I think you're missing the point...there's an escalation (sudden increase above the norm) of violence against Asians that law enforcement have specifically stated such escalation occurred soon after the rhetoric of Donald Trump and others on social media. I never stated "Trump Supporters" were causing the escalation. Simply, not sure what point you're making with your reference to "...Trump Supporter". Also, someone here at ET posted a statistical chart correlation about the escalation in violence and the use / reference to the phrase on social media...if I can find it...I'll repost it. Further, I remember early in the Pandemic I subscribe to the BBC news channel...they actually had a documentary special about "wet markets" in China right before Trump gave a rally I think was in June at a "youth rally" in Phoenix, Arizona. That offensive phrase originated on Youtube but it was not popular... Yet, Trump in fact did popularize the use of the phrase in June although I first saw the phrase used by someone on Youtube in late January that was criticizing Asian American's eating habits...joking about "bat soup" in Chinatown's across America. https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-51271037 (read section about Bat Soup Videos) https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-53173436 The reference to Bat Soup quickly begin to be used but there wasn't an escalation of violence soon after its use on social media. Soon...it took a world leader (e.g. Trump) to use the phrase Kung Flu Virus (probably thought it was a cute derogatory name) because he saw his numbers in the poll declining and it became popular soon afterwards with his support base. Simply, he continue using the phrase even when Asian Americans denounce its usage and it briefly was a trending hashtag. It took him and a few other notable people in the White House awhile to stop using the phrase prior to switching to "China Virus". Yet, the damage was done especially as the economy deteriorated, rich got richer from the markets and poor got poorer because of lost jobs. Essentially, Asian Americans became the scapegoat for the poor handling of the Covid-19 response by the Trump / Pence administration by assholes regardless if they were Republicans or Democrats...rich or poor. Anyways, the trouble maker has been fired from the Oval Office but the problem (escalation) still exist after he packed his bags and exiled to Florida. As stated many months ago...I expect the escalation to get worst until the Pandemic is over. wrbtrader
https://www.yahoo.com/news/suspect-atlanta-area-shootings-killed-115354573.html 21-year-old from Woodstock, Georgia, who suggested to the police the attacks were due to a sex addiction and were not racially motivated. That's too bad now what. Can't play the race or religion card anymore.
Police will be spending the next days and weeks interviewing his family (they alerted the police about him), friends, work associates, online / social media history plus they're now looking into those Spa's he was driving to in Florida... Simply, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know what's going on if the Spa's he planned to target were also run by Asian American's even if in his head he believes its because he has a "sexual deviation". I don't know how many Massage Spa's are in Atlanta but the one's I only kill Asian females running the place / employed their...why didn't he kill people at other ethnic owned Massage Spa's ? By the way, OJ pretend to show how difficult it was to put on those gloves including the "grimacing face" while he was trying to put the gloves on... Strangely, at the end of that scene...a few seconds after the Judge was saying "Thank You Council"...OJ took off the gloves damn so very easily. GUILTY P.S. Last June 2020...Georgia passed a new Hate Crime law @ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...-following-ahmaud-arbery-shooting/3266901001/ wrbtrader
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