Questlove sounds off on Baltimore riots: “Thugs” is a racially coded word

Yeah that black Mayor's words are no different than when that racist motha' fucka Obama said it.

I mean seriously guys, in this age, when rioters start trashing their own communities, their own local businesses and start seriously endangering the lives of their own neighbors, I don't really mind people calling them a thug.

It's not some shit you can brush or excuse or be understanding about. It's not. Plain & simple. And I've been seeing that type of shit a lot on this sub recently. Some fuckboy excuses and feint-ass justification flagged as "understanding of the context".

I mean, don't get me wrong, racial disenfranchisement & police oppression still exists, but shit ain't nothing like it used to be, and if the civil rights leaders back in the 60s condemned this type of shit and championed non-violence protest, what the fuck kinda excuse do you have now giving it a pass?

Shit don't get no pass, no sympathy and no bullshit understanding, cause there ain't none of that shit to be had. And ya'll a bunch of pussies too. Ya'll will, to a degree, excuse the destruction of a entire black community, but won't say shit about redirecting that shit to popping a cop. Fucking tumbleweeds.

I mean shit, ya'll so understanding about the destruction of black communities and the inevitable black-on-black violence, about how "hilarious" you find the idea abut black protesters doing some Occupy Wallstreet shit (a version of this got decently upvoted the other day here....what the fuck does that even mean? If that's not some racist shit I don't know what is), why don't you go get a gun, head down to Baltimore & shoot a cop (who's probably black), direct some of that violence the right way since ya'll so "understanding" of the violence.

Real shit. At least then it's violence with a legitimate target instead of innocent people and small businesses. At least a cop signs up to the job knowing he could get shot, and at least it's clear there's legitimate grievances to be had with his institution.

Hell, lol, some of the more organized gangs in Baltimore I actually respect (wouldn't say agree however) because they were trying to redirect the shit towards to police and away from the communities in themselves.

But I mean, so many people here find non-violent protest laughable, targeted violence crazy and self-destruction of black communities as excusable.

In short, a fuckton of ya'll pussies

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