Not a riot

[Jolly]

That's not an excuse, but an observation. These things happen in poor, inner city, high crime areas.

[89th]

@Jolly said in Not a riot:

anybody has any question the takedown

@George-K haha that clip was hilarious. I also saw CNN reporter/producer/cameraman were arrested during a live segment. Probably didn't follow the police's orders to disperse, press or not.

[89th]

@Jolly said in Not a riot:

The middle class mostly moved - to the outer ring suburbs or out of state completely.

This is where we were already planning on looking to buy next Spring. Likely somewhere along the western edge of their "beltway".

[Aqua Letifer]

@Jolly said in Not a riot:

That's not an excuse, but an observation. These things happen in poor, inner city, high crime areas.

Where relations between police and residents suck at the best of times.

[Improviso]

@89th said in Not a riot:

@Jolly said in Not a riot:

The middle class mostly moved - to the outer ring suburbs or out of state completely.

This is where we were already planning on looking to buy next Spring. Likely somewhere along the western edge of their "beltway".

You might be able to get a "fire sale price" if you act quickly.

[Copper]

Mr. Biden gets crucified for mentioning racial stereotypes.

But the reporting on the riots makes it sound like this is what people with dark skin must do to get justice, they do it all the time, it is how to deal with this sort of thing.

[George K]

https://www.npr.org/2020/05/29/864732088/minneapolis-seethes-over-george-floyds-death-as-trump-calls-protesters-thugs

Minneapolis Seethes Over George Floyd's Death As Trump Calls Protesters 'THUGS'...

President Trump, who called Floyd's death "very sad and tragic" earlier this week, said early Friday that he had told Minnesota's governor that "the Military is with him all the way."

He also described the source of the unrest as "THUGS" — a word widely criticized for bearing racial overtones.

And this is CNN:

condemned the "criminals and thugs who tore up" the city

And the White House doubled down on the term afterward

"Whether it's arson or, you know, the looting of a liquor store ... those were thuggish acts,"

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K When did the term thugs become racist? If anything, I visualize big. hulking white guys, probably Italian. Nothing racist...

[Mik]

Trump is absolutely right. Yes there is anger. Yes, some of it is righteous. Yes, a lot of these folks take advantage of that for material gain. It's always been that way. Those are the ones he's talking about. Not the legitimate peaceful protesters.

[Mik]

@LuFins-Dad said in Not a riot:

@George-K When did the term thugs become racist? If anything, I visualize big. hulking white guys, probably Italian. Nothing racist...

No, those are wise guys.

[jon-nyc]

Google’s take.

[Horace]

The word became appropriated at some point. "Thug life" and all that.

[Improviso]

Dem University of Victoria white girls some tough bitches.

[Copper]

My recollection is that thugs originated in India, sort of an outlaw gang or groups of gangs.

It gets a mention in the Indiana Jones movie.

[LuFins Dad]

Seriously? It was originally a racist term, but had nothing to do with African Americans but Indians. Thugs were members of the Indian Murder/Robbery Cult in India. Over time, though, it came to mean any brutish and hulking criminal.

At some point, the rap culture started adopting the word in a slightly different context.

[Horace]

I grew up on the streets. I know thug life.

[xenon]

The word apparently has Sanskrit origins. Still a commonly used word in Hindi for swindler.

[Axtremus]

@xenon said in Not a riot:

The word apparently has Sanskrit origins.

Cool. I did not know that.

[Doctor Phibes]

Hooligan is derived from Hoolihan, a well known Irish surname. Saynomore.

Vandals - well, I think we all know where they came from. Bloody Jerry's at it again.

The best they could come up with to insult my national group was something involving citrus fruit, presumably because we'd been Yanking their chain and they just bally well got tired of it, dontyaknow!

[George K]