Democrats use of the Atlanta shooting to highlight increased violence to asians

[Kimstu]

@Velocity

To some liberals, Asians are minorities only when it suits them.

It’s not the liberals who have been downplaying (while at the same time exacerbating) the dangerous effects of anti-Asian rhetoric described in your link:

The friend said he had been concerned about all the anti-Asian violence ever since Trump and the “China” virus rhetoric. […]

My brother replied that there were over 3,800 incidents of anti-Asian violence last year, yet you didn’t check on us.

It’s interesting to compare the current consensus against the race-baiting effect of regional/ethnic names like “China virus” with some remarks that were being made on such nomenclature around here just about a year ago:

@Sam_Stone

The difference between the Wuhan Virus and the other geographically-named viruses is that only Wuhan has the power of the Chinese state trying to get the name changed. […]

I suggest we call it the ‘Wuhan-Xi’ virus, or the ‘Wuhan-CCP’ virus to punish them for this crap, or perhaps the Wuhan-Pooh virus. […]

None of those [other disease] names have been considered ‘racist’, and neither was ‘Wuhan coronavirus’ or ‘Chinese coronavirus’ - until Chinese state media declared any reference to the Chinese origin of the virus to be racist, and suddenly in America anyone who references the origin of the virus in the name is a racist.

The American left is being played by the Chinese Communist Party. […]

That’s exactly how the language gets weaponized by people with an agenda. It’s exactly how propagandists in China and Russia use our own language against us. It’s one of the oldest plays in the book. And the left keeps falling for it, over and over again, because it fits their priors. […]

I have yet to see or hear anyone show any xenophobia towards Chinese people over this.

@racepug

These weird bugs come out of “Jy-na” for a reason (actually, several) and I think it’s only fair that the Chinese (or even just a segment) get saddled with this outbreak being named after them.

@XT

the only reason it IS being called racism is because it’s the strategy of the CCP

@Magiver

the Chinese government screwed the entire planet with their secrecy and then blamed the US military.

China owns this.

@Ale

The Chinese propaganda machine knew well that they only had to drop the R bomb to deflect criticism away from them, and it worked. […]

I, for one, think calling out an oppressive totalitarian regime attempting to rewrite history in their favour by pointing out that this virus currently causing enormous damage around the world did, in fact, originate in China, is a good thing. […]

It’s not about feelings, it’s about the origins of a world wide disaster and efforts to rewrite history to the benefit of a totalitarian regime which is all to happy to play the race card as a distraction

@eenerms

It’s not a race thing it’s where it came from.

@Declan

When this is all over and its time to count the cost, China is going to have to pay reparations and thats why its being designated the chinese virus.

@sps49sd

Calling it “China virus” is a pushback against China stating it came from Americans. […]

Trump calling SARS-2 (or whatever) ‘the Chinese virus’ is not a racist dogwhistle at all.

@Kearsen1

Why not name it after a region?

Snowflakes? […]

Also, I laugh at the “stigmatizes the region for which it was named”. EXACTLY for that reason do I think it’s a bullshit reason.

Conservatives a year ago: “You liberals need to just shut up with your useful-idiot bullshit about it being racist and a problem to insist on linking the name of this deadly virus with the Chinese!”

Conservatives now: “Why are you liberals not caring more about the problem of racist insistence on associating this deadly virus with the Chinese?”