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lurkercodemnkytoday at 2:07 PM2 repliesview on HN

I know that. Just pointing out your double standards compared to the holocaust.


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bryanlarsentoday at 2:13 PM

The 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.

sampotoday at 2:15 PM

"Nuclear holocaust" is a somewhat common expression both in and outside of fiction.