San Antonio passes resolution declaring the term "Chinese virus" hate speech - as Ted Cruz calls the decision "nuts"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8300331/San-Antonio-passes-resolution-declaring-term-Chinese-virus-hate-speech.html
The term Chinese virus has been labelled hate speech by San Antonio's city council.
Mayor Ron Nirenberg, who put forward the now-passed resolution, blamed the use of the terms Chinese virus and Kung Fu virus for a rise in hate speech during the course of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Texas city will now ask its citizens to "report any such antisemitic, discriminatory or racist incidents to the proper authorities for investigation," according to San Antonio's WOAI-TV.
US senator Ted Cruz blasted the decision as "nuts." He added that the council were acting like "a lefty college faculty lounge."
In a tweet on Thursday he wrote: "This is NUTS. SA City Council behaving like a lefty college faculty lounge, triggered by Chick-fil-A & the words "Wuhan virus."
"If they want to investigate someone, start with NYT & CNN who both repeatedly (and rightly) referred to it as 'the Chinese coronavirus.'" ...
Uh, Mayor Nirenberg ... the U.S. Constitution guarantees the FREEDOM OF SPEECH, you totalitarian-wanna-be piece of dog squeeze. NO ONE is guaranteed the nonexistent right NOT to ever be offended by what someone else has to say - period, end of story - you jack-booted thug. If you do not like what someone else has to say, don't listen - you do not have the right or the authority to prosecute ANYONE for saying something you do not personally agree with.
So, Mayor ... listen to this ...
"Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus ... Chinese Virus"
... now, come prosecute me, asshole. When we're done, I'm gonna own your house, your cars, your bank accounts, and everything else you used to own ... and rightfully so.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence