Racism is an evil you have to take a clear line on consistently. If you've done that, you can approach a sensitive issue from a position of moral clarity. The CCP would love nothing more than for criticism of it to be taken as racism. I would point out there is a similar issue with Israel and antisemitism. In both cases, the racism is re…
Racism is an evil you have to take a clear line on consistently. If you've done that, you can approach a sensitive issue from a position of moral clarity. The CCP would love nothing more than for criticism of it to be taken as racism. I would point out there is a similar issue with Israel and antisemitism. In both cases, the racism is real and it is incumbent upon all decent people to reject it. It is possible that some will take political criticism as a cue for their own racism, causing leftist scolds and nationalist trolls to howl in indignation. You can't help that, and frankly the problem belongs to them, not to the person making honest commentary.
I was actually surprised to learn that Pres. Trump's "China virus" tirade was provoked by PRC lying and not the other way around. It's a bad way to put it precisely because it inflames the racists, but an honest person *might* have said that in response to the PRC. However, because Trump has not established a clear line on racism, it's very difficult for him to show he wasn't deliberately stoking it.
"CCP virus," on the other hand, seems fine. The only thing is I can't tell whether it refers to a pathogen or to a corrupting political organization.
Depends what you mean by "origin." Bats have a ton of viruses, but a massive and growing pile of evidence shows the CCP cover-up (and possibly initial negligence and ongoing malicious intent) encouraged the spread of this one. I have no problem with "SARS-CoV-2," except that WHO seems to have given the PRC special deference throughout the process.
I prefer Laurie Garrett's interpretation – damning of responses in both US and China, but steering clear of what are, in my view, unsubstantiated claims about China intentionally spreading the virus. Unless you subscribe to such conspiracy theories (I use that term not because they couldn't be true, but because there is no good proof that they are), I'd stick with SARS-CoV-2 as you've used above: https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/02/15/coronavirus-xi-jinping-chinas-incompetence-endangered-the-world/
Racism is an evil you have to take a clear line on consistently. If you've done that, you can approach a sensitive issue from a position of moral clarity. The CCP would love nothing more than for criticism of it to be taken as racism. I would point out there is a similar issue with Israel and antisemitism. In both cases, the racism is real and it is incumbent upon all decent people to reject it. It is possible that some will take political criticism as a cue for their own racism, causing leftist scolds and nationalist trolls to howl in indignation. You can't help that, and frankly the problem belongs to them, not to the person making honest commentary.
I was actually surprised to learn that Pres. Trump's "China virus" tirade was provoked by PRC lying and not the other way around. It's a bad way to put it precisely because it inflames the racists, but an honest person *might* have said that in response to the PRC. However, because Trump has not established a clear line on racism, it's very difficult for him to show he wasn't deliberately stoking it.
"CCP virus," on the other hand, seems fine. The only thing is I can't tell whether it refers to a pathogen or to a corrupting political organization.
Virus already has a name. I don't see any need to further muddy the geopolitical waters in this way. It also has an origin which has vanishingly little to do with the CCP (which is not to dismiss questions of CCP culpability): https://monthlyreview.org/press/who-should-we-blame-for-coronavirus-rob-wallace-has-some-answers/
Depends what you mean by "origin." Bats have a ton of viruses, but a massive and growing pile of evidence shows the CCP cover-up (and possibly initial negligence and ongoing malicious intent) encouraged the spread of this one. I have no problem with "SARS-CoV-2," except that WHO seems to have given the PRC special deference throughout the process.
https://thediplomat.com/2020/04/did-xi-jinping-deliberately-sicken-the-world/
I prefer Laurie Garrett's interpretation – damning of responses in both US and China, but steering clear of what are, in my view, unsubstantiated claims about China intentionally spreading the virus. Unless you subscribe to such conspiracy theories (I use that term not because they couldn't be true, but because there is no good proof that they are), I'd stick with SARS-CoV-2 as you've used above: https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/02/15/coronavirus-xi-jinping-chinas-incompetence-endangered-the-world/