Words matter in ‘ISIS’ war, so use ‘Daesh’

Re:Words matter in ‘ISIS’ war, so use ‘Daesh’ by wellyWellyWell on Sunday November 15, 2015 @04:40AM (#10569079)

THE most hilarious variant so far, for me, has been:

  Islamic State in Iraq & Al-sham

Wow. Really?

That one, to me, was even MORE ridiculous than ISIL which was stupid to begin with. Who the fuck calls anything "The Levant" anymore, Jesus Christ himself? What century is this?

This is where you start to understand 2 things.

  1. There are people trying to erase Syria and invalidate 
     the concept of Syria's statehood, and erode the public
     perception of national borders as they exist, so that
     amidst the propaganda campaign, we forget about 
     the inconvenient countries that get in the way of
     campaigns for regional repartitioning along sectarian
     boundaries.

  2. There are political motives to avoid using "ISIS" 
     because it "sounds cooler" like a cartoon super 
     villain, and seems to "send the wrong message" to 
     viewers.

So, anything to help people forget that Syria was a country, and anything to prevent ISIS from using the cooler sounding name.

That's the subliminal message I'm noticing within all the spin doctoring.

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Re:Words matter in ‘ISIS’ war, so use ‘Daesh’ by anonu on Sunday November 15, 2015 @09:14AM (#10569648)

Its true that using the term "Levant" may seem outdated. However, if you recall ISIS' (or Daesh's) call to arms, it was to erase borders - and specifically the ones delineated in the secret WWI agreement known as Sykes-Picot. Back then, the goal was to carve up the Levant between France and the UK. So, using ISIL is in reference to their stated mission. Maybe more reason to not use any IS or IS derivative...

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