> I don't recall anyone complaining when MERS, NDH-1, and Hanta virus were prevalent and in the news. That means absolutely nothing. People learn. General awar

> I don't recall anyone complaining when MERS, NDH-1, and Hanta virus were prevalent and in the news. That means absolutely nothing. People learn. General awareness of how such terminology affects people is a relatively recent phenomenon. For just about every racial slur you can think of, there were lots of people outside of the affected groups who could have said they "don't recall anyone complaining" either. Not hearing - or refusing to hear - such complaints is itself a form of discrimination, hence my "blind eye" comment. > I won't be a partner to their attempt to clean up their PR through social censoring > it will assist the Communist Party in controlling the narrative I knew the anti-China sentiment would come out into the open sooner or later. Protip: not all discrimination, or defense of discrimination, comes from outside. Ask any feminist.