This is racist, Ilhan Omar scolds Kevin McCarthy for calling illness the “Chinese Coronavirus”.

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  1. Natty Bumpo

    Natty Bumpo Well-Known Member

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    It can be, of course, but it is also possible there is some other agenda.

    I'd simply ask why the unneeded ethnic designation?

    The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that attaching Chinese to a description of the coronavirus was wrong after both President Trump and the top House Republican were accused of racism for labeling it.

    “It’s absolutely wrong and inappropriate to call this the Chinese coronavirus, I assume you would agree with that,” Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.) said to CDC chief Robert Redfield, who testified in the House on Tuesday morning.

    Redfield said “yes,” noting the virus is also widespread in South Korea, Iran and Italy.//

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cdc-director-rejects-label-chinese-virus-after-trump-mccarthy-tweets/2020/03/10/58bd086c-62e5-11ea-b3fc-7841686c5c57_story.html
     
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  2. After-Hour Prowler

    After-Hour Prowler Banned

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    I won’t lose any sleep over them calling the swine flu whatever they want to call it.

    They can call it the Obama virus for all I care.

    Just remember.... it started in Mexico 11 years ago. It is not racist to call it the American virus.
     
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    After-Hour Prowler Banned

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    It is not racist .....

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.na...be-connected-to-virus-it-loosed-on-world/amp/

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/5020771002

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2020/03/09/its-not-racist-to-call-it-the-wuhan-virus/amp/
     
  4. Natty Bumpo

    Natty Bumpo Well-Known Member

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    As I noted, I do not speculate whether the addition of a meaningless qualifier is racist or is added for some other covert agenda.

    In any event, the Director of the CDC has rejected the irrelevant ethnic qualification.

    "Chinese hoax!" (anthropogenic climate change) and "Chinese coronavirus" (coronavirus) are eschewed by apolitical, scientific experts.
     
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    So Kevin McCarthy points people to look at the CDC website for advice on the Coronavirus, Tweeting, "Everything you need to know about the Chinese coronavirus can be found on one, regularly-updated website."

    Instead of commenting whether or not the CDC has everything you need to know, Democrats change the subject to "You racist!"

    No wonder congressmen can't have an adult conversation.

    That would be like someone saying, "The Australian Kangaroo is the most beautiful creature in the world," and me replying about how "Australian Kangaroo" is redundant wording, rather than with an opinion about which animal is most beautiful. Conversation ender.
     
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    Yeah... we wouldn’t want any redundancy in politics.

    Trump implements Muslim Ban
    Sally Yates refuses to enforce the ban.
    Sally Yates is fired.
    The Supreme Court rules in favor of the ban.
    The democrats try to implement NoBanAct2020 to limit the presidential authority during the coronavirus turmoil.

    Good thing there is no redundancy in politics.
    :roflol:
     
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    Because there is more than one coronavirus?
     
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    Natty Bumpo Well-Known Member

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    Rather than speculate, I would ask any politician who does so why he inserts the ethnic qualifier when the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed that such a designation is wrong and inappropriate.
     
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    Because they can't win an election so they have to resort to desperate measures.
     
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    Spanish Flu?

    It's a designator, nothing more.
     
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    It came from China, so it is a Chinese coronavirus. Chinese own it, and Democrats do not like it.

    Go figure :confusion:
     
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    It makes me wonder if the hysteria generated by the press is another attempt to weaken Trump.
     
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    No wondering about it. It's a fact.
     
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    Whatever their covert agenda might be, Adding an ethnic qualifier serves no practical purpose.

    That is why medical professionals do not embellish the term "coronavirus" with meaningless adornments.



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    "That's an AUSTRALIAN kangaroo!"
     
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    Not ethnic. Geographical. Well maybe, a little ethnic too. So what. Whose feelings are being hurt here?

    You know, **** always comes from somewhere -

    It came from outer space
    It came from the deep and now,
    It came from China

    WTBFD?
     
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    http://www.politicalforum.com/index...se-coronavirus”.569350/page-4#post-1071505015
    Sorry but the "coronavirus" is a meaningless designation for a strain.

    "Common human coronaviruses, including types 229E, NL63, OC43, and HKU1, usually cause mild to moderate upper-respiratory tract illnesses, like the common cold." https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/general-information.html

    There, nothing to worry about, it's common, right?

    “Rape is not an enemy but a technique of warfare -- political intimidation through the selective breeding of unarmed non-combatants.” (Zbigview Brznutski, Obama supporter)
    (Terrorized by 'War on Rape' - Washingtonpurplethrobbingpost) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/23/AR2007032301613.html

    "The phrase itself is meaningless. It defines neither a geographic context nor our presumed enemies." (ibid)
     
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    There’s a chance that they caught the virus in Wuhan from the US military in October. Check it out.
     
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    Ask trump.
     
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    There is also a chance the Commies want Biden to win, and a chance the virus was created by little green aliens who wanted a Clinton.

    Google "hillary in ufo love nest," there is proof the aliens wanted her.
     
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    That World Health Organization initially called this Wuhan Coronavirus along with epidemiologists throughout the field.

    Why was it changed? Seems odd. I mean MERS is still called Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome.

    What gives? The politics of science? That ain't science.
     
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    Liberals love to put down America while promoting China, Russia, Cuba, Venezuela... go figure :confusion:
     
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    I don't wonder, supported by the reactions of some on this forum. They are salivating, unfortunately.
     
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    You mean how the Dem Party's leadership and their media wonks deliberately panicked this nation over the CoronaVirus for political reasons having to do with TRYING to crash the stock market while promoting senile Joe Biden as the answer? Asking for a friend.
     
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    https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/11/science/new-homosexual-disorder-worries-health-officials.html
    They always change the names, nothing wrong there, at first it is highly descriptive of geography or those getting it, then a hemophiliac gets it, then a virgin at a dentist...
     
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    this is pretty much it.

    Anything Omar says can be easily dismissed, I consider her to be quite useless, unless you find agitators useful, then she's obviously awesome.
     
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