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Re:MPX? Mpox? The struggle to replace ‘monkeypox’ with a nam... by pmjones on Friday August 26, 2022 @11:47PM (#32615442)
TIL: Monkeys are racist, somehow.
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Re:MPX? Mpox? The struggle to replace ‘monkeypox’ with a nam... by orionion on Saturday August 27, 2022 @12:06AM (#32615538)
Dr Cornelius and Dr Zira are cool, but watch out for Dr Zaius!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_the_Apes

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Re:MPX? Mpox? The struggle to replace ‘monkeypox’ with a nam... by fortnum on Saturday August 27, 2022 @12:02AM (#32615522)
Clownworld :)

If anything, it may be derogative towards monkeys, which would make it (from a human perspective) speciesist, not racist. And then, which monkey species exactly?

But again, clownworld

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Re:MPX? Mpox? The struggle to replace ‘monkeypox’ with a nam... by 0xChain on Saturday August 27, 2022 @12:07AM (#32615544)
It really is perplexing that the notion, primarily derived from white people, that keeping it labeled as Monkeypox “could” direct hate towards POC isn’t in itself considered racist.
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Re:MPX? Mpox? The struggle to replace ‘monkeypox’ with a nam... by fortnum on Saturday August 27, 2022 @03:12AM (#32616607)
True, but with all the absurdities these days I really only have one word

Clownworld

:)

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