One of the most annoying left-wing narratives during the debate over the novel coronavirus has been the insistence that, suddenly, naming a disease based on where it came from is now “racist.” Thankfully, liberal late-night host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, Bill Maher, a frequent left-leaning critic of political correctness, spoke out against this woke foolishness on his show over the weekend, exposing its silliness once and for all.
CNN reporters such as Jim Acosta originally led the charge to dub the name “Wuhan coronavirus” racist and xenophobic in their confrontations with President Trump. The Washington Post also repeatedly cited “experts” who insisted that naming a disease based on its location of origin is “racist” and foments “anti-Asian bias” — ridiculously treating all Asians as interchangeable, and as interchangeable with their governments. And the New York Times editorial board joined in on this bizarre witch hunt, decrying the name as bigoted and backwards.
