If the already rampant attacks there aren't already bad enough, as the shitt starts really hitting the fan a week or so from now in the US, with their citizens dying in much larger numbers than now, I wouldn't want to be Asian looking and find myself around any delusional gun owners, especially those with an affinity for red caps.
After reading your last few comments, it appears you really want to make racism and/or Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon a part of this discussion.
Something you want to get off your chest?
Yes, long before this crisis I have felt that the current governments and their policies have the power to literally control my child's future environment, as the planet reaches tipping point and as such have taken a much greater interest in the leaders of powerful nations.
Nothing annoys me much more than rascism in electioneering and that is exactly what we have seen play out over the past week. This was obviously done to divert attention from the previous lies of the failed earlier campaigning approach to the virus, such as when wearing his red KAG cap to the CDC and not remotely addressing the huge issue at hand, of which they had tremendous knowledge from briefings. Racial attacks there have been ramping up by the day as a result of his rhetoric, which was in stark contrast to that of the VP and other's standing at the lectern and as of the past minutes I have no doubt that powerful law enforcement figures have told the white house that deaths would result if he continued with it.
I was listening to the daily US briefing on the Fox News YouTube channel when I opened this notification and I note positively that the rhetoric seems to have stopped today, so I assume that they stopped crossing out the word Corona and replacing it in permanent marker with Chinese in his speeches, which illustrates just how deliberate it was.
At this point of the address I have not heard him mention China nor immigrants, so it looks like they have realised the error of their ways. Hang on, I take that back, as he has just started talking about China in answer to a general question on his previous dismissive position. His answer though, was much different to the past days and whilst calling them out, he dealt with it appropriately.
It is good to see that he can actually do it, as the nation and world need today's version of the man and particularly so right now. As long as Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon can stick even remotely to the facts, we can all put up with the unnecessary incredible, the best and the greatest type jargon, but from the questioning, he must also stop writing misinformation, particularly medically related on Twitter.
As for my direct contact to rascism, I am a white male, however, my family is subject to it on just about every single day that they leave the house and it is very real, so it sits firmly in my chest.
@formerguest this is not a knock on you, I am merely selecting your post as an example to make the point.
Can I make a general request to the whole forum, that we make an effort to leave the politics regarding the virus to the politics thread.
This crisis is a worldwide crisis that is going to impact all of us on the planet. It is a serious issue and for the purposes of sensible discussion can we push the political discussion to the politics thread.
When it comes to the political decisions around this crisis, it is a Rorschach test. Like ever Rorschach Test, some see a butterfly, some see a vagina.
It’s impossible to leave politics out of it when you look at how world leaders have handled the crisis. Like it or not, it’s part of the conversation because it’s impacting our lives.
