You and I can appreciate the subtle distinction that "anti-chinese government" != "anti-chinese", but tribalist thinking that equates "anti-chinese government"

You and I can appreciate the subtle distinction that "anti-chinese government" != "anti-chinese", but tribalist thinking that equates "anti-chinese government" with "anti-chinese actions" exploits subconscious pathways of the human brain, so that it feels "natural" or "easy" to think that way. That is why during COVID-19, even one month ago we have already seen over 600 anti-Chinese and anti-Asian racism in the US [1], and a racially-motivated stabbing in Montreal [2]. Even in the Silicon Valley which is considered a liberal bastion, we have seen racist attacks against Asian-Americans [3]. All of these examples show that even though you and I can draw a difference between a government and its people and therefore do not do racist attacks against random people of a certain nationality, I hope you can see that calling it the "China virus" can compel others do racist attacks. Using reason to fight 600 million years of evolution is hard. [1] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asian-americans-report-nearly-500-racist-acts-over-last-week-n1169821 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asian-americans-r... [2] https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-korean-consulate-issues-warning-after-violent-attack-in-montreal-1.4856453 https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-korean-consulate-issues... [3] https://nextshark.com/silicon-valley-supermarket-xenophobic-remark/ https://nextshark.com/silicon-valley-supermarket-xenophobic-...