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Jeremy Lin rips Trump for ‘empowering’ racism with talk of ‘Chinese Virus’
Wapo.com ^ | 3/19/20 | By Des Bieler

Posted on 03/19/2020 10:46:02 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda

Jeremy Lin rips Trump for ‘empowering’ racism with talk of ‘Chinese Virus’

President Trump said Wednesday that his use of the term “Chinese Virus” was “not racist at all.” Among those who might strongly take issue with that assertion would be Jeremy Lin, given his criticism of the president on Tuesday.

Lin, a California native of Taiwanese descent who last year became the first Asian American player to help a team win an NBA title as a member of the Toronto Raptors, posted several tweets accusing Trump of “empowering” racism by using the term and saying the president was contributing to a menacing climate for Asian Americans in the wake of the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: chicomflu; china; chinobyl
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To: jdietz

Chinese basketball player.


81 posted on 03/19/2020 12:14:51 PM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
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To: Osage Orange

Chinese basketball player.


82 posted on 03/19/2020 12:15:39 PM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
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To: JimRed

He is a Chinese basketball player.


83 posted on 03/19/2020 12:17:13 PM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
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To: Freedom of Speech Wins
I believe he is an American....

I meant that like...who gives a shit about some dude that means nothing to me...

84 posted on 03/19/2020 12:18:12 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

MERS, St Louis encephalitis, LaCrosse encephalitis, West Nile Virus, Ebola, Marburg, Crimean hemorrhagic fever, Omsk hemorrhagic fever, Lassa fever, Lyme disease….

If came from F##king China


85 posted on 03/19/2020 12:20:05 PM PDT by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Does he mind being called a Chinese basketball player?


86 posted on 03/19/2020 12:20:25 PM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Yeah, it was the ESPN reporter who said that during a Knicks game with Jeremey Lin playing for them and was then fired.


87 posted on 03/19/2020 12:22:01 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: 9YearLurker

He is just a Chinese basketball player.


88 posted on 03/19/2020 12:24:10 PM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
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To: A_Former_Democrat

I think people should lighten up, stay home, and Wang Chung tonight:

Rip it up
Move down
Rip it up
Move it down to the ground
Rip it up
Cool down
Rip it up
Get out what’s inside of you
Everybody have fun tonight
Everybody have fun tonight
Everybody Wang Chung tonight!


89 posted on 03/19/2020 12:25:29 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: Freedom of Speech Wins
He is just a Chinese basketball player.

He plays for the Wuhan Bats.

90 posted on 03/19/2020 12:25:42 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: RightGeek

Excellent.


91 posted on 03/19/2020 12:26:11 PM PDT by gogeo (The left prides themselves on being tolerant, but they can't even be civil.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Democrats use the term racist against white people when they don’t agree with them and usually it is not even because the white person is racist. But they fail to use the word RACIST against blacks, Asians, or Mexicans when those groups are being racists.

Hmmmmm....Does anyone recall any of the democrat not news stations referring to the Jussie Smollett case as Jussie being racist against all whites by lying and saying white people had done a terrible crime against him ONLY to find out it was done by HIM and two black brothers?

I don’t recall the word racist being used when it SHOULD have been used against black Jussie and the two black brothers.

Just because I think Jussie and the two black brothers involved in the crime were racist does not make me dislike all black people. I have good friends of every race.
It is not one’s color of skin that makes a person racist. It is their actions, words, and beliefs.


92 posted on 03/19/2020 12:33:44 PM PDT by PrayAndVoteConservesInLibsOut (PRAYING FOR AMERICA EVERY DAY!)
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To: BenLurkin

He is a Chinese basketball player who made this stupid statement while Chinese officials held a gun to his head ,,,just out of frame.


93 posted on 03/19/2020 12:48:19 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter ( bo)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

I wish Trump would have used the phrase, “ChiCom virus”.


94 posted on 03/19/2020 1:07:03 PM PDT by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
What Jeremy Lin and other Chinese Americans need to see is that the communists endangered them too. The Asian Americans who have died from this virus were violated by the same communist government that caused other deaths.

I hope Americans of other races also see this.

95 posted on 03/19/2020 2:09:34 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for our country and President Trump)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
its okay to call a virus the "Hong Kong" flu...okay to say "Asian flu" or "Africanized bees" etc....

China does own the origins of this virus, tough...I hold nothing against the Chinese people....its their damn leaders.....

some people just need to get back in the spotlight I guess...

96 posted on 03/19/2020 2:12:18 PM PDT by cherry
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Just another good comrade.


97 posted on 03/19/2020 2:22:29 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

I am so over the NBA. For de Blasio it was their bigfooting it to the front of the testing line.

For me it is their China coddling and genuflecting and stifling the official who supported the Hong Kong protests and LeBron lecturing us about it all.


98 posted on 03/19/2020 2:25:00 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda; Liz; V K Lee; HarleyLady27

I think our wise POTUS is using the “Chinese virus” for three key reasons:

1. China deserves to be “ridiculed” for its deception that is costing the whole world trouble and widespread deaths.

2. Trump knows that the Fake News will criticize him for saying “Chinese virus”, but that’s good because discussing that issue causes people to think and realize how irresponsible the Chinese really are.

3. It gets Deplorables angry defending his use of “Chinese virus” and therefore fires up his base and does damage to the Fake News, further pointing attention to what the Chinese did. Exhibit A: this thread...


99 posted on 03/19/2020 4:25:06 PM PDT by poconopundit (Joe Biden has long been the Senate's court jester. He's 24/7 malarkey and more corrupt than Hunter.)
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To: poconopundit

Nice deconstruction.


100 posted on 03/19/2020 5:00:56 PM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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