Call terrorist organizations by their real names

  • by: Suzette Leleu
  • recipient: All international, national, and local news organisations on the planet

Names like the Taliban, ISIS, Al Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah simply roll off our tongues.
I'm sure that is exactly what these organisations and others with similar goals to terrorise mankind want. They want to hear their names in the news, they want credit for their attacks on innocent unarmed vulnerable people. The names that they choose are used to justify their horrific criminal acts.

Taliban means "students", which is benign and has no relation to what they really are.  Let's not call them students. Why not call them "that criminal gang of child murderers, rapists and sadists" rampaging through Afghanistan and Pakistan? Instead of calling them by the name they've chosen for themselves, why not let their deeds, their horrific acts be their new names. They should be named after each act of violence and terror that they sponsor. Running away to join the Taliban may sound appealing to some easily influenced young people. Running off to join a criminal gang of murderers, rapists, and sadists doesn't sound so appealing. Don't give them the satisfaction of hearing their chosen names in the news. Call them by their real names.

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