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Trump just called Coronavirus "Kung Flu"(Update: Repeats it)
- Thread starter super-heated plasma
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Or how about this: considering that Asian Americans are currently being targeted, harassed, and attacked at alarming rates across the country, you can drop the transparent concern trolling and bullshit whataboutisms.
WHO guidelines have already been amended to advise against naming diseases via nationality or geography going forward. Everyone is in agreement that diseases should be divorced from potentially discriminatory referents. But seeing as COVID, not MERS nor West Nile, is the one in the headlines and the one causing people to be assaulted on the basis of their race, and considering the president of the US is actively trying to cultivate anti-Asian sentiment through this, we've got other priorities at the moment besides clarifying your weird semantic hangups over calling things racist.
So enough of the "all lives matter" style shit.
That's right Trump, continue to give Biden & his campaign team (plus The Lincoln Project) more ammo & firepower to use against you. I'm sure it'll reeeaaaallllyyy help you.
And then immediately switch the topic to talking about his energy. wtf?
I lol'd because it had to be a joke, right?!
Ok so he did actually say this, what in the actual fuck
Ok so he did actually say this, what in the actual fuck
Calling a disease MERS is nowhere in the same ballpark as the president referring to a deadly diseases as "Kung Flu". I'm sorry if some people can't see the difference. It's pretty gosh darn obvious.
Take a class in logic. Learn about logical fallacies.
Take a class in logic. Learn about logical fallacies.
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Imho there's an ethical/legal imperative to do it each time it's warranted. If you'd impeach another president for it, you impeach Trump for it. It's a way of sending a message to any potential future president and to the American people.
Impeachment isn't a game to be won like an election, it's about drawing a line in the sand and setting a standard for decency and professionalism in our nation's highest office.
Whether or not you think it will be successful isn't as important as setting the precedent that this type of shit cannot be tolerated in the Commander in Chief of the United States of America.
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I'm not American so admittedly ignorant on what impeachment means especially when this doesn't lead to automatic removal from office, or restricted from putting himself up for re-election. What would being impeached again mean in this case? This man seems impervious to the effects of his words and deeds and has tripled down on his bigotry after the first impeachment trials.
Impeachment is a multi-step process. Trump would likely be successfully impeached by the house of representatives (again), but it would fail in the republican-controlled senate (again). The point is that going through the process of impeachment is worthwhile to set a precedent about what sort of behavior cannot be tolerated in a president.
Impeachment of Donald Trump - Wikipedia
I think this might be a good video. It's from an US-based lawyer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20lJppF4EOI
Why do people keep posting nothing posts like this as though the reason the thread exists is surprise? Nobody is surprised by this, that's not the point.
Kellyanne Conway says it’s ‘highly offensive’ to refer to coronavirus as ‘kung flu’
Kellyanne Conway on Wednesday called reports of a White House official referring to COVID-19 as the “kung flu” virus “highly offensive” after a journalist pressed her repe…
thehill.com
That's a good impression of a man doing an impression of Anthony Atamanuik's Trump.
The Scientific Community specifically changed the naming criteria for Covid-19 to avoid the racism.
I don't think they are retroactively applying it to the past and understandably so due to the confusion that would be caused in academic papers.
Hasn't he done it before? I guarantee that Trump will use the 'N' word on live TV before the end of the year. Probably the one that ends with "o", but maybe the one that ends in 'r'
Hoooollyyy cow, what logic is this?! "Let's test less, then we will have less confirmed cases", that's basically "out of sight, out of mind". He is so cartoonishly dumb.
Still can't believe that this dumb clown has a fellowship.
N... N--
Neat-o?
/s
Assuming they mean "Negro."
I could see him dipping his toes in with that.
The point is that the president of the US of A is a racist asshole and spews hateful comments and lies to this day. But unless he is removed from office - peacefully or forcefully - this won't change, considering what else he has gotten away with. Hell, I wouldn't be suprised if he could start WW3 at this point and somehow suffer no consequences for it.
Incredibly racist AND downplaying the seriousness of the virus in just two words. Bravo, orange turd
"19 different names"
Of course he chose this "just to be funny".
Fuck you Trump.
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This is what I'm dreading about Trump and his fucking rallies. He knows he will go to these and say obscene stupid shit and the media will talk about it 24/7. We should be talking about more important issues not his dumb fuck rallies.
