[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Considering I watched a documentary on the Mafia in the 70’s through Rudy’s utter decimation of them last night while prepping my brass and I heard the term thug used about 287,692 times… I’m going to go out on a limb and say OP isn’t too bright. [/quote]
(I have no idea whether thug is used as a racial term or not)
It is possible for words to evolve and take on different connotations over time. Just because you haven’t heard it being used in that fashion commonly doesn’t exactly mean that the word isn’t being used in that fashion.[/quote]
Sure. The documentary was made in like 2011 I think, but okay.
Conversely, just because “black people” feel something, doesn’t make it fact. [/quote]
And just because “black people” feel something, doesn’t make it false. You have some type of resentment towards black people? Just for the record i’m neither black or white.
[quote]Justliftbrah wrote:
You have some type of resentment towards black people? [/quote]
Nope. I’ve done a pretty good job of judging people as individuals in my life, and I can’t say I’ve ever been mistreated by a black person to the point of resentment.
Can’t say I’ve been mistreated by many people to the point of resentment. Maybe I’m just a fairly easy person to get along with?
Considering I watched a documentary on the Mafia in the 70’s through Rudy’s utter decimation of them last night while prepping my brass and I heard the term thug used about 287,692 times… I’m going to go out on a limb and say OP isn’t too bright. [/quote]
You should watch some on Whitey Bulger and see there is a whole lot more to that story.
Considering I watched a documentary on the Mafia in the 70’s through Rudy’s utter decimation of them last night while prepping my brass and I heard the term thug used about 287,692 times… I’m going to go out on a limb and say OP isn’t too bright. [/quote]
You should watch some on Whitey Bulger and see there is a whole lot more to that story.
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I’m not completely ignorant of Whitey, but less read than on the NYC’s families.
Hey, I’m not the one who said “I’ve never seen a poor Jewish family” and then, when called out for doing so, said “your (sic) speaking in technical terms” as though that excused the initial dumbfuckery.
If you make a sweeping generalization and someone calls you out for it, that’s not because they used “technical terms” - it’s because what you said was WRONG, W-R-O-N-G, in the first place.
I also think you should go back and read my earlier post in this thread about the danger of assuming that you know it all when you’re in your early 20’s.
Part of living in society is giving up our “base nature.” I think some Greek guy said that.
Sticking with our own " kind" was good for survival back in the day. Now, its not so useful. But its important to understand where the sentiment, or " urge" comes from.
Everybody seems to be down with diverse neighborhoods and stuff. Thats cool.
LBJ was a teacher, right? He new first hand how government could have a positive impact on people’s lives.
Considering I watched a documentary on the Mafia in the 70’s through Rudy’s utter decimation of them last night while prepping my brass and I heard the term thug used about 287,692 times… I’m going to go out on a limb and say OP isn’t too bright. [/quote]
You should watch some on Whitey Bulger and see there is a whole lot more to that story.
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I’m not completely ignorant of Whitey, but less read than on the NYC’s families.
What angle are you getting at here?
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Nothing relevant to the thread but if you’re interested in how Guliani and Co. played that, there is some relevant material in the study of Mr. Bulger’s case.
Considering I watched a documentary on the Mafia in the 70’s through Rudy’s utter decimation of them last night while prepping my brass and I heard the term thug used about 287,692 times… I’m going to go out on a limb and say OP isn’t too bright. [/quote]
You should watch some on Whitey Bulger and see there is a whole lot more to that story.
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I’m not completely ignorant of Whitey, but less read than on the NYC’s families.
What angle are you getting at here?
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Nothing relevant to the thread but if you’re interested in how Guliani and Co. played that, there is some relevant material in the study of Mr. Bulger’s case.
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Ahh, okay. Yeah I’ve only read a couple in house (read rat’s) accounts of his crews.
I was on a huge NY family kick for awhile a couple of years ago. Forgotten more than I remember, but it was great stuff. I’ll read up on Whitey
[quote]Justliftbrah wrote:
This is sort of similar to what jewish americans do in present time. They are known to give preference to their fellow jewish mates when making an admissions decision in some of the elite ivy league schools. Jewish American tend to invest their money within their own community. I have yet to see a poor jewish family. [/quote]
This is fucking retarded, and if you’ve never seen a “poor” jewish family you need to leave your little bubble life and look around.
Holy shit.
So… When I call La Costra Nostra thugs from the ghetto (which they are, typically) does it still get quote marks?
Examples of “we” please?
I’m part of “we”, so I’d like you to show me, with definitive proof where “we” have done what you claim.
Nothing more false has ever been typed on the internet. LBJ’s strong arming of his party to FINALLY side with Republicans whom had been fighting for this act for a god damn century at that point is a very well examined and historically poured over event.
Holy shit, read a god damn book ffs.
Because much like today with the abortion debate, democrats have a real big problem with the notion of “personhood”. They didn’t see blacks as people then, and don’t see babies as people now.
Racism in America against blacks was born out of a need to justify slavery. Everyone knew slavery conflicted with the founding principles of this nation, and the only way to justify its continued existence was by pretending blacks weren’t people. Democrats are really, really good at pretending people aren’t people if they don’t fit their agenda.
Clearance priced, looks good, and it fits? Great find! Too bad about dude’s gi company tho.
So the Right sees the Left as pretty much immoral, and irrational. And also like “murderers by association”? I don’t want to put words in anyone’s mouth, or offend anyone. But a conservative would see a liberal as basically “not having a leg to stand on.” The whole line of thinking is flawed, flying right in the face of Religion, logic/philosophy, morals, common sense, or whatever.
I always thought of “Progessives” as people commited to making sure everyone in the tenament has running water, and every bumbkin in the sticks has electricity. Universal sufrage, over sight of big business. Like Teddy Roosevelt stuff. Am I just wrong, or did crazy leftists “steal” my buzzword to roll me up into their voting block?
-Back when I was 12, and all the little white kids at my school were wearing “X” hats, I assumed Malcolm X had been a Radical. Like extreme left. But was he really more like a Reactionary, extreme right, trying to go “back” to a way things had been?
