Greta Van Susteren to PC ‘Bullies’: ‘Thug Is Not a Racial Slur’

A few weeks ago, everyone on cable news was arguing about the use of the word “thug” in reference to violence Baltimore protesters, with many arguing it’s a racially-loaded term. Well, Fox’s Greta Van Susteren revisited that tonight and told the “politically correct bullies” to knock it off.

She encouraged the people engaging in this “needless bullying” to look up what “thug” means in the dictionary.” Van Susteren declared, “Thug is not a racial slur.”

Now, you may wonder why she was talking about this now. Well, as Van Susteren explained, she’s an “equal opportunity thug name-caller” and said that the bikers involved in that deadly Texas fight are thugs too.

It’s worth noting here that one of Van Susteren’s colleagues, Geraldo Rivera, made an observation earlier today that she might have been responding to:

If murdering bikers were black there's no doubt we wouldve labeled them Thugs-Time to retire "T" word or be sure it's not about Race of perp

— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) May 18, 2015

Watch the video below, via Fox News:

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