A Counter-Factual History-Plague Preparation and Lib Reaction

[silverscreenselect]

I love the irony of SSS doubling down on the racist use of Oriental after Esto corrected him.

Trust me, when I filled out the census, I noted that my son and daughter are people, not a rug and a vase.

Well, I'm not sure what the right term to use is in this situation. People are being attacked because they "look Chinese" in the eyes of whoever is attacking them. It's not limited to Asian-Americans. In retrospect, I probably should have used the word "Asian" here, although in my view "Asian" is inherently overinclusive because it would include people from the Middle East, when that is generally not the intention of whoever uses the term.

It's similar to what's been happening for years when Indians and Sikhs have been attacked because they look like "Arab terrorists."

[Bob Juch]

But as this article shows, it's a lot more than one incident in the Bronx. It's nearly 100 attacks a day against Oriental people.

Actually, your article describes attacks on Asian Americans. The term you used fell out of favor decades ago and is now the second betrayal of your own racism here.

The term was chosen deliberately by me to distinguish the motivation behind the attacks. I'm sure that these attackers are not checking passports before they attack; instead, they are going after people who "look" Chinese, which describes a much larger number of Oriental people. So, it's not a betrayal of my racism.

Wow.

[Bob Juch]

I love the irony of SSS doubling down on the racist use of Oriental after Esto corrected him.

Trust me, when I filled out the census, I noted that my son and daughter are people, not a rug and a vase.

Speaking of the census, when I filled out my form and it asked what my ancestry was (why was that necessary?) I answered: German, Swiss, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, English, and Irish. I hope that caused a program error when they processed it.

[Appa23]

I listed my wife, our youngest, and myself as “American”.

Generally, my dad’s clan and my mom’s clan have been here for over 150 years. Wife’s family is about as long.

My claim to being Irish or English should not be viewed as equal to my kids being Korean.

Also really didn’t know the purpose of the question.

[Estonut]

I love the irony of SSS doubling down on the racist use of Oriental after Esto corrected him.

Trust me, when I filled out the census, I noted that my son and daughter are people, not a rug and a vase.

Also ironic that SSS has told Flock many times that (everyone else's) racism is often at a subconscious level.