On Fox News Monday, host Greta Van Susteren had some blunt words for the "word police" pretending to be offended by the "racist" application of the term "thug."
In response to the left's pretend offense over the lack of the use of "thug" to describe members of rival biker gangs in Waco, Van Susteren cited a statement she made about the "thug" controversy during the Baltimore riots (the term was used to describe rioters by both Barack Obama and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, by the way). Van Susteren condemned the race card tactic as classic "bullying" from the PC crowd intended to create a "short-term distraction" from the "real problems" at hand:
VAN SUSTEREN: I want to talk about some bullies, the word police… I used the word “thug” to describe rioters in Baltimore who were lighting cars on fire and burning down a senior center. Then I heard some said that using the term "thug" to describe the violent rioters was racist. Racist? OK, that was silly and, worse, it was needless bullying that created a short-term distraction from real problems. But I had advice for those bullies, the word police. I told them to look up the word "thug" in the dictionary and they’d learn the definition of the word "thug"; it’s violent criminal. "Thug" is not a racial slur—it’s a violent criminal.
She then demonstrated that she is an “equal opportunity thug name-caller” by condemning the "thug" gang members:
VAN SUSTEREN: So, you ask, why am I raising that now, weeks after the fires have been put out in Baltimore? Well, because I’m an equal opportunity thug name-caller. Those bikers in Texas, those gang members, they knew there would be trouble. They went there looking for trouble—and guess what, they’re thugs. In fact some of those bikers are thugs and even murderers.
Her final statement was directed to the “word police,” who she said needed to stop the “silly” bullying and focus on “what is happening in our communities”:
VAN SUSTEREN: So my message tonight is directed right at the word police. You need to stop being bullies and you need to stop being so silly—and start worrying about what is important, not about words. But about what is happening in our communities. Whether it be the streets of Baltimore or in a restaurant in Waco. Stop the silly stuff.
Video via TheBlaze. H/t Mediaite.
