Is "Thug" nickname racist?

[ookii]

She should change her nickname to hoodlum or hooligan

 

[Lay N Pray 101]

These days 1/2 the english language is racist to butt hurt liberals.

Do you know what "liberal" means?

 

[BALLERSTATUSMCG]

Do you know what "liberal" means?

victim?

 

[21 Savage]

I wouldn't say its 100% racist but we all know how sherdog and the ufc audience would react if a black fighter took the nickname "thug". Very much a double standard.

 

[Lay N Pray 101]

victim?

No. Try act like an idiot again.

 

[wompuscatwilly]

Hey welcome to 2017 where everything is racist. Every man is misogynist. Every white person has privilege. Guns make people kill other people. MM is GOAT. If you disagree with me then you're a bigot and you're wrong.

 

[christer]

It's offensive to a lot of asian lesbians from what I heard. Don't know why.

 

[Stixx]

If you want it to be, sure. But just stop wanting it to be, it's stupid!

 

[CharondaEdwards]

On the other hand, people from India may have a better case with regard to not liking the nickname...

Nope.

Indians hate being called "Hindu Nuffins"

 

[truthisfreedom]

victim?

No, you, the neocons are the victims, remember bro?

All those dangerous, evil Mexicans and jews coming and taking all of your jobs bro, right? Poor bitter conservatives just can't catch a break!!

 

[Coolidge]

If you're using it to low-key dog whistle, it is.

She is not.

Define low-key dog whistle. Is there an objective way of identifying a 'dog whistle', or is it entirely up to the social justice warrior that's using the phrase?

 

[swarrrm]

wow...didnt think this needed a thread...sensitive ppl in 2017..smh

The mma community is the biggest group of PC pussies in all of sports.

 

[rurouni]

its not the word but who says it..anything a non black says is racist bra

 

[Coolidge]

No, you, the neocons are the victims, remember bro?

All those dangerous, evil Mexicans coming and taking all of your jobs bro, right? Poor bitter conservatives just can't catch a break!!

You sound like a victim-monger.

 

[truthisfreedom]

You sound like a victim-monger.

I'm trying to stand up for the bitter neocons who just can't seem to catch a break, bro!

 

[Slapchoppin]

only if you think that only black people can be thugs

 

[Dead Kennedy]

CAGEPOTATO.COM: First of all, who gave you the nickname “Thug”?

Rose Namajunas: My neighborhood friends. When I was little, I was the only white girl, I was smaller than everyone else, and for some reason I just acted harder than everybody else — just fearless, you know? So they kind of dubbed me that because of the intimidating scowl I always had on my face. That’s what gave me that name.

http://www.cagepotato.com/interview...charm-and-her-invicta-fc-5-fight-this-friday/

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So if it was Rose's black neighborhood friends that originally gave her the nickname "Thug", it seems to me that blacks would not have a good case with regard to calling the nickname racist. (Plus, it may perhaps be relevant that Pat Barry's mother is African-American.)

On the other hand, people from India may have a better case with regard to not liking the nickname...

CODE SWITCH: WORD WATCH
What A Thug's Life Looked Like In 19th Century India
November 18, 2013
LAKSHMI GANDHI
https://www.npr.org/sections/codesw...-life-looked-like-in-nineteenth-century-india

"Some historians now argue that the Thuggee Cult was in many ways an invention of the British colonizers as a way to better control India."

Yea most people have no clue about the origins of the term. It also doesn’t suprise me that the British colonist would make something like that up to suppress the local population...

THUGGEE LIFE!!!

 

[Coolidge]

I'm trying to stand up for the bitter neocons who just can't seem to catch a break, bro!

My mistake. I thought you were an insecure social justice crusader lashing out and doing shtick.

 

[CharondaEdwards]

Do you know what "liberal" means?

Limp-wristed?

 

[TheChance]

She should change her nickname to hoodlum or hooligan

Roustabout or rapscallion would be better