.

"I didn't think there was any malice or intent behind it to upset us or anger us," said Kevin Love. "Obviously it wasn't good, the reaction after the fact. But at the end of the day as a person, he's a good man. He misspoke. He owned up to it and came in here and apologized this morning and now we move on."

"This is all about taking accountability," added forward Larry Nance Jr. "Had he ran from it, it'd be one thing. But he apologized to us individually, apologized to us as a team today. We all make mistakes."