colfax_m
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You are making assumptions that also lack logical rigor. Although you label these people as idiots, you also assume they know for certain the origin of the virus.Can anyone name anyone that was helped merely by calling it “Wuhan flu” or “Chinese flu”?
How is anyone helped merely by the naming of any disease? Not everything is binary. Things can be more than just "helped" or "bad."
True. No one is helped by labeling it anything in particular.
But I’d say there’s evidence that people are harmed by labeling it such.
What's spreading faster than coronavirus in the US? Racist assaults and ignorant attacks against Asians | CNN
Rampant ignorance and misinformation about the novel coronavirus has led to xeonophobic attacks against fellow Americans. And the pain ranges from physical to verbal to financial.www.cnn.com
Well the idiots that are expressing race-based aggression towards Asian people are most certainly aware that the outbreak originated in China--everybody in the world knows that unless they were literally born yesterday--so there's no way anyone can possibly say with even a modicum of certainty that those people are acting the way they are simply because someone has called it the "Wuhan virus," or that they'd be acting any differently if nobody called it that. We're talking about people who already harbor those predisposed opinions, and likely blame China for their circumstances right now, so like tantrum-throwing children they're directing their frustration and ire at anyone with Asian features who they already have disdain for. People don't just "become" racist because someone labels a virus "Chinese virus." That conclusion lacks logical rigor nearly to the same extent as the rationale of the people it's criticizing.
Given there is zero benefit to labeling it as such, and possible harm, we should err on the safe side.
No, we should teach people not to be morons.
We should. But I’m not going to be holding my breath. A lot of the people in charge seem to be happy that people are morons.