Yeah, talking with my college friend Isis and my pagan friends who worship Isis was weird enough before the terrorists also took the name.
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Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 2 days agoIt reminds me if when ISIS (middle eastern terrorist group) ruined the name Isis (Egyptian god, but also person’s given name).
The cartoon Archer to the story in a whole new direction in order to disband the show’s fictional organisation that was called ISIS (by coincidence). I thought it was such a shame to let real world bad guys ruin things. Surely by caving to that we are giving them more power than if we held the attitude that other people were using that word first and they can’t ruin it.
Having said that, the same argument doesn’t seem to work all the time. i think the “Hitler” moustache is permanently ruined.
BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Charlie Chaplin would disagree
Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Chaplin started using the moustache before Hitler ruined it. Then at some point Chaplin actually lampooned Hitler, which reportedly made Hitler cry.