Bill, I get that you don’t like the current President of the United Staes, I really do. What I don’t get is why you take every opportunity to inject that dislike into the PDML - its not a political discussion list. We all know where you stand politically so why don’t you take your political discussions to the approximate forum.
Stay safe ! -----Original Message----- >From: Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> >Sent: Mar 27, 2020 7:48 PM >Subject: Re: OT: Boris Johnson has tested positive > >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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
