Quote (Bazi @ 18 Mar 2021 21:56)
lol
I haven’t come to pard since we got that investment section
I mean the Asian American attacks that are occurring are certainly an issue and representative of underlying resentment. I think Bush for all his faults made it very clear that brown Americans are not the people responsible and as American as anyone else during 9/11 times. As a brown 13 yr old kid it felt nice having that support whether it made any realistic difference or not. I think the analogous statements from Trump weren’t that genuine by comparison.
However, the virus came from China. I have been very clear about where I stand and how if they showed proper transparency the world would not have been as crippled. Does America get a pass for handling it as atrociously as we possible could have. Of course not. Should China get a pass for this nonsense and have no accountability? I prefer not, and prefer it to be a global effort. Does it matter if we call it China virus , Wuhan virus , etc? I mean we have historically named viruses /bacterial variants off regions they originated. A common extremely scary bacterial plasmid is named after New Delhi where it originated, cuz everyone and their dog can get antibiotics with no oversight there.
Idk what we are talking about tho. im making assumptions based on 2 posts cuZ no reading comprehension and have to get nursery done in next couple hours
this is not at all about giving china, or more specifically the ccp a pass, hell no. those fucks should absolutely pay for their lack of transparency and diligence, not that i expect that to happen. it's about deliberate fear- and hate-mongering.
for example, many of the covid-19 mutations are commonly known as the "variant" from where they developed / were discovered / are widespread, like the british, the south african, or the brazilian (manaus) variant - and hardly anyone is suggesting those are "racist" or "bigoted" terms.
the main distinction, imo, is that the "china virus" re-branding was a deliberate effort by conservatives to focus on the likely origin, even though the virus already had at least two widely accepted and used names - and that (if not deliberately, at the very least predictably) lead to increased anti-asian hostilities.
in general i would agree, there's nothing inherently racist or wrong with naming a disease after a region - but doing so in a calculated move, to stoke division and mistrust (or to appear "tough on china" without actually doing anything meaningful), is a shitty move - especially in a society as poorly educated, ignorant, divided, and prone to racism as america...