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Chocolate Teapot
May 8, 2009

Your Dunkle Sans posted:

As an aside, why do western countries use ISIS instead of Daesh to refer to the eponymous group? It seems weird considering it's already a formal practice to refer to Burma as "formerly known as Myanmar" as to show the military coup's illegitimacy, why not do the same for ISIS/Daesh?

It could be any number of reasons; a lack of clarity to people who don't get understand the label (and having to explain it), the unexplained shift in language used, or most likely, the potential for undermining the threat (supposed or real) of the group by lampooning them.

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