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Re:The Caging of America by moldbug on Monday March 12, 2012 @01:17PM (#3694401)
Not in San Francisco, but there are plenty of white "worthless thugs." See under: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav. The American equivalent starts around 80 miles east of here and doesn't let up until Westchester County - I exaggerate, slightly. See under: "Winter's Bone."
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Re:The Caging of America by jbooth on Monday March 12, 2012 @02:07PM (#3694601)
Except people don't casually malign them as "thugs". "Rednecks", maybe. In the context of the original comment, there was definitely a racial component and liberal use of the word "worthless".

You can dispute whether that's racist, maybe, but being shocked at the suggestion? It quite clearly has a racial element.

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