Captain Caveman wrote on Feb 13
th, 2020 at 4:42am:
greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 12
th, 2020 at 11:29am:
Source of the UNDENIABLE FACT.
I am aware of what was posted.....AND BY WHO.
How does restricting all "Asians" from entering the country target the virus?
It doesn't.
It targets Asians.
It doesn't even target those who aren't citizens. It targets people by race no matter their right to be in the country.
You can be an Australian born Chinese for example (since it appears to the original poster, "Asian" only means "Chinese"), and they went to NZ for a holiday, the first time out of the country. They aren't allowed back home either.
The statement and sentiment needs refining because currently, it's too broad and simply racist.
But as Greggy pointed out, that's the point. That the allure of right-wing ideologies. You sheld all the complexity of the real world and replace it with one-liners that might make people feel better but won't solve or even target the stated problem, usually making a donor of the given party rich in the process.
Stop the boats.
Build the wall.
Make America Great Again.
Keep America Great Again.
All empty slogans without any detail used to dupe the stupid into reading into them what they want.
"Make America Great Again", many Trump supporters read into that "Keep Muslims out and America White".
It's clever, in the laziest of ways, but effective. I'd underestimated how many truely stupid people there are in the world, in the US.
And here.