“Trump” would be much better. I didn’t vote for him, don’t like him, but I find any kind of name calling childish and distasteful.
Paul > On Mar 27, 2020, at 7:49 PM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 3/27/2020 4:57 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Dumbo Don is not racist. It’s just juvenile and unnecessary. Chinese virus >> isn’t racist either, but it’s unkind. Just like Asian Flu and Middle East >> Respiratory Syndrome. We can all do better. Trashing an Indian man over a >> term that probably strikes him as correct is ridiculous. > > There was no trashing Paul just a request, but you know very well that your > president uses the term as a dog whistle to his white supremacist supporters. > As soon as the term was used with racist intent, it became unacceptable. > Bipin is a very good person, I expect that the gentle correction I posted > will have the desired effect. > As an aside, Asian does not delineate a specific people, merely an area of > the planet, the same as Middle East. > Chinese virus would probably have gotten a pass had the fool that is your > president not poisoned the well by weaponizing it. > So yes, we can all do better. > Let's call this pandemic covid-19, which is the correct name for the disease, > or coronavirus, which is what is causing the disease, I will stop insulting > cute little elephant cartoon characters and will try to be more accurate in > my adjectives. For your sake I will settle on dishonest don, which is > certainly accurate. > > all the best > > bill > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
