Posted on 03/22/2020 3:30:50 PM PDT by Vendome
You’ve also might have heard a lot of inaccurate statements, like the coronavirus came about because Chinese people eat food that Americans consider strange, like bats or civet cats. You’ve might have heard the coronavirus started in one of the so-called “wet markets” in China where live animals are kept in close proximity and sold outright or slaughtered on-site. You’ve could have heard Trump imposed a travel ban to China: foreign nationals who’ve been in China within the last 14 days won’t be allowed to enter the US. And you’ve heard jokes, seen memes, or made comments about the Chinese eating dogs, cats, bats, and any number of exotic foods.
People are joking that it’s called the ‘Kung Flu’ and other such trivializing nonsense.
Guess what? All these things are racist.
But it’s not just the president’s racism that’s showing when he halted travel between US and China. The University of California-Berkeley, usually seen a bastion of far-left liberalism, actually issued a statement, according to the LA Times, saying that xenophobia against Asians and Chinese are “a common reaction” to the coronavirus: people may feel “fears about interacting with people from Asia and guilt about these feelings.”
this just in from the number one public university in the world: it’s okay to be xenophobic as long as you also feel sort of guilty about it
(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...
Found her actual website:
https://www.scarymommy.com/coronavirus-isnt-excuse-for-racism/
And...what do we say?
I’m surprised the author is smart enough to string words into sentences. We’ve gotta shut these idiots up when all this blows over.
“bottom line: if you spread rumors that Chinese people “caused” the virus through their eating habits, that’s racist. It’s also victim-blaming. If you look askance at Asian people and intentionally avoid them, or intentionally avoid Chinese restaurants, you’re being racist. If you use the coronavirus to justify using ethnic slurs, you’re racist.
And being a racist a-hole won’t stop you from getting the coronavirus, so calm the hell down. What will help you avoid it, Slate tells us the CDC says: the same things that stop you from getting a known virus. Wash your damn hands, and don’t put your dirty hands near your mouth, nose, eyes, or face. Period. You’re no more likely to get coronavirus from a Chinese restaurant than you are anywhere else.
So wash your hands, use hand sanitizer, and stop being racist.”
I bet anyone $100 that if it started in Texas, it would be largely called the “Texas Flu”.
She has a professional counting cadence so she will remember to breathe...
Chuck Norris would kill the flu
Can’t argue with you there...
Hey I got an idea babe, go kiss a northern Italian
My buddy just got ordered by his governor in Louisiana to stay home, so we will tell my buddy's governor to STFU!
“racist”
She looked at herself in the mirror to create this portrait.
“The University of California-Berkeley, usually seen a bastion of far-left liberalism...”
Wait... calling it the “University of California-Berkeley” is racist against us native born Californians. They need to re-name it “Univ1868.”
She likes to lecture everybody on having attitudes and behaviors that she approves of.
I bet she’s a real treat to take out to dinner.
Guess what? No they aren't.
And who is this "Elizabeth Broadbent" to speak for all Chinese? Isn't that cultural appropriation?
Besides, we don't need a "gwailo" (Cantonese for "gringo") to tell us what to feel, think, and do.
Politeness and kindness are always in order and much appreciated. Treat fellow human beings with the dignity and respect they deserve.
It's good to be aware of how your words and actions might affect others and avoid intentionally causing offense, but there is no need to go overboard with this type of PC baloney.
FWIW, the majority of my friends from Hong Kong, Taiwan and even China! are very critical about how the Chinese government handled the situation in Wuhan. They hate being lied to just as much as we do here in the U.S.
Maybe this virus isn’t an excuse, and it isn’t.
But I just got through watching videos of the Chinese skinning cats alive and throwing dogs in frying pans alive,,guess it tenderizes them...
I don’t know, I don’t care....but screw the Chinese...hope they all starve!
I’m not sure if that’s racism...if so, don’t care...I think they are sick, sick, sick....hope they starve
Hug a chinaman then. People are insane. How can people be this crazy stupid and still be alive.
“And you’ve heard jokes, seen memes, or made comments about the Chinese eating dogs, cats, bats, and any number of exotic foods.”
...and people did feast upon the lambs, and sloths, and carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats, and large —
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