Maybe I am remembering through rose colored glasses but I believe once Dailykos was better than this. They would call out those who fell into Washington beltway tropes no matter who they were. Especially when those tropes can be dangerous to innocent people. I don’t know which is more powerful the Biden advertisement blaming China for the Coronavirus or the diary now containing it sitting on top of the recommended list. Coronavirus is a terrible tragedy and extremely painful for all involved. It did start in Hubei province and that Chinese government initially panicked and did not handle it well. Part of the reason for that was their fear the United States would immediately use it as a reason to cut them off from world trade organizations. Does anybody remember Wilbur Ross chortling about how the Coronavirus would be good for U.S. businesses. But after they panicked they reacted quickly and well to contain it (quite a bit better than us). And the panic, while damaging seemed to have lasted only a couple of weeks. Kevin Drum is one of the few people who have created a timeline of events in China around the Coronavirus.
The advertisement seems to say what are patently jingoistic, idiotic things. That the CDC should have been on the ground in China early. Really? Because the CDC has done such a great job here? Why don’t we have people from Korea and Singapore and Germany helping us here? Because that is not what countries do. Maybe we should have people from Hubei province here?
But the really bad thing about this is that Asian people in our country are already feeling under attack and facing intense racism because of the way Trump is blaming China. Maybe Biden did not mean it but the yahoos are going to see this advertisement as much as highly informed votes and it might have a terrible impact. It will make things worse for Asians (many cannot tell the difference between individuals from East Asian countries). Biden should take the advertisement down and so should the diarist. Even if it gets in a good shot. Sometimes there are more important things than a good shot (this is why I think Biden needs Elizabeth Warren, to guide him and his campaign away from their worst impulses).