What they’re saying is calling it “the American Disease” because Europeans raped the natives of the Americas, sounds like you’re blaming the natives for the disease
Would it help if we rebranded smallpox as “the Eurasian disease”?
Anyway, it wasn’t my intention to blame anyone. I called it the American disease because it came from the Americas. I made sure to point out that it was rapists who brought it to Europe, so I don’t really care for the way I was characterized. I don’t think there was nearly enough there to accuse me of victim blaming.
I didn’t get that from the title, and it has nothing to do with the post you were replying to. I didn’t blame anyone but the rapists. It’s the American disease because it’s native to the Americas.
It’s the French desease because it comes from France. That’s always the logic. But we only do it because we want to associate our enemies with the bad stuff. It could have been called Syphilis all the time.
So if it’s called the American desease the blame is put on the rape victim.
Who said that?
What they’re saying is calling it “the American Disease” because Europeans raped the natives of the Americas, sounds like you’re blaming the natives for the disease
Would it help if we rebranded smallpox as “the Eurasian disease”?
Anyway, it wasn’t my intention to blame anyone. I called it the American disease because it came from the Americas. I made sure to point out that it was rapists who brought it to Europe, so I don’t really care for the way I was characterized. I don’t think there was nearly enough there to accuse me of victim blaming.
implied from the title
I didn’t get that from the title, and it has nothing to do with the post you were replying to. I didn’t blame anyone but the rapists. It’s the American disease because it’s native to the Americas.
It’s the French desease because it comes from France. That’s always the logic. But we only do it because we want to associate our enemies with the bad stuff. It could have been called Syphilis all the time.
So if it’s called the American desease the blame is put on the rape victim.