A city councilman in Baltimore dropped the N word on live TV after becoming irate that a CNN host argued that labeling violent rioters and looters “thugs” was a correct use of language.
An angry Carl Stokes said that CNN’s Erin Burnett should “just call them n*ggers. Just call them n*ggers,” when she attempted to explain that the word “thug” was a justified description.
“No, it’s not the right word to call our children ‘thugs,’” Stokes said, when Burnett brought up the point.. “These are children who have been set aside, marginalized, who have not been engaged by us.”
“But how does that justify what they did?” Burnett argued. “That’s a sense of right and wrong. They know it’s wrong to steal and burn down a CVS and an old persons’ home. I mean, come on.”
“No, we don’t have to call them by names such as that. We don’t have to do that. That is exactly what we’ve sent them to. When you say, ‘Come on,’ come on what? You wouldn’t call your child a thug if they should do something that would not be what you expect them to do.”
“I respect your point of view,” Burnett replied. “I would hope that I would call my son a thug if he ever did such a thing.”
The clear insinuation is that the use of the word ‘thug’ is a racist term. This is despite the fact that even the President used the word in his Tuesday address on the Baltimore troubles.
Obama described the rioters as “criminals and thugs” who he said were exploiting the death of Freddie Gray.
The response was remarkable, drawing Orwellian language police out of the woodwork.
“Thugs.” “Animals.” “Savages”: A history of right-wing dogwhistle politics http://t.co/gpiQ7nrBEM pic.twitter.com/12j7NoGXmV
— Salon.com (@Salon) April 28, 2015
As Newsbusters notes, following leftist media attempts to denounce the President’s use of the word, the AP even eliminated it from their transcript of Obama’s speech.
The Twitter universe responded with outrage, labeling Obama an ‘Uncle Tom’ and a ‘Nigga’:
OBAMA YOU SIMP ASS UNCLE TOM ASS NIGGA FUCK YOU
— YUNG BABY MAMA (@a4ashley) April 28, 2015
You know what? Bull. Fucking. Shit. Hold the police accountable first, Mr. President. pic.twitter.com/Oxwww7v1cM
— Patience, Joy, Peace (@JustAlandria) April 28, 2015
Obama calls looters criminals BUT not cops MURDERING Black people. Never forget your Black capitalist Pres values property over Black lives.
— Khadijah J Here2Slay (@Pundit_AcadEMIC) April 28, 2015
Need to start an afro-fusion funk band called "Handful of Thugs"
Fuck you, Obama.
#FreddieGray
— Narrative (@jpnortham) April 28, 2015
Did Obama really say "thugs?" Fuck everything.
— Angry Jonny (@JonnyIsAngry) April 28, 2015
i lost all respect for obama .He letting his own ppl get slaughtered . nigga you the president how you acting like a civilian, Do SomeThing!
— Dj Ocky™ (@youngpartygod) April 28, 2015
Why is Obama leading the discussion on Baltimore about "violent rioters"….I am so SICK of this nigga….UGHHHHHHHHH
— Baltimore Resists! (@kim_tastiic) April 28, 2015
Obama an Uncle Tom by trade. There's only so much he can say right now. I'm really hoping he writes a tell all
— black (@AmaBahamas) April 28, 2015
Obama is a UNCLE TOM
— ▲ TREEZUS ▲ (@GQ_Tre) April 28, 2015
If there's one thing I hate, it's an Uncle Tom ass nigga. "Black on Black crime" ass nigga, go read a fucking book 😒
— 1MoorQueen (@ella_ticheri) April 28, 2015
You all some fucking jokes . Obama is your nigga until he disagrees with your ratchet behavior
— isha (@Beckylusiani) April 28, 2015
The idea that the word ‘thug’ is somehow racist was initially raised by Ahmir Khalib Thompson, better known as Questlove, drummer and leader of The Roots, the house band for the Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. It has since been touted by Red Flag News, Salon, Huffington Post, CBS News and a host of other leftist news sites as the new “code word” for the “N” word.
"Thugs" = Niggers #KnowTheCode
— Questlove Gomez (@questlove) April 28, 2015
@questlove "thugs" = "thugs"
— RedEye (@RedEyeRyan) April 28, 2015
Thompson took offense to Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s use of the word in a press conference Monday. The Mayor has since backtracked and been forced to apologise for using the T-word, as it has been labeled by the language police.
“We don’t have thugs in Baltimore,” Rawlings-Blake said. “Sometimes my own little anger translator gets the best of me. … They’re going to regret what they’ve done, but it’s too late.”
The president of the Baltimore City Council also apologized Tuesday for calling rioters “thugs”, re-branding those responsible for the violence as “misdirected” youths.
Those who disagree that the word thug means anything other than ‘violent individual’ hit back:
Oh hey @questlove – the people who did this are called THUGS because what they did is criminal THUGGERY. https://t.co/o2nplRlYLn
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) April 28, 2015
@michellemalkin @questlove A thug is code for 'thug'. Period. It isn't code for N word. Ignorant statements only increase racial tensions.
— Susan Cucinotta (@SusanCucinotta) April 28, 2015
Michael Brown, the former under secretary of Homeland Security to President George W. Bush, noted the hypocrisy in the use of terms such as ‘Thug life’, according to the ‘new rule’:
New rule: Thugs can refer to other thugs as thugs but law abiding citizens referring to thugs as thugs are racist. #BaltimoreRiots
— Michael Brown (@MichaelBrownUSA) April 28, 2015
Hey, @Salon, Baltimore Mayor referred to the rioters as "thugs." Thugs: (n) a violent person, especially a criminal. https://t.co/pL1KhZADsm
— Michael Brown (@MichaelBrownUSA) April 28, 2015
Former congressman Joe Walsh openly used the T-word:
CNN headline: "Baltimore Stunned After Night of Looting & Rioting." How can Baltimore be stunned? They let the thugs run the asylum.
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) April 28, 2015
Want to blame someone for Baltimore besides the thugs? Blame Democrats who have purposely turned blacks into uneducated government slaves.
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) April 28, 2015
Watch Alex Jones break down the origin of the word “thug”, and how those declaring it to be ‘racist’ are literally engaging in an attack on language to forward their agenda, devoid of any intellectual prowess.
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Steve Watson is a London based writer and editor for Alex Jones’ Infowars.com, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham, and a Bachelor Of Arts Degree in Literature and Creative Writing from Nottingham Trent University.
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