Is it racist to call it Wuhan virus?

[ColonelAngus]

is it?

 

[MarathonMike]

Wuhan/Chinese virus is just calling a spade a spade.

 

[kyzr]

No its not racist, that's how they name most viruses, where it came from.
1. MERS was from Lebanon, (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), something to do with camels
2. Swine flu H1N1 started in the Mexico in 2009
3. 1918 Spanish flu
4. 2019 Wuhan virus

 

[Harpy Eagle]

No its not racist, that's how they name most viruses, where it came from.
1. MERS was from Lebanon, (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), something to do with camels
2. Swine flu H1N1 started in the Mexico in 2009
3. 1918 Spanish flu
4. 2019 Wuhan virus

1. But not the Lebanon virus
2. But not the Mexico virus
3. Did not really start in Spain
4. Not racist, just stupid.

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

is it?

No, o. Democrats who play identity politics are racists, and the biggest racists i know of, are the Chinese. Ever see a black national? Or a Latino national in China? Not no, but fuck no. Just a reminder of what would be the United States if liberals would still be in charge.

 

[toobfreak]

is it?

If calling it the Wuhan Virus is racist because it came from there, then calling a baseball team The Pittsburgh Pirates must be RACIST as well!

 

[XponentialChaos]

So many threads on this.

It has to be the least important issue in the news right now and yet people are obsessing over it.

 

[toobfreak]

is it?

No, only racists are those that deny that they are racists.

To "discriminate" (to see a difference) is part of our innate biological instincts of survival. To some degree, there is a little bit of "racist" in all of us. It is when you use that to negatively judge and impact others that it matters. WITHOUT EXCEPTION, every person on this board who rants about racism and white privilege especially while denying they are even a tiny bit racist themselves invariably proves to be BY FAR the biggest, worst racists of them all.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

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