Best meme on the internet last week:

EVERYONE is saying that. You are parroting what literally every talking head and writer says about Sherman BEFORE they talk about whatever issue they are talking about with regards to him. They should literally let him suit up in his Stanford uniform during the Super Bowl so people like you can sleep better at night knowing that everyone on the planet definitively knows that the big, loud and thuggish looking crazy haired black guy actually went to one of the best schools in the world.

BTW, I don't think you are racist at all. I just think it is cute how everyone HAS to bring that information up about him, when it is actually very very easy to tell that he is very intelligent and not a thug.

The funny thing about the whole Sherman thing, is that it was Crabtree who came off sounding like a "thug" in his post game interview, not Sherman.

You wish the team you rooted for had Richard Sherman at corner. He's a pleasure to watch.

SM2,

Could you expand on your definition of a "thug" and how Sherman looks somewhat like one?

Yep. He's the kind of guy you hate, when he's on the other team.

To me, being "thuggish" has to do with how you come off naturally and how you communicate naturally.

Sherman has a good personality and is very affable, and is very approachable. Granted the 49ers just lost the game, but after seeing Crabtree's interview he seems very unapproachable.

I don't think I ever said Sherman looked like a "thug." I was saying that everyone who has to constantly preface that he is a Stanford grad before talking about him thinks he looks and acted like a "thug," or else there would be no need to mention he was a stanford grad, EVERY SINGLE TIME they talk about him.

We can read your post, dude. You called him "thuggish looking"

where

Here you idiot. Ctrl-f , how does it ****in work

That's what OP thinks the general public views him as, which is why OP AND EVERYONE ELSE has to throw in that he went to Stanford when talking about him.

I wasn't calling him thuggish looking.

The guy is Beyonce. He's world class and he owns that.

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LOL show me one post where I claimed the general public views him as a thug. You're making **** up as you have a habit of doing. Not only are you an idiot, you are a lying douche bag. I am sure the regulars in politics get at least a chuckle at you portraying me as a bleeding heart liberal.

The sad part about all this is that racists like you get a voice among those advocating against increases in govt power. There is no doubt that minorities have and will continue to need their rights protected by the federal govt though. It is their best and most effective vestige of protection from racists such as you.

If you didn't think the public views him as a thug, then you wouldn't need to highlight that he went to Stanford.

That's the reason that you and everybody else talking about Sherman have to say that he went to Stanford, before talking about the issues swirling around him.

We bout dat Stanford life son.

i watched 1 video of him and hes my hero already

newsflash: lots of thugs have degrees from stanford. impossible to have a competitive football team without letting a bunch of thugs into your school.

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I think a lot of this discussion depends largely on the definition of "thug" being used.

The word is derived from Thuggee (Hindi word for thief), a 19th century organized gang from central India. Per wikipedia:

The Thugs would join travelers and gain their confidence. This would allow them to then surprise and strangle their victims by pulling a handkerchief or noose tight around their necks. They would then rob their victims of valuables and bury their bodies.

I can't think of any action Richard Sherman has taken that in spirit resembles the robberies and murders conducted by this group.

However, I would say that we could metaphorically use the term "thug" to refer to numerous professionals in the financial services industry who graduated from several elite universities. Maybe not as far as violence goes, but definitely in the sense of gaining the confidence of a mark and then taking his valuables in a manner deemed unethical by society at large.

you need to watch more Richard Sherman interviews. He gives a much more concise and accurate definition of thug.

Hint: Russel Wilson is not a thug. Richard Sherman is.

Are you Chris Rock?

Yes.

No thugs in the champagne room.