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Atop what everyone else says, I reckon it would take all of five minutes for Twitter to reframe it as xenophobic prejudice against China. Doesn't matter that i
by bjt2n3904 6y ago
Atop what everyone else says, I reckon it would take all of five minutes for Twitter to reframe it as xenophobic prejudice against China.
Doesn't matter that it isn't true. It sounds true, and that's all that matters.
- president 6y agoYou got downvoted but that's essentially what happened with Covid. You're not even allowed to say the original name anymore [1][2]. [1] https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/26/memorandum-condemning-and-combating-racism-xenophobia-and-intolerance-against-asian-americans-and-pacific-islanders-in-the-united-states/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-action... [2] https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/23074/ https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/23074/
- munk-a 6y agoI don't know about that - I usually refer to it as COVID-19 but nobody looks askance if I mention Coronavirus.