Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[numberwang]

Hiku said:

numberwang said:

Only a matter of time until we got "orange man bad" from the people who support open borders. If T starts blocking people from non-white countries they will call him racists, guaranteed.

No one ever suggested open boarders. That's an unsubstantiated talking point.
And you're equating restricting entry from virus infected areas to restrictions based on ethnicity?

You're reaching here just to pick a fight with people over things no one said.
And it's not the first time you've done this.

When Trump restricted travel from China some weeks ago, most of the press couldn't remind as fast enough how racist travel restrictions really are. A small sample:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/04/coronavirus-us-quarantine-travel-ban-response

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/02/trump-response-coronavirus/606610/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/05/opinion/china-travel-coronavirus.html

Also CNN

https://twitter.com/cnnpolitics/status/1223307977723203587?lang=en

Yes, most Dems and many Reps support de facto open borders (even if they avoid the term) by legalizing "illegal crossings". Even left-wing writers couldn't find a difference to "open borders" with the example of Warren's plan (which is quite representative).

https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2019/07/are-democrats-now-the-party-of-open-borders/

I have previously criticized Republicans who accused liberals of wanting “open borders.” President Trump tweets about this endlessly. But I have to admit that it’s hard to see much daylight between Warren’s plan and de facto open borders.