How 'bout That CoronaVirus

The vast majority of people don't practice proper hygiene or know how to behave in public when they're contagious. Yesterday, I was at the library, reading in one of the comfy chairs they provide, when an occupant of an adjacent chair suddenly let go with a volley of open-mouthed coughs, which went on for about ten seconds. I left as soon as I realized it, but I'm sure I had ample opportunity to inhale the pathogen-laced cloud that the guy provided for us.

Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis

Well, quarantine with race as a criterion is indeed both racist and stupid.


Liberals in the past have told that if more Chinese are quarantined than, say, white folks, then the policy is inherently racist.

Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis

U stil kant spel.


It's a shame that spelling skills are not the only skills needed to be self sufficient.

Originally posted by: Boilerman

Liberals in the past have told that if more Chinese are quarantined than, say, white folks, then the policy is inherently racist.


You need to look up the meaning of "inherently." "Liberals," whoever you may have been referring to, have never told you that.

 

Using race as a criterion for quarantine is racist. If more persons of a given race are quarantined than another, that may or may not be the result of racist policies. It may simply be that more persons of that race come from an affected area than persons of other races.


Originally posted by: Boilerman

It's a shame that spelling skills are not the only skills needed to be self sufficient.


I didn't list all of the other such skills Stalker lacks; I only had a couple of hours before I had to go to work.

Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis

You need to look up the meaning of "inherently." "Liberals," whoever you may have been referring to, have never told you that.

 

Using race as a criterion for quarantine is racist. If more persons of a given race are quarantined than another, that may or may not be the result of racist policies. It may simply be that more persons of that race come from an affected area than persons of other races.


Obama and friends have pointed out that there are more black people in jail, arguing that this proves that our justice system is racist.  Few blacks get loans, so lending organizations are racist.  Few blacks pass written tests to be fire fighter, thus the test is racist.

Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis

You need to look up the meaning of "inherently." "Liberals," whoever you may have been referring to, have never told you that.

 

Using race as a criterion for quarantine is racist. If more persons of a given race are quarantined than another, that may or may not be the result of racist policies. It may simply be that more persons of that race come from an affected area than persons of other races.


Obama and friends have pointed out that there are more black people in jail, arguing that this proves that our justice system is racist.  Few blacks get loans, so lending organizations are racist.  Few blacks pass written tests to be fire fighter, thus the test is racist.

Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis

I didn't list all of the other such skills Stalker lacks; I only had a couple of hours before I had to go to work.


Kevin, you might want to evaluate your skill set.

Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis

Given how much Trump hates China and everybody who lives on the West Coast, he probably had the virus manufactured in some underground lab and then sneaked it into China. As the vast majority of air traffic from China lands in West Coast airports, this is a perfect way for Trump to kill Chinese people and liberals at the same time!


You have a very very sic mind!

Originally posted by: Boilerman

Obama and friends have pointed out that there are more black people in jail, arguing that this proves that our justice system is racist.  Few blacks get loans, so lending organizations are racist.  Few blacks pass written tests to be fire fighter, thus the test is racist.


Actually, yes, that does indeed prove that the justice system is racist, and that simple fact has been pointed out by a lot of folks besides "Obama and friends." And yes, there have been dozens of studies showing systematic racial discrimination in lending. I don't know about the firefighter tests, or if your assertion about that is true.

 

You don't have to continually put on your Nasty Old White Man cap. Our society's institutions are still very much racist, and systematic racism affects the lives of black people everywhere in this country. To deny or belittle the problem is both stupid and an act of ignorant assholery.

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