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[seemoreroyals]

Trump made it political by repeatedly saying things like " China sent the Flu".
I wouldn't really care except idiots are taking it out on people who look Chinese. My niece, who is adopted has been verbally abused several times and before the lockdown, her boss moved her from being the hostess to working in the kitchen because several people complained about a Chinese person handing them a menu. As any reader of this forum knows, there are a lot of irrational people who look for any excuse to spew their hatred. We don't need our President egging them on.
A large percentage of them think the virus was handmade and that China sent thousands of infected people here on purpose. When you point out that most of the first wave infections came from people coming from Europe they look at you like you are nuts.
I'm sure notes will read this and say I'm supporting China.
Words have consequences. People like notes and tech would never talk like that to a democrat in a social setting or a bar. It's easy to hurl insults and accusations from behind ones desk. There is no reason for a President to egg them on.

Another great post. Sorry to hear about your niece.

[tech58]

More correctly the virus is called the chinese communist party virus!
They orchestrated the production of it,they covered up it's spread, and inflicted a huge cost on the world. For which they should pay a price. And will when Trump is re-elected.

Would not spare one word of my beliefs on any progressive leftist socialist liberal at any time anywhere!!

BTW they are not even widely accepted in the democrat party and by true old time party members.
Their party is being hi-jacked by the fringe leftists. Promoting rioting in the streets,de-funding law and order,turning the streets over to the neighborhood scumbags,everything free at the cost of our free enterprise system and private property rights,destroy history,on and on and on.

Elect biden and the leftist committee that will assume power,will destroy all semblance of the greatest country on God's Green Earth.

[OTABILL]

This is getting ridiculous. I understand the argument against giving a disease a geographical name. However, why suddenly is naming a disease from its geographical place of origin political? Calling this the Chinese Virus simply refers to from where it came.

I am glad to see I am not the only one who sees it this way. And, I would add that renaming the virus for political purposes is also ridiculous.

We should be united in taking down this virus regardless of politics. Unfortunately, it has been politicized on all sides and people like BR's niece have been hurt. No further comments.

[seemoreroyals]

More correctly the virus is called the chinese communist party virus!
They orchestrated the production of it,they covered up it's spread, and inflicted a huge cost on the world. For which they should pay a price. And will when Trump is re-elected.

Would not spare one word of my beliefs on any progressive leftist socialist liberal at any time anywhere!!

BTW they are not even widely accepted in the democrat party and by true old time party members.
Their party is being hi-jacked by the fringe leftists. Promoting rioting in the streets,de-funding law and order,turning the streets over to the neighborhood scumbags,everything free at the cost of our free enterprise system and private property rights,destroy history,on and on and on.

Elect biden and the leftist committee that will assume power,will destroy all semblance of the greatest country on God's Green Earth.

No one knows for sure the exact source or origin of this virus. Man made or by nature. Accidental or weaponized. We do know trump had a chance to take a number of actions to shut this virus down early on. Instead he conned us into thinking it was under control and that it would magically go away. Meanwhile the virus did exactly what Fauci and others warned us it would do. Speaking of orchestrating, covering up, and inflicting a huge cost to the world, that is what trump is responsible for. Therefore the proper name for the pandemic is more fitting as the trump virus.

Lie, deny, deflect. That is the methodology of trump and his followers. With less than a 20% chance of getting reelected there is a very real possibility trump will either be in jail by this time next year or up to his ears in lawsuits. He has caused much harm to numerous people. If you get a chance tech58 go back and watch the interviews of trump with both Chris Wallace and Jonathan Swan. That will tell you all you need to know about trump. He is a pathological liar, borderline insane, no sense of compassion or empathy for anyone but himself, and definitely unfit for office.

[Carcounter]

Trump made it political by repeatedly saying things like " China sent the Flu".
I wouldn't really care except idiots are taking it out on people who look Chinese. My niece, who is adopted has been verbally abused several times and before the lockdown, her boss moved her from being the hostess to working in the kitchen because several people complained about a Chinese person handing them a menu. As any reader of this forum knows, there are a lot of irrational people who look for any excuse to spew their hatred. We don't need our President egging them on.
A large percentage of them think the virus was handmade and that China sent thousands of infected people here on purpose. When you point out that most of the first wave infections came from people coming from Europe they look at you like you are nuts.
I'm sure notes will read this and say I'm supporting China.
Words have consequences. People like notes and tech would never talk like that to a democrat in a social setting or a bar. It's easy to hurl insults and accusations from behind ones desk. There is no reason for a President to egg them on.

Bill, I know you have been away from NYC for a while now, so you don't get to see the local news much. You are correct about Asians facing bias attacks , at least in NYC and environs. However, can you guess the color and ethnicity of almost all of the attackers? Hint, they are not wearing MAGA hats.

[billryan]

As my niece lives in the heart of Whitelandia, I'm pretty sure her attackers( for want of a better word) were white. I'd imagine the people at the upscale chain eatery who were afraid to take a menu from a chinise person were also white.

[Carcounter]

Not only do I not believe your story, I am amazed at the lack of street smarts from a native New Yorker.

[billryan]

Not only do I not believe your story, I am amazed at the lack of street smarts from a native New Yorker.

Are you talking to me? If so, wtf are you talking about?

[notes1]

the dems and the media believed jussie smollett's story....because they wanted it to be true.

the dems and the media believed the story false story about nicholas sandmann....because they wanted it to be true.

some of those same have paid a financial price, others will also pay. dems will never admit they were wrong. if they cannot find a true story to back up their beliefs, they have no problem making up a story. remember, the al sharpton/tawana brawley hoax/lie? as along as it is for the greater good......

[Carcounter]

Not only do I not believe your story, I am amazed at the lack of street smarts from a native New Yorker.

Are you talking to me? If so, wtf are you talking about?

Yes, I'n talking to you. I'm responding to your post. You don't know the race and ethnicity of the people in NYC that are propagating the bias attacks on Asians? As Joe Biden would say, "c'mon man"