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I have no idea what the motive in the Atlanta shootings was, but I agree with amanda that I can't comprehend the anti-Asian hatred over COVID. -- (edited)

Posted by ty97 Mar 16 '21, 19:34

It makes literally NO sense to me.

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remember when detroit auto makers were closing factories as imports out sold... there were dozens of assaults, as often on chinese cause .... - zeitgeist Mar 16, 22:27
If anything, be upset with Trump... -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 16, 20:18 1
- Yup. Xenophobia is rampant and wide open again in this country. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 16, 21:11
I can't comprehend that *nail salons* are targeted too. like is that the most asian business? I wouldn't have gone there. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 16, 19:41 15
- How Tippi Hedren made Vietnamese refugees into nail salon magnates (nmbl) - howie Mar 16, 20:24 5
  - damn, Wiggum beat me to it. nm - howie Mar 16, 20:26 4
    - is this one of those things, everybody knew but me? -- nm - prayformojo Mar 16, 20:33 3
      - I didn’t know and I use to get my nails done all the time -- nm - Pippy Mar 16, 21:01
      - I had no idea. -- nm - kelly Mar 16, 20:35 1
        
        I just learned this a few weeks ago from a podcast. (nm) - howie Mar 16, 20:55
- sorry, I don't know how to say "if I were going to shoot a bunch of asians, I wouldn't go to a nail salon." every way I want to say this is awful. - amanda jeans Mar 16, 19:48 1
  - There was a black alderman in the city my sister works that was helping an Afghani, open a pita place in her precinct. - . Mar 16, 20:01
- I'd say it definitely is around here. -- nm* - znufrii Mar 16, 19:45 5
  - Same here, hair and nail salons. But again we're on the border of Little Saigon so it's the local demographic. -- nm - Meg Mar 16, 20:00
  - Fun fact: a large % of US nail salons have Vietnamese workers/owners because of Tippi Hedren (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Mar 16, 19:48 3
    - That is lovely -- nm - Pippy Mar 16, 20:26
    - nice -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 16, 20:16
    - that's a terrific bit of trivia -- nm - prayformojo Mar 16, 19:53
- Either nail salons or Asian restaurants. -- nm - Ender Mar 16, 19:44
Two words - znufrii Mar 16, 19:36 3
- I know. STILL can't comprehend -- nm - ty97 Mar 16, 19:49 1
  - People suck. -- nm* - znufrii Mar 16, 19:52
- two more - mud Mar 16, 19:42

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I have no idea what the motive in the Atlanta shootings was, but I agree with amanda that I can't *comprehend* the anti-Asian hatred over COVID. -- (edited)

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I have no idea what the motive in the Atlanta shootings was, but I agree with amanda that I can't comprehend the anti-Asian hatred over COVID. -- (edited)