"Ram", "Ewe", "Xiaoyangren", don't take hurt as fun
According to media reports, recently, a new round of new crown epidemic broke out in many places, the number of infected people has increased, and the name of infected people on the Internet has also changed.
Some people ridiculed those who were infected with the new crown as "Xiaoyang people" and "sheep", and then there were "rams", "ewes", "old sheep" and "little sheep" that differentiated between genders and ages, and more. Some people painted a picture of "catching sheep" on the back of the white protective clothing.
Experts said that such titles disrespect patients, tend to be dwarfed and dehumanized, and are likely to cause secondary harm of discrimination and exclusion.
The German scholar Viktor Klepler has a well-known aphorism: "Words are like tiny doses of arsenic: they are swallowed unconsciously and seem to show no effect, and after a while this toxicity becomes It will be reflected." From "Xiaoyang people" to "Gongyang", "ewes" and "grabbing sheep", the initial ridicule gradually developed into discrimination and exclusion, and a group that was already in a predicament just unknowingly stigmatized and labelled.
In fact, it is not the language itself that is really "poisonous" and polluted, but the people who use it and their way of thinking.
The epidemic is like a mirror, showing the courage, kindness and dedication of countless mortal heroes, as well as the prejudice, ignorance and selfishness of a few.
From a certain point of view, stigmatizing people infected with the new crown is also a "disease" that requires great efforts to prevent and control.
After more than two years of fighting the epidemic, it has become a social consensus that "our enemy is the virus, not the infected person". Appellations such as "Xiaoyangren", "Ram" and "Ewe" seem to be ridiculing, but they actually hide harm and discrimination - "We "is safe, and "they" are dangerous.
From leprosy to hepatitis B, from AIDS to cervical cancer, from vitiligo to depression, with the development of medicine and the progress of social civilization, many diseases have gone through a difficult and tortuous process of eliminating discrimination and stigma. No exception.
At the moment when the self-media is prevalent, the stigmatization and violent tendencies of the infected people are especially worthy of vigilance. This will not only cause unnecessary mental burdens on the infected people, but also easily lead to some people's feelings of tabooing diseases and even deliberately concealing itinerary information. Wait.
From the initial "blocking of Wuhan people" to today's "catch the sheep", the reality has repeatedly reminded us that the infected not only need treatment, but also need the understanding, care and support of the society.
Compared with curing diseases, curing discrimination against diseases and patients cannot be ignored.
In this regard, relevant departments and platforms must take positive actions to stop and deal with relevant behaviors in a timely manner.
Under the epidemic, what we need is to work together to keep warm.
To be kind to the infected is to be kind to ourselves.
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