Coronavirus II

[Vigilant]

Is your blind spot so big that you can't see yourself in that last sentence? You do you, the rest of us will make our own choices. Spare us the lectures on our supposed shortcomings. Click

Very eloquent, and oh so true.

 

[nonobaddog]

I like the word "blather". Not when people post it though, just the sound of it.

 

[BugI02]

There are multiple words that weren't racist until they were. Do we continue their usage because at one time they weren't or do we change our behavior?

We don't change our behavior because the mob is insatiable. Appeasement doesn't work any better now than it did in Chamberlain's day (or in Nicholas II's)

 

[OurDee]

Blather: talk long-windedly without making very much sense.

 

[Ingomike]

Is your blind spot so big that you can't see yourself in that last sentence? You do you, the rest of us will make our own choices. Spare us the lectures on our supposed shortcomings. Click

Hate to see a good post wasted in the throw away part of this thread...

 

[foszoe]

Are words ontologically racist?

We don't change our behavior because the mob is insatiable. Appeasement doesn't work any better now than it did in Chamberlain's day (or in Nicholas II's)

 

[nonobaddog]

There are multiple words that weren't racist until they were. Do we continue their usage because at one time they weren't or do we change our behavior?

Just because you go around saying a certain word is now racist is not a reason for me to...

A - listen.
B - believe you.
C - use that word differently than in the past.
D - give a f***.

 

[Snapdragon]

Just because you go around saying a certain word is now racist is not a reason for me to...

A - listen.
B - believe you.
C - use that word differently than in the past.
D - give a f***.

E. All of the above?

 

[Vigilant]

Just because you go around saying a certain word is now racist is not a reason for me to...

A - listen.
B - believe you.
C - use that word differently than in the past.
D - give a f***.

D, or E-All of the above?

 

[Vigilant]

E. All of the above?

Sneaky!

 

[BugI02]

Shame you can't be more like Trump.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has decided to pull back from associating the novel coronavirus with China, which he had previously done by calling it the "China virus" or the "Chinese virus."After consulting with medical experts, and receiving guidance from the World Health Organization, CNN has determined that that name is both inaccurate and is considered stigmatizing.
"Look, everyone knows it came out of China, but I decided we shouldn't make any more of a big deal out of it," Trump told Fox News. "I think I've made a big deal. I think people understand it."
The President said he didn't regret using the terms to describe the virus and defended his past adoption of the terms by referencing other infectious diseases that are named after where they originate.

I thought the endless, repetitious, virtue signaling message was that we should not be like Trump. Is Orange Man no longer bad? Are we free to be sad that you can't be more like Trump? Is condescension a one way street?

 

[Snapdragon]

Sneaky!

 

[Trigger Time]

LOL

 

[churchmouse]

And now we take a break.
Look for CV III coming soon.
Until then stand down.