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This is pent up. The violence against asians has been building a ton lately but it has not been reported on in depth for pretty obvious reasons. Now they have a wealth of stories to write and keep up the good fight.
I like this. Aggregated from multiple sources and fairly well balanced in its presentation. My personal favorite is this from the GA governor, which is not likely to be found in the news outlets driven by an agenda of division.
Thats my point. Is that too much to ask these days? CNN went CRAZY with the racism stuff immediately, without doing any actual journalism. Because ratings. And it's just flat out gross to me.
I don't disagree with you at all. The urge to jump on these and so many other gotcha stories is a major symptom of the sickness in our society. The sickness doesn't start with the news though it starts with the people watching...our society is built on 'chase the money at all costs'. The news is no different than that...
If you're going to make an accusation that serious, please add lots more than just dropping that.
That was after his post. There are thousands of posts that I don't and won't see. If you're going to make an accusation that serious, back it up with lots more than just dropping that.
Do we know exactly what the shirt was?
I tend to agree but you have to better and smarter if you are going to be a in a position like his.
No, It's actually: "Imported from Chy-na", because that's Trump's pronunciation and makes the shirt that much funnier.
Do you think ABC and other articles that refer to it as a "T-shirt with racist language about China and the coronavirus last year." knew it was a Corona beer shirt that said "imported virus from Chyna"?
For me by the pure definition of the term, the shirt is racist. But it's that kind of racism that doesn't make the person racist per se.
Yeah, I've seen pictures of this shirt on social media, so I'm sure the reporters who wrote the story knew what it was.
The only issue is see is that shirt isn't a play on the beer. It's a play off the virus and China (especially because it's spelled wrong).
I agree the line is very grey between the two...
There were posters here who took great delight in the hilarious trolling of Trump at his pep rallies referring to the virus as "Kung Flu". Would hope they might have reconsidered that position in light of what's happened here and across our country as Asians are being targeted in assaults. Sickening.
Well, sure, but can you really call that racist??
Really. How many people do you know would be that obtuse to use the 'bad day' line? I would expect a little more awareness in someone that people called Chief.
Very true and Asian is way too broad of a brush to use. Chinese and Japanese basically despise each other and don`t associate much. Only 14% of Chinese have a favorable opinion on Japanese. While Japanese have even a smaller favorable opinion of Chinese at 10%.
Well, seeing that transcript, this looks like Baker getting attributed words that the shooter said.
It's still a terrible comment even with the full context
Agreed. He may have just been repeating what the killer said. It didn't come off like that when he said it though.
So the "bad day" comment was actually the suspect's own words and he was just repeating what was said??
Of course those examples are terrible. And of course it is terrible for the shooter to say that.
but you are quoting a person who is technically out of their mind currently. I think that if you were to commit murder, you're not really thinking of anyone else or have any care for the fallout outside of yourself.
I disagree. If the Sheriff said this without putting into context that he was repeating what the killer said, then how else are you supposed to take it?
