US raises ‘deep concerns’ over WHO report on Covid’s Wuhan origins

Re:US raises ‘deep concerns’ over WHO report on Covid’s Wuha... by elif on Saturday February 13, 2021 @02:52PM (#26126185)

So calling things by their preferred name is not neutral?

This is like making a statement about the demonrats and expecting to be taken seriously.

It has the intellectual power of intentionally misgendering someone as a means of insulting them.

There is a reason that neoconservatives like Mike Pompeo are revitalizing your preferred acronym.

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Re:US raises ‘deep concerns’ over WHO report on Covid’s Wuha... by willis936 on Saturday February 13, 2021 @03:09PM (#26126339)

The fundamental reason that names are considered important right now is because they are tied to expressed identity. Has the CCP’s expressed identity changed?

Recall when BP changed their logo last: months after a horrible oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The singular reason why BP changed their logo was an attempt to trick the public. It wasn’t a changing of identity. Changing the CCP’s name when they haven’t even done it themselves would be the same kind of disingenuousness.

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Re:US raises ‘deep concerns’ over WHO report on Covid’s Wuha... by elif on Saturday February 13, 2021 @03:46PM (#26126720)

I am not debating how the governance of china has changed since 1990. There are plenty of cases to be made there, but not mine. I am making a linguistic position.

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