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Respondents to CNN Article About ‘Africanized Bee Attack” Complain of Racism

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Monday, February 24, 2020 4:32 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.


Respondents to CNN Article About ‘Africanized Bee Attack” Complain of Racism

Respondents to a CNN article about a swarm of Africanized bees that attacked a group of firefighters and police complained that using the term ‘Africanized bees’ was racist.

Yes, really.

The Africanized honey bee is also known colloquially as the ‘killer bee’, but the former name is scientifically accurate.

The bee was introduced into Brazil in 1956 but subsequently spread throughout North America. Africanized honey bees can chase people for a quarter of a mile and have killed around 1,000 humans.

“A group of firefighters and police that were responding to a bee sting were attacked by a swarm of nearly 40,000 Africanized bees. Three of the first responders were rushed to the hospital, while the others quickly shut down the block,” CNN tweeted.

Woke respondents were soon on alert to claim that using the term ‘Africanized bees’ was a racial slur against black people.

“It’s 2020 and media still uses ‘Africanized’” wrote one.

“The use of the word “Africanized” perpetuates bias against African people and people of color. Please stop,” added another. -- The use of the word “Africanized” perpetuates bias against African people and people of color. Please stop. #BlackIsBeautiful #DarkIsBeautiful #BlackIsNOTBad #DarkIsNOTBad #NoMoreDarkIsBad #NoMoreBlackIsBad #WordsMatter #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/9zpcFEGOts

“So the "Africanized" bee is actually a hybrid of both African and European bees. But, "Europeanized" isn't as scary. Or let's just call them "killer bees". Some may not think this is a big deal, but this is an example of a microaggression that leads to implicit bias.“

“Kinda racist calling angry dangerous bees African bees….” asserted another respondent.

In fact, the entire thread was full of people angry at CNN for using the official scientific term for the bees.

Next time a BLACK panther mauls someone to death at a zoo or an AFRICAN elephant stampedes through a village, expect many people on Twitter to be on the lookout for racism.

https://summit.news/2020/02/24/respondents-to-cnn-article-about-africa
nized-bee-attack-complain-of-racism
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eta: There were so many bees they swarmed an entire street for the length of a block in Pasadena, California.

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Monday, February 24, 2020 5:03 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


lol

This dumb shit writes itself these days.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Monday, February 24, 2020 6:01 PM

JONGSSTRAW


Quote:

Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
lol

This dumb shit writes itself these days.

Do Right, Be Right. :)


It really does! It's hi-larious watching the Left implode. Even more enjoyable is when they turn on each other, as they're doing now to Chris Mathews, demanding his resignation for commenting that Bernie's win in Nevada is like Hitler conquering France in WWII.

https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/02/chris-matthews-compares-bernie-v
ictory-to-the-fall-of-france-to-germany-in-1940
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Monday, February 24, 2020 7:13 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


I'll refer you to the SJW will eat itself thread I made quite a while back for more of that.

I really should be updating that thread. Might have to put more time into it than I care to do with all the imploding that Democrats are doing right now though.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Monday, February 24, 2020 7:52 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


Remember when an illiterate D.C. Councilwoman (yes, black) demanded that all others need to be as illiterate as she is? So she demanded the only literate person at the meeting be fired!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/williams/williams
020499.htm


http://www.brentmorrison.com/9902Niggardly.htm

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Monday, February 24, 2020 9:13 PM

JONGSSTRAW


Quote:

Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I'll refer you to the SJW will eat itself thread I made quite a while back for more of that.

I really should be updating that thread. Might have to put more time into it than I care to do with all the imploding that Democrats are doing right now though.

Do Right, Be Right. :)


You should renew your efforts asap. This Demorat Party implosion is great entertainment.

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Saturday, February 25, 2023 9:40 AM

JAYNEZTOWN


It's an Africanized bee but its also European-ized, its a crap result by crossbreeding of the East African lowland honey bee with various European honey bee subspecies such as the Italian honey bee....instead of making a more calm bee that would make more honey

They got a psycho bee that makes little honey and kills people and chases them for miles and miles stinging them until they die

Africanized honeybees pose a threat to Hawaii agriculture
https://www.mauinews.com/news/community-news/2017/12/africanized-honey
bees-pose-a-threat-to-hawaii-agriculture
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possibly the only worse you can import at this stage are those Japan 'Murder Hornets'

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