Naming something by its origin it's not racist. The tone you're talking about is a completely subjective statement, and it has no place in a serious discussion.

Using that name should've never been controversial and making it controversial was creating drama where there was none. The fact that people are still hurt about Trump saying that years ago shows how unprepared we are to have a discussion about anything.

This just willfully tone deaf as to what was going on and being implied then. The other component of it was this kind of "blame China" attitude he was trying to engender to deflect blame, and that's another reason why the theory never caught on.

(Also to be clear, it's not even that the China stuff made him racist; he clearly established himself as a racist, and then he said that stuff, which I agree wasn't necessarily racist. But of course, he wasn't speaking in a vacuum, he was speaking in the context of himself and his whole presidency, which led everyone to naturally assume the worst of it.)

You really like using that word, racist. The problem is that's just your opinion. But you seem to be heavily focused on it. I think this is more of a you problem.

Do you have any evidence that he was a racist? There is more evidence of the lab leak, than that he was a racist.

He also used "Kung Flu." Come on, anyone with a brainstem could see he was promoting anti-Asian sentiment and did nothing to denounce anti-Asian hate crimes at home.

Kung Flu is funny and catchy. Anyone with a brainstem can see you have an anti-humor sentiment.

> had its credibility ruined

Avoid the passive voice.

News companies and social media content moderators, who dislike Trump and overwhelmingly donated to his opponent, decided that the lab leak was not credible.

I mean, indirectly defending China by completely discrediting and demonizing any discussion the origins of a life-changing pandemic... to own Trump? is just... a bit pathetic honestly. It ironically completely ruins the credibility of those who were so keen to completely stonewall a super important issue just because they are so drunk on partisanship that Trunp being right isn't even a possibility. Peak Blue MAGA

Explain why Mers-cov wasn't racist in the 8 years before covid.