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GaryBusey007 t1_iwd7q7k wrote

Reply to comment by stench_montana in Three UVA players killed; ex-player in custody by jervthegreat

I am sure that everyone says the three dead players are victims......but what did they do to the assailant to deserve a targeted hit?

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huntimir151 t1_iwd8b3q wrote

Is this race baiting? It smells kinda like race baiting...

Assuming you are asking in good faith, the three players did not likely do anything worth being shot to death over. If that's what you are implying. People kill each other over stupid shit.

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GaryBusey007 t1_iwd9100 wrote

Why is this race baiting? Why are you bringing race into this?

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huntimir151 t1_iwd9h3g wrote

Sorry if I misread, the "thug culture" comment can be used in good faith but can also be a euphemism for "black person involvement."

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GaryBusey007 t1_iwd9w4a wrote

Oh. Thug as in three versus 1 and then the 1 retaliates.

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frisbeescientist t1_iwdjq21 wrote

Are you from outside the US? Otherwise you might be the only person in the country who sees a shooting, says something about "thugs" and doesn't see the racial implications lol

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[deleted] t1_iwdm56s wrote

I'm canadian but yeah it's pretty american to take a word that has means nothing racially and make it racial.

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bigheartbiggerdick97 t1_iwesf2r wrote

Thug is often used as a racist dogwhistle in the US, this isn't something unique to this comment section.

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komerchant t1_iwfxayb wrote

Never knew the word thug had racial connotations lol

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YawnDogg t1_iwha6zs wrote

In the US media when a group of minority teens do something they are thugs. When white teens do something they are “troubled youths” that’s the dog whistle in a nutshell

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[deleted] t1_iwetd7r wrote

yeah exactly. that's why i said its an american thing to do.

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bigheartbiggerdick97 t1_iweuasj wrote

I'm sure no one else ever does this...

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[deleted] t1_iwexxzk wrote

regardless, i think we can find common ground in the fact that thugs come in all colors.

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[deleted] t1_iwhc8zw wrote

Someone explain why this was downvoted lmao.

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