Why the Left Won't Call Rioters 'Thugs'

Townhall.com ^ | May 5, 2015 | Dennis Prager

[mrsmel]

"Come on? Just call them 'Niggers.' Just call them 'Niggers,'" argued Councilman Stokes.

Ok Councilman Stokes, but I never needed your permission.

[Go Gordon]

The left is pushing for a Social War wherein conservative doctrines and Christian beliefs are forever suppressed.

Okay, so the democrats can't win an election without getting 90%+ of the black vote. How do they do that when they are the party of anti-religion? I thought blacks, at least in the south, were very religious? Do they simply ignore their own moral compass and vote for democrats because they, what, have convinced them that republicans are racists?

[mrsmel]

Exactly. If they're not trying to distract from the deeds of the thugs by trying to debate the permissible language, they're trying to shut down even the possibility of debate by declaring every new descriptor “off-limits”, just as they did the preceding one.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Here are some more...

bandit,bully,criminal,gangster,goon,hooligan,
mobster,rioter,rowdy,troublemaker,delinquent,gorilla,
hood,punk,ruffian,gangmember,brigand,hoodlum,bandit,
desperado,highwayman,marauder,outlaw,pillager,pirate,
robber,thief,convict,cutthroat,gangster,lawbreaker,
mugger,crook,mobster,racketeer,robber,mafioso,

[mrsmel]

Because enough of the “black churches” aren’t Biblical, they are either social clubs (the same could be said of enough white churches) or they are “social justice” organisations. That’s why Jeremiah Wright’s supposedly “Christian” church could feature Louis Farrakhan, leader of the black Nation Of Islam, on the cover of its church magazine as a hero.

[Go Gordon]

"Thugs" [is] a proxy, a word we use instead of the N-word."

Okay, time to word-smith. Does the left prefer we use the term "miscreant"? Reprobate? Scoundrel? Hoodlum? Hooligan?

[Old Sarge]

The left is pushing for a Social War wherein conservative doctrines and Christian beliefs are forever suppressed. We are now organized to resist.

[Lazamataz]

"Thugs" [is] a proxy, a word we use instead of the N-word."

I agree. Let's go back to the word that worked.

[W.]

The democrats should call the thugs and rioters by the proper name: Constituents.

[navyguy]

Exactly correct. Liberals have a GIANT Messiah Complex. They think they have to ‘save’ everyone and everything. They love playing God.

[TigersEye]

...the left-wing argument is that the term "thug" is never applied to whites,...

Yes it is. All the time. As usual the left-wing uses a premise that is unadulterated bull puckey.

[Lou L]

When your house is on fire, you don't care if someone says "your house is on fire," "engulfed in flames," "is burning," or whatever else. You know there's a problem, it involves fire and excessive heat, and you want the problem resolved quickly.

People hung up on the connotation made when they hear the word "thug" are purposely confusing the issue. Everyone knows there's a problem (the riots) and everyone can see that people are starting and engaging in the riots (thugs). These people are not interested in resolving the problem; they only want to prolong the issue, or try to cast a diversion to lay the blame on something (or someone) else.

[Old Sarge]

Do they simply ignore their own moral compass and vote for democrats because they, what, have convinced them that republicans are racists?

NOW, you're catching on...

[missnry]

CALL THE THUGS “DEMOCRATS”... you can’t go wrong then!!

[rdcbn]

What we are seeing is the implementation of Alinsky’s Socio -Anarchist community organizer led revolution.

http://www.socialanarchism.org/mod/magazine/display/122/index.php

It ain't for nothing that Michele Obama’s Inauguration night dress was styled off the Socio Anarchist flag.

[mrsmel]

No, it’s time to stop letting them be the self-appointed gatekeepers of language.

[buffaloguy]

“The Thugs or Thuggees, were history’s most notorious and deadly criminal cult.”

On the other hand, the British greased them and they disappeared by 1870.

[MrB]

And their “revolution” is defeated by the truth,
therefore, any word or concept that tells the truth about them is denied or banned.

[mrsmel]

The rank-and-file or lower level “true believer” leftists may think that, but I think that the ones with the power (like Soros) are globalists playing groups against each other. The fact that the GOPe is now showing its hand as being opposed to true conservatism, and supportive of globalist economic policies, at the expense of the middle class, strengthens that belief.

[navyguy]

Oh yeah, I think you’re right. The average deranged Liberal has a Messiah Complex, but the big players like Soros have no problem crushing their own paid lemmings if it means more power and wealth for them. It’s really a Master/Slave relationship they have. But Liberals enjoy being enslaved by dependency so it’s not a problem for them.