Actually, I would have. No one thought anything of the term until a black city councilman made a big deal about it during the Baltimore riots. Even our black mayor had described the rioters as thugs. Incidentally Walter Cronkite referred to Daley's musclemen (all white) at the Chicago Convention as thugs when they were roughing up Dan Rather. I don't see any racial connotations with the term at all.
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But looking for quality interaction on MB is like trying to stay hydrated by drinking salt water.
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