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The origins of the modern use of 'thug' lie in British India where it denoted a group of bandits who supposedly murdered victims by strangulation with a silk scarf.
The 'thug' was constructed as an illustration of the 'savage' colonial subject, justifying Empire itself. https://t.co/8DfRUFPlP1
The 'thug' was constructed as an illustration of the 'savage' colonial subject, justifying Empire itself. https://t.co/8DfRUFPlP1