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He also said he asked to slow coronavirus testing down. When his staff said we were misinterpreting him, he corrected his staff and said he said what he meant. He also used racial slurs to describe coronavirus. How many gaffes before we stop presuming good intent?



> He also used racial slurs to describe coronavirus.

Source? I follow online controversies quite closely and haven’t seen this one...



To save everyone a click: the term is “kung flu”. Slur maybe, racist definitely not (China is a country, not a race).


A slur against an ethnicity is generally accepted as racist.


Trump is racist no matter what he does. He says neo-nazis and white supremacists should be condemned totally, they claim he said nazis are fine people. NYT, WaPo, etc. call it the Chinese corona virus? No problem. Trump calls it the Chinese corona virus? Racist. So fuck it, it's the kung flu. I think it's a gross thing to say and don't choose that language myself, but fuck everyone's faux offense. Also, people generally have a POSITIVE view of Kung Fu. Positive associations are not slurs. China is not an ethnicity. Good for him going scorched Earth.


Facebook presumed bad intent. They presumed the president literally threatened to murder protesters.




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