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1/21 We like to believe that good leaders lift people up to their level.
But that isn't always the case.
Somebody can be an effective leader and yet, instead of lifting people up, drag them down, invite them to go lower and embrace their darkest desires, their fear and hatred.
But that isn't always the case.
Somebody can be an effective leader and yet, instead of lifting people up, drag them down, invite them to go lower and embrace their darkest desires, their fear and hatred.
2/ Donald Trump is such a leader. He's not smart or competent or truthful or moral, though many of his followers insist otherwise.
He's cruel and crude, greedy and selfish, vengeful and angry, arrogant and oafish, suspicious and vindictive.
He doesn't guide.
He unleashes.
He's cruel and crude, greedy and selfish, vengeful and angry, arrogant and oafish, suspicious and vindictive.
He doesn't guide.
He unleashes.
3/ He did it with immigrants, with Baltimore, with San Francisco, with judges, with law enforcement, with minorities, with women, with the press.
And now, while his flock sneers that calling the coronavirus the "Chinese virus" isn't racist, he is unleashing them again.
And now, while his flock sneers that calling the coronavirus the "Chinese virus" isn't racist, he is unleashing them again.
4/ While his flock sneers that calling the coronavirus the "Chinese virus" isn't racist, his tacit approval of that term is leading a growing rash of racism, violence, and harassment against Asian Americans, particularly of Chinese heritage.
5/ Watch as he all but chortles when called out during a press conference.
He deflects, using the classic defensive "who said that" every pretend victim instinctively knows, makes the reporter repeat herself, & then tacitly approves of the racism and says its victims would also.
He deflects, using the classic defensive "who said that" every pretend victim instinctively knows, makes the reporter repeat herself, & then tacitly approves of the racism and says its victims would also.
6/ Trump brushes off 'kung-flu' remark and claims Asian Americans would agree with calling it the 'Chinese coronavirus' https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-says-asian-americans-agree-in-calling-it-chinese-coronavirus-2020-3?utmSource=twitter&utmContent=referral&utmTerm=topbar&referrer=twitter via @businessinsider
7/ Trump knows what he's doing. His followers know what he is doing. They play at defending him to grant themselves a thin shell of plausible deniability, but they glory in him saying it and want him to keep doing so. And these are the predictable results: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-panic-fear-racism-attacks-against-asian-americans-world-us-restaurant-jing-fong/
9/ Erick Erickson deletes tweet celebrating Asian American reporter's offense at racist coronavirus comment https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/erick-erickson-deletes-tweet-celebrating-asian-american-reporters-offense
10/ Hate crimes towards Asians increase during coronavirus pandemic https://www.wlns.com/news/health/coronavirus/hate-crimes-towards-asians-increase-during-coronavirus-pandemic/
12/ 'Where's your (expletive) mask?': Asian woman attacked in Manhattan hate crime https://abc7ny.com/wheres-your-(expletive)-mask-asian-woman-attacked-in-nyc/6003396/ via @ABC7NY
14/ Coronavirus fears in Pacific NW lead to rise in anti-Asian racism https://crosscut.com/2020/03/coronavirus-fears-pacific-nw-lead-rise-anti-asian-racism?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter-web-button
16/ Trump's 'Chinese virus' comment sparks backlash against Asian American community https://www.foxla.com/news/trumps-chinese-virus-comment-sparks-backlash-against-asian-american-community
18/ Donald Trump dubs COVID-19 'Chinese virus' despite hate crime risks for Asian Americans https://6abc.com/health/trump-dubs-covid-19-chinese-virus-despite-hate-crime-risks/6025822/ via @6abc
20/ Coronavirus reveals how quickly "model minority" Asians become the "yellow peril" https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/coronavirus-fears-show-how-model-minority-asian-americans-become-yellow-ncna1151671 via @NBCNewsTHINK
21/21 Ultimately, it's the same old story.
Trump has a problem, so he finds a victim he can conveniently target to distract from it.
What happens to his victims he never cares about.
After all, the whole world is full of potential Trump victims.
Trump has a problem, so he finds a victim he can conveniently target to distract from it.
What happens to his victims he never cares about.
After all, the whole world is full of potential Trump victims.
1/2 I wish I could be surprised that Trump personally edited his speeches to make them more racist and xenophobic, but I am not. https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1240709061328297984
2/2 Here is Trump crossing out "Corona" and replaing it with "Chinese" Virus as he speaks with his coronavirus task force today at the White House
The #RacistInChief hard at work spreading his message. Seems #TyphoidTrump is contagious in many ways. https://twitter.com/jabinbotsford/status/1240701140141879298
The #RacistInChief hard at work spreading his message. Seems #TyphoidTrump is contagious in many ways. https://twitter.com/jabinbotsford/status/1240701140141879298
WHO expert condemns language stigmatizing coronavirus after Trump repeatedly calls it the "Chinese virus" https://www.newsweek.com/who-langauge-stigmatizing-coronavirus-trump-chinese-1493172
1/2 The Trump regime blocked a joint statement from G-7 countries on the coronavirus by insisting that the U.N. Security Council refer to the pandemic as âthe Wuhan virus.â
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/u-s-insisting-u-n-call-out-chinese-origins-coronavirus-n1169111 via @nbcnews
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/u-s-insisting-u-n-call-out-chinese-origins-coronavirus-n1169111 via @nbcnews
2/2 China, meanwhile, has consistently vetoed those efforts and accused the U.S. of âirresponsible practicesâ and of âpoliticizing the outbreak and blaming China.â https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/g-7-failed-to-agree-on-statement-after-us-insisted-on-calling-coronavirus-outbreak-wuhan-virus/2020/03/25/f2bc7a02-6ed3-11ea-96a0-df4c5d9284af_story.html
And THIS is why we tell Trump not to call it the "Chinese Virus".
Doctor kicked out of Ind. gas station for being Asian in coronavirus-related discrimination https://www.wndu.com/content/news/Doctor-kicked-out-of-Ind-gas-station-for-being-Asian-in-coronavirus-related-discrimination-569275251.html
Doctor kicked out of Ind. gas station for being Asian in coronavirus-related discrimination https://www.wndu.com/content/news/Doctor-kicked-out-of-Ind-gas-station-for-being-Asian-in-coronavirus-related-discrimination-569275251.html
