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"Butlerian jihad" comes from a science fiction novel from 1965 (Dune, by Frank Herbert). They didn't know about current political correctness 60 years ago.
by sampo 3mo ago
"Butlerian jihad" comes from a science fiction novel from 1965 (Dune, by Frank Herbert). They didn't know about current political correctness 60 years ago.
- lurkercodemnky 3mo agoI know that. Just pointing out your double standards compared to the holocaust.
- bryanlarsen 3mo agoThe comparable word is "crusade". If it's OK to use the word crusade, it's OK to use the word jihad. (My opinion is that neither should be used, but a majority of Americans disagree with me). To be pedantic, crusade means "holy war" and jihad means "to struggle", so jihad should be more acceptable than crusade, but in English, jihad essentially only has the holy war meaning.
- sampo 3mo ago"Nuclear holocaust" is a somewhat common expression both in and outside of fiction.