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Because it confuses people and ostracizes those who are not following along actively. It's like calling water dihydrogen monoxide. Not problematic, just not wha
by tathougies 7y ago
Because it confuses people and ostracizes those who are not following along actively. It's like calling water dihydrogen monoxide. Not problematic, just not what it's called.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoBut languages evolve over time due to societal pressure. Words used a generation or two ago to describe some race are now largely gone, for good reason. When you see someone trying to weaponize a word - and it feels incredibly dishonest to say Trump's insistence on "China Flu" is anything but an attempt to generate an adversary, as he hasn't shown any sort of insistence on using the "right" word for anything before this - it only makes sense to try and react against it.
- tathougies 7y agoTrump says China virus, not "China Flu". This is not an influenza strain. > say Trump's insistence on "China Flu" is anything but an attempt to generate an adversary Trump is just calling it what everyone called it before WHO decided to call it COVID 19 or nCov-SARS2, or whatever the virus is called according to them. The rest of the media was using Wuhan coronavirus or Chinese coronavirus since December.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoSorry, China virus. So you're telling me instead that the president can't keep up with the modern word choice? Clearly the world and its leaders have moved on from that, but the US is willing to hold diplomatic relations up in an attempt to re-frame the conversation. https://www.axios.com/wuhan-virus-pompeo-g7-statement-coronavirus-b416d6df-f902-4685-961f-4744b3d19d06.html https://www.axios.com/wuhan-virus-pompeo-g7-statement-corona...