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You know, I'm really shocked to see that some people in Taiwan would use this type of language to attack the leader of the W.H.O.
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Not because of how he has handled the COVID-19 virus, but also because of his race.
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Yeah, I'm kind of shocked with it, too.
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Because we've never really experienced anything like that.
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But we'd be fools not to believe that people don't use that type of language.
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Because, you know, I've been out, been around friends and they've used the derogatory language.
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It kind of hurt me inside.
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I know they don't mean it.
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But of course, he wouldn't know and I'm sure he was affected by it in some way.
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You know, actually, Taiwanese people are really compassionate, caring, and loving people.
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And I think that that's something that we can share with the whole world and I think people can learn about.
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Yeah, that's a part of the reason why I fell in love with this country and decided to give up my citizenship is because of how caring and passionate they were and the safety that comes about from it.
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So this a learning experience for all of us, especially, you know, when debating and rebuttal comes into play.
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Don't give them excuse to get distracted from what the issue is—and the issue is the virus.
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When you start using the derogatory slurs, attacking his race or attacking the color of his skin, then now the issue is about racism and not about the virus.
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It's really a bad thing.
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But we can definitely learn from this as a people.
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Now that we got that over, we need to let Mr. Tedros Adhanom know about himself.
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Listen, you are the leader of the W.H.O., the World Health Organization!
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You have more things to be worried about.
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You can't be over here crying and worried about what somebody in Taiwan said about you and how they made you feel bad.
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Pull yourself together!
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This is about the COVID-19 virus and how serious this is.
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Right, yeah.
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I mean, you're worried about, you know, what's being said by some, you know, trolls on the Internet who's [who are] using racial slurs.
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At the end of the day, if you're in charge of one of these... [the] largest health crisis that me and... you have in our lifetimes, then how could you really fight this thing?
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And, you know, don't use it as an escape, a distraction and don't play games with the world and especially not with Taiwan.
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You know, the first time you mentioned us [Taiwan] is dealing with, you know, racial slurs.
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Admit that you're dropping the ball right now.
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We called you out on it and do something about it.
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We're really handling this thing well.
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-Is that right? -Right!
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And if you really want to learn something, come to Taiwan and learn how we've handled this situation.
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Look how well we're doing.
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If you really want to learn something, come here and learn from us.
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Learn from the policies that we are enacting here and trying to help our island, our country, become a better place.
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That's what you really need to do.
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Absolutely!