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Murder hornets are getting a new name: Here’s why
Nexstar Media Wire ^ | 7/25/2022 | Amanda Arden

Posted on 07/25/2022 9:41:42 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Same hornet, new name. The Entomological Society of America announced Monday that it has adopted a new name for the Asian giant hornet, also known as the murder hornet.

The insect, species Vespa mandarinia, will now be known as the northern giant hornet.

“Amid a rise in hate crimes and discrimination against people of Asian descent, usage of ‘Asian’ in the name of a pest insect can unintentionally bolster anti-Asian sentiment,” the ESA wrote in a news release.

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“It avoids evoking fear or discrimination,” ESA president Dr. Jessica Ware said.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbs17.com ...


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. Biden actually passed a Government Edict forbidding the use of the term “Wuhan” in Federal Government in relation to the Virus.

And he failed to isolate two men returning to the country from a Gay Orgy they traveled to who had Monkeypox. Now, it cannot be contained in the country and there have been bo efforts to do so.

1 posted on 07/25/2022 9:41:42 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano
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More concerned about what to call them than eliminating them.

Thats where socialism is at, in 2022.


2 posted on 07/25/2022 9:45:10 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Because they are black in colour?


3 posted on 07/25/2022 9:46:25 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Some men want to watch the world burn. It is they that want you to buy an electric car.)
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Amid a rise in hate crimes and discrimination against people of Asian descent MSG will now be called Right Wing Hate Salt.


4 posted on 07/25/2022 9:47:21 PM PDT by Born in 1950 (Anti left, nothing else.)
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What about the chainsaw bears?

That’s right, those bears that have freakin’ chainsaws for forepaws.

What are we going to call those now??


5 posted on 07/25/2022 9:50:14 PM PDT by Allegra
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Just call murder hornets “abortion hornets” and the baby killing Left will love and welcome them.


6 posted on 07/25/2022 9:51:54 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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Not gonna work. Murder Hornet’s is short, catchy and could really happen as described. I don’t think ‘Asian’ anything when I think of those bugs. All bugs come from somewhere.
I don’t care if they get called Stinging Butterflies, just keep them away from me


7 posted on 07/25/2022 9:52:22 PM PDT by lee martell
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I always liked Tiger-head Bee.


8 posted on 07/25/2022 9:55:38 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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Biden’s Bullet Bug


9 posted on 07/25/2022 9:56:19 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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As a northerner, I am offended by the new name.


10 posted on 07/25/2022 10:00:12 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: Allegra

Around here, Bearclaws are a dinner-dish sized icy Glazed Donut, or some variation of that. Too sweet and too much bread for me, though. I know people who could eat two in one sitting if they have can coffee with it.


11 posted on 07/25/2022 10:07:21 PM PDT by lee martell
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Lee,

It says “usage of ‘Asian’ in the name of a pest insect can UNINTENTIONALLY bolster anti-Asian sentiment”

Think unconsciously, unknowingly, or unbeknownst.

This can take over one’s life.


12 posted on 07/25/2022 10:22:44 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Lindsey Graham: How can anyone be Mad at Joe Biden)
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Whatever happened to the African killer bees?


13 posted on 07/25/2022 10:26:53 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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So now everybody’s supposed to be a mind reader!


14 posted on 07/25/2022 10:28:07 PM PDT by lee martell
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Vespa mandarinia? Sounds like an orange Italian scooter.


15 posted on 07/25/2022 10:28:16 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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They all got government jobs.


16 posted on 07/25/2022 10:29:06 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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You are a very bad man!

Lol


17 posted on 07/25/2022 10:30:05 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Lindsey Graham: How can anyone be Mad at Joe Biden)
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Negro gang bangers are not attacking Asians because of Murder Hornets. Then Negro gang bangers prey upon elderly Asians out of racism and cowardice. It's a racism fueled by a resentment watered, nurtured, and sustained at every opportunity by Joe Biden, the Democrat Party, and their Politburo.

18 posted on 07/25/2022 11:20:42 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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Is Nextstar Media Wire a parody site?


19 posted on 07/25/2022 11:44:32 PM PDT by FrdmLvr
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I like the Japanese name for them, “Sparrow Bees”.


20 posted on 07/25/2022 11:45:38 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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