Whatโ€™s the racist aspect of it..?
โ€œthugโ€ is kind of the new n word.
God, how much I fucking hate the euphemism treadmill
Well clearly not in every use. โ€œJackbooted thugsโ€ is a well established and has no race connotations. And using it that way suits the situation a lot better than whatever use is associated with black people