Posted on 07/31/2022 6:49:54 PM PDT by grundle
Tucker Carlson has been accused of homophobia and being cruel after joking about changing the name of monkeypox.
On his Thursday night show, the Fox News host joked about the decision to change the name of the disease as cases continue to be concentrated among the gay community.
In early June, a group of scientists, many based in Africa, issued a position paper calling for a name change for the disease to avoid the negative impact it was having on people from different communities.
"We propose a novel classification of MPXV (Monkeypox Virus) that is non-discriminatory and non-stigmatizing and aligned with best practices in naming of infectious diseases in a way that minimizes unnecessary negative impacts on nations, geographic regions, economies and people and that considers the evolution and spread of the virus," the paper read.
Carlson also shared a clip from his show on his Twitter page, where he said that, due to a popular vote following a poll, monkeypox will now be known as "Schlong Covid."
"Monkeypox is about the coolest name for a disease, 'can't come today I've got the monkey,'" Carlson said.
"But they are changing the name because of racism or something. Well for once, we don't know who they are and we are not going to allow it.
"We are going to change the name this time, we are going to do it with the public's help because democracy is real.
"So we had a vote, there was no ballot harvesting, you can trust our counting and the new name for monkeypox is now officially, and we are declaring it, Schlong Covid.
"That won our audience election result with about 40 percent of the votes.
Other names that were offered in the vote included Hunter Hives, Midterm Variant and Adam Schiffilis.
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How about “Pudpox”?
Hunter Hives is better.
Ham Slammed?
Love the name. Critics can whine to someone who gives a sh*t.
That anyone would complain pretty much confirms the truth of the matter.
That’s the problem with liberals, they have no sense of humor
The Left whines because they are being ridiculed.
“Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. There is no defense. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage.”
— Saul Alinsky
How about homopox. Or donkeypox.
Rump Rona.
Andrew Wilkow suggested “Inclusion Rash”.
Almost all of the cases have been spread via some form of male homosexual activity, not that there’s anything wrong with that./s
Seriously, there are bigger things happening than outrage over Tucker Carlson and his tweets. If folks are offended, they need to grow up and get a life.
I knew he’d get a buttload of responses.
Cute suggestions, but schlong covid is clearly best.
Remember when Trump said Hilary “got schlonged?”
As long as we are doing alliterative names fror the disease, how about Poofter pox!
Scientist are calling for a name change? That's funnier than a barrel of Monkeypox! What the hell kind of scientist are these? Should they not be concerned with curing this rather than being all concerned about the terminology? And why was it not an issue 60+ years ago?
It’s so hard to choose! I agree with you, but Shiffilis gets a very special recognition
Poofpox
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