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> He also used racial slurs to describe coronavirus. Source? I follow online controversies quite closely and haven’t seen this one...

• nl 6y ago
  https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/24/kellyanne-conway-trump-kung-flu-coronavirus-337682 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/24/kellyanne-conway-tr...
  • tomp 6y ago
    To save everyone a click: the term is “kung flu”. Slur maybe, racist definitely not (China is a country, not a race).
    • nl 6y ago
      A slur against an ethnicity is generally accepted as racist.
      • Consultant32452 6y ago
        Trump is racist no matter what he does. He says neo-nazis and white supremacists should be condemned totally, they claim he said nazis are fine people. NYT, WaPo, etc. call it the Chinese corona virus? No problem. Trump calls it the Chinese corona virus? Racist. So fuck it, it's the kung flu. I think it's a gross thing to say and don't choose that language myself, but fuck everyone's faux offense. Also, people generally have a POSITIVE view of Kung Fu. Positive associations are not slurs. China is not an ethnicity. Good for him going scorched Earth.