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>"thugs" is "alt-right" for the bad word for black people. Trump uses it constantly.

It is. It's also a word normal people use to describe violent criminals.

Obama stands by the term 'thugs,' White House says

https://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2015/04/29/obama-whit...

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"Thug" does have a definition that is not racist.

So does "monkey".

Death cultists will claim that monkey is non-racist, when used by bigots, too.

"WUH WUH WUH ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT BRUH 1488 ISN'T RACIST IT'S JUST NUMBERS"

I'm agreeing with you that "thug" is used by alt right people as a racist term. I've been on those kinds of forums too. I see it all the time. That's a reason why Obama was called out for using the word too.

But you can't assume that because Trump used it he is racist. It is ambiguous at best. You think Trump is anti-black so you will interpret it to be racist. But the facts don't make that clear.

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