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By *evaquit OP   Couple
over a year ago

Catthorpe

Apparently an aid of president Trump has used this term to describe the covid 19 virus. Trump is publicly calling it the Chinese virus. Personally we're finding these terms pretty uncomfortable and been accused of being 'snowflakes' because of it, we can live with that accusation. On a serious note, is this type of talk by said aid and Trump anywhere near acceptable?

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

No, it's absolutely not acceptable.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Doesn't offend me

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By *adetMan
over a year ago

South of Ipswich

The term Kung Flu isn't exactly becoming of a White House aid

And calling it Chinese flu serves no purpose although that is where it started

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By *inky SpiceWoman
over a year ago

Glasgow

It's typical trump. He's trying to deflect blame away from himself and his shockingly bad handling of this pandemic. He wants his followers to only think about where the virus originated and not the comments he was making until just a few days ago and the complete lack of action and total incompetence of him and his administration.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Well the big powers alwais push the guilt to someone else forgeting we are stuck in the middle

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

May I ask why it makes you uncomfortable? Personally I don't see an issue in him calling it a Chinese Flu. It's simply where it has originated from. Apparently the Chinese claimed it was planted by the US. Those comments should be more concerning.

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT


"May I ask why it makes you uncomfortable? Personally I don't see an issue in him calling it a Chinese Flu. It's simply where it has originated from. Apparently the Chinese claimed it was planted by the US. Those comments should be more concerning."
Because its rude and disgusting to say.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't understand why it's rude and disgusting. It's a flu which came from China

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT


"I don't understand why it's rude and disgusting. It's a flu which came from China "
its taking the piss

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT


"I don't understand why it's rude and disgusting. It's a flu which came from China "

Expected from trump though or his aid

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We're going to go kung flu fighting......

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Apparently an aid of president Trump has used this term to describe the covid 19 virus. Trump is publicly calling it the Chinese virus. Personally we're finding these terms pretty uncomfortable and been accused of being 'snowflakes' because of it, we can live with that accusation. On a serious note, is this type of talk by said aid and Trump anywhere near acceptable?"

62 million Americans couldn't give a shit as long as the rest of the world falls in line

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"I don't understand why it's rude and disgusting. It's a flu which came from China "

Its not an influenza virus. It's a coronavirus. Totally different.

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT


"Apparently an aid of president Trump has used this term to describe the covid 19 virus. Trump is publicly calling it the Chinese virus. Personally we're finding these terms pretty uncomfortable and been accused of being 'snowflakes' because of it, we can live with that accusation. On a serious note, is this type of talk by said aid and Trump anywhere near acceptable?

62 million Americans couldn't give a shit as long as the rest of the world falls in line"

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT


"We're going to go kung flu fighting......"

Its already happening

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We find it distasteful but they do call the deadly flu from the 1920’s Spanish flu and that’s generally accepted so it’s pretty much the same, Kung flu is definitely not ok

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's many things, none funny but all distasteful. At the end of the day he is supposed to be the leader of the free world as our American friends would say, language of that nature in not becoming of the post he holds. The very worst thing is he is normalising crap like that.

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By *ackdd72Man
over a year ago

the valleys

It’s typical to name some epidemics/pandemics after their point of origin the 1918 epidemic is still referred to as “the Spanish flu” that doesn’t seem to bother many people Spain included

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)


"I don't understand why it's rude and disgusting. It's a flu which came from China "

Names like this encourage a rise in racism against Chinese people. As if it was their fault. Apparently this happened in 1918 too.

Corona virus, Covid-19, the pandemic, all work fine.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's only 30 years ago that AIDS was known as the Gay plague amongst other things. Thankfully most people have moved on from stuff like that

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By *oggoneMan
over a year ago

Derry


"We find it distasteful but they do call the deadly flu from the 1920’s Spanish flu and that’s generally accepted so it’s pretty much the same, Kung flu is definitely not ok "

The name Spanish flu arose from a variety of reasons. Spanish Flu didn't originate in Spain. One of the main reasons for the name was the high level of reporting of cases. Spain was neutral in WW1 which encouraged greater levels of press freedom.

The chinese/wuhan/kung flu is all part of a spat between china and the US. Both countries have been expelling journalists in a tit for tat cycle which the US started. Its also a dogwhistle for those inclined that way.

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By *uxinteriorMan
over a year ago

south west , continental

German measles anyone? Spanish flu? Bali belly?

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)


"It's only 30 years ago that AIDS was known as the Gay plague amongst other things. Thankfully most people have moved on from stuff like that"

Yes. Let's stop shit like this.

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Black death!!

Racist

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It doesn't encourage anything

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"It doesn't encourage anything "

It's because the fucking dullards that follow him will see it as an excuse to abuse Chinese people.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Few people still unaware of this aint that true easy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Its also a dogwhistle for those inclined that way."

This is what I was going to say, 'Kung Flu' is a dog whistle for xenophobes (at best).

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By *oggoneMan
over a year ago

Derry


"Black death!!

Racist "

Pardon the expression, but it's not that black and white. What is important is the intent in using certain terms. It's not coincidence that it is politicians and broadcasters of a particular party that insist on using such names. This isn't accidental or something new. In China, the CCP have been suggesting the corona virus is actually of American origin.

The wikipedia article on syphilis has this on the history of the disease:


" syphilis had been called the "French disease" (Italian: mal francese) in Italy, Malta,[27] Poland and Germany, and the "Italian disease" in France. In addition, the Dutch called it the "Spanish disease", the Russians called it the "Polish disease", and the Turks called it the "Christian disease" or "Frank (Western European) disease" (frengi). These "national" names were generally reflective of contemporary political spite between nations and frequently served as a sort of propaganda; the Protestant Dutch, for example, fought and eventually won a war of independence against their Spanish Habsburg rulers who were Catholic, so referring to Syphilis as the "Spanish" disease reinforced a politically useful perception that the Spanish were immoral or unworthy. However, the attributions are also suggestive of possible routes of the spread of the infection, at least as perceived by "recipient" populations. The inherent xenophobia of the terms also stemmed from the disease's particular epidemiology, often being spread by foreign sailors and soldiers during their frequent sexual contact with local prostitutes. "

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By *adetMan
over a year ago

South of Ipswich

Legionnaires?

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