Thoughts on Suh's suspension?

[Landlord]

Gotta love people throwing out the racially-tinged "thug" card.

Gotta love race baiters turning topics off course.

Agree with you Abdullah. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the concept of the word "thug" being "racially-tinged."

When people start actually using the word by it's actual definition (hint: Ndamukong Suh isn't a thug) and when I start hearing white/latino/asian athletes referred to as thugs then I'll concede that the term isn't related to race at all.

 

[HuskerfaninOkieland]

Gotta love people throwing out the racially-tinged "thug" card.

Gotta love race baiters turning topics off course.

Agree with you Abdullah. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the concept of the word "thug" being "racially-tinged."

When people start actually using the word by it's actual definition (hint: Ndamukong Suh isn't a thug) and when I start hearing white/latino/asian athletes referred to as thugs then I'll concede that the term isn't related to race at all.

Fair enough. Riaola...thug

 

[Abdullah the Butcher]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7ZkPBfSfYk

 

[California Husker]

Hey Cali, just pointing out, Raiola is on offense. At any rate, I love Suh, he is an exciting player, partly because you never know what he's going to do. I just wish he would at least try to act like it was an accident. I'm kinda bummed about the suspension though. I would love to see him go against the Cowboys line and get a couple sacks on Romo.

LOL, yeah, I know. I am not suggesting that Raiola isn't a dirty player. I am sure he does a lot more than he got caught doing. Don't forget Richie Incognito is just about as dirty as they come (also spent time as a Husker). I am not defending Suh because he is an ex-Husker. I am defending him because I don't believe he deserves the scrutiny that he receives...IMHO.

 

[California Husker]

Gotta love people throwing out the racially-tinged "thug" card.

Gotta love race baiters turning topics off course.

Agree with you Abdullah. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the concept of the word "thug" being "racially-tinged."

When people start actually using the word by it's actual definition (hint: Ndamukong Suh isn't a thug) and when I start hearing white/latino/asian athletes referred to as thugs then I'll concede that the term isn't related to race at all.

I don't know...I referred to Bill Laimbeer as a "thug" the entire time he was playing in the NBA and the same thing goes for Bill Romanoski when he was in the NFL. In my mind it is about actions not color.

 

[Hayseed]

He's like a creepy pro wrestler........he needs a flashy partner with a lot of gold bling to distract the ref while he does his dirty work in the other corner.

 

[okaive]

 

[RedRex]

Not a big deal. One multi-millionaire stepped on another multi-millionaire in the middle of an inherently violent game they both willing participated in. It's not like he sucker-punched him in an elevator, although if he did the question of whether Rodgers would still marry Suh afterwards is open for discussion.

 

[Landlord]

I don't know...I referred to Bill Laimbeer as a "thug" the entire time he was playing in the NBA and the same thing goes for Bill Romanoski when he was in the NFL. In my mind it is about actions not color.

Good on you.

 

[Stumpy1]

Gotta love people throwing out the racially-tinged "thug" card.

Gotta love race baiters turning topics off course.

Agree with you Abdullah. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the concept of the word "thug" being "racially-tinged."

When people start actually using the word by it's actual definition (hint: Ndamukong Suh isn't a thug) and when I start hearing white/latino/asian athletes referred to as thugs then I'll concede that the term isn't related to race at all.

Your grasping here LOMS...

I agree that the true definition doesn't match the usage but it has been watered down through the years to mean someone that is essentially a bully.

 

[walksalone]

If this is 1976, and he's on the Raiders, nobody cares, but it's now and everyone and everything is under a microscope...

 

[RedRex]

If this is 1976, and he's on the Raiders, nobody cares, but it's now and everyone and everything is under a microscope...

 

[Landlord]

Your grasping here LOMS...

I agree that the true definition doesn't match the usage but it has been watered down through the years to mean someone that is essentially a bully.

You might be right and ultimately it's a person by person thing. But in my not-so-scientific search that doesn't mean that much of anything but that i found interesting through posts on the board that include the word (this took me about 6 minutes, so not grasping TOO much at least), in the last 6 months ish when talking about individual people here's what I saw on huskerboard:

13 references to blacks as 'thug'

2 references to whites as 'thug' (Incognito and Raiola)

and about 300 references to Miami

 

[Haspula]

 

[okaive]

I knew Oregon was cheating.