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| Trump and the Chinese virus |
| 2020-03-20 |
| NEO via Instapundit There’s a recurrent pattern ever since Trump has been president: he says something or tweets something that the MSM and the Democrats consider an example of his impulsiveness and his repulsiveness. Then they attack whatever it is, pointing out its supposed racism or some other type of offensiveness to PC discourse. Meanwhile, the thing is talked about and talked about and talked about. By the time they’re through, no one who follows the news is unaware of whatever the issue might be. And in the process, the MSM and the Democrats tend to overreach and overreact, and there’s a backlash against them because the public doesn’t buy what they’re saying. Meanwhile, Trump has made his point and a lot of people are getting whatever message he’s trying to deliver. I don’t think this happens by accident and I don’t think it’s an example of his impulsivity. I think it’s planned and purposeful on his part. The latest example is, of course, his calling COVID-19 the "Chinese virus," and having the MSM and Democrats say he’s nasty and insensitive and racist. But not only do they sound like carping nitpickers in a crisis, but it gives Trump and his supporters the opportunity to point out the following: (1) Many viruses are still called by place names signifying their point of origin, although in recent years WHO has discouraged that and prefers the viruses be called by their more technical names. (2) The virus actually did originate in China. (3) And most of all, the Chinese engaged in a huge coverup of what was happening back when alerting the world in a timely fashion might have prevented COVID-19’s spread (see this). Note also that Trump isn’t calling it the "Wuhan virus," which was the original name even newscasters were giving to it before WHO emphasized "COVID-19." He’s calling it the Chinese virus, and he’s doing it to make a point about the Chinese government. Do Trump’s opponents really continue to think that Trump tweets and speaks without thinking? At this point, it they do, it’s a sign of their failure to notice something that’s glaringly obvious. Of course, their entire Ideology - Western Baby Bolshevism - is based on ignoring the glaringly obvious. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #1 Photo of Trump's notes show he crossed out 'corona' and replaced it with 'Chinese' as he continues to use 'racist' term during press briefing about COVID-19 |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-03-20 10:07 |