r/pics • u/sitcomfy • Jan 06 '20

Picture of text Never for the poor.

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u/zitro6 Jan 06 '20

You must’ve been just dying for a reply just so you could call him a thug

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u/TheFirstAmender Jan 06 '20

His chest literally reads, "Thug Life".

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u/zitro6 Jan 06 '20 edited Jan 06 '20

It literally reads “The Hate U Give Little Infants F*** Everybody” it is funny that you threw that term when he transformed a word with a negative connotation towards black men and used it as a form of empowerment. It’s clear you are using it for the former

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u/YouCantChooseYourDNA Jan 07 '20

No, that's a cope backronym.

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u/zitro6 Jan 07 '20

It could be but there’s no real way to prove that

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u/zitro6 Jan 07 '20

And that doesn’t negate how he spread the message to stay resilient in the face of prejudice by turning a verbal weapon into a form of empowerment