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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,111 posts)
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 12:54 PM Jul 2020

Trump calls C-19 the 'Chinese Virus' or 'Kung Flu' to divert attention from disastrous response

The coronavirus pandemic has made its way to nearly every country around the world and left devastation in its wake in a matter of six months.

Though the virus has indiscriminately infected millions globally, more than 30% of Americans have witnessed someone blaming people of Asian descent for the coronavirus, according to an Ipsos survey conducted in late April.

President Donald Trump has been no exception, given his penchant to refer to the coronavirus as the "Chinese Virus," or more ungraciously, "Kung Flu," a play-on-words referring to the Chinese martial art of Kung Fu.

Experts on Asian American culture and studies told Business Insider that while the disrespectful moniker could perpetuate dangerous microaggressions against Asian Americans, it also works as a diversion from the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus in the US.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-has-a-penchant-for-calling-the-coronavirus-the-chinese-virus-or-kung-flu-experts-on-asian-culture-said-the-racist-implications-of-the-term-divert-attention-from-the-disastrous-us-response/ar-BB16CqJe?li=BBnb7Kz

Micro aggressions? It's been worse than that.

None the less his attempt at "looky over there" is not going to work when one is faced with the sick and dying.

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Trump calls C-19 the 'Chinese Virus' or 'Kung Flu' to divert attention from disastrous response (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 OP
MSN must be running out of things to write about underpants Jul 2020 #1
X100 ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #5
The Faux pas Jul 2020 #2
Couldn't said what you said any better! NT SWBTATTReg Jul 2020 #3
China apparently is to blame for a disease that is harmless and a hoax. gulliver Jul 2020 #4

gulliver

(13,142 posts)
4. China apparently is to blame for a disease that is harmless and a hoax.
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 02:09 PM
Jul 2020

Just one more example of his "heads I win, tails you lose" con artistry.

Another is his using the explosion in covid cases to sell the lie that America has great testing.

And he wins with these cons when people describe them as fantasies or ignorance or denial. What they are is manipulations.

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