Stop calling ISIS the Islamic State.
You guys will go upon lengths and jump hoops to deny that the KKK are a Christian influenced group but won’t blink to say Muslim and terrorist in the same sentence.
The language you use matters.
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There’s something called “linguistic domination” that we studied in my sociology class about deviance. People in power (ruling elite/govt/etc) use specific words to connote a certain meaning and evoke a certain feeling. “Terrorist” as opposed to “freedom fighter” or “traitor” instead of “dissident”.
Obviously ISIS is not Islamic at all, but if we think about how the media and government brands Muslims as “terrorists” and white people who shoot up schools as “mentally ill”, you get my point. People react very differently to these two words. To the former with fear and anger, and the latter with sympathy.
Linguistic domination, people.