calbear93 said:BearForce2 said:Somewhere earlier in this thread I said Wuhan virus was probably a better term to use rather than China virus. But the tweet still has a point. If there was a variant coming from China, what would it be called? The covid variant?calbear93 said:BearForce2 said:hanky1 said:
Yes it's called the Chinese Virus. Not Coronavirus. Not COVID-19. Chinese Virus. Why can't we call it Chinese Virus? Racism? Please.
You know, you can think outside a forced bubble and assess this critically, unless after deep thought, you are convinced people are going to be attacking British people as a result of calling it a UK variant. You know, like German Americans and Italian Americans were put in concentration camps in the US and Irish people were lynched after being falsely accused. If you cannot put these things into context and in how America is, you probably should step aside on this discussion because I suspect you know not one single person who is Asian.
Context matters and understanding our history matters. If you tinker making this argument as if you are without knowledge of America's soul and our history and if you choose to think people will react the same to calling something Wuhan or China virus versus British virus, you are being willfully blind. People are naturally more hateful of those who look different. Asians and blacks do not have the luxury of thinking calling something China virus versus British virus are the same. And if you know Americans will react a certain way by calling it China virus and it will result in more attacks, why would you promote it or defend it? Is making a point worth attacks against innocent Americans? What if it were you daughter or your mom who may get attacked by you insisting on calling something China virus out of principle? Would that make you feel like you won some moral battle?
Do you naturally hate those who look different from you?