Isn't it amazing how NATO slaps a pejorative name like "Felon" or "Scud" onto foreign military equipment and then every English-language source reports that like it's a fact? Then it can be the "Patriots" vs. the "Scuuuuuds" on the news. (Bill Hick has an original bit on this, but I can't find it.)
Half the NATO names aren't pejorative at all. Meanwhile we call our drones "Reaper" but western media probably doesn't use that very often for some reason.
Not all are pejorative, sure. It's more the "you named this? ... I named this!" dynamic. Like Europeans calling every island St. George and ignoring native names altogether.
Isn't it amazing how NATO slaps a pejorative name like "Felon" or "Scud" onto foreign military equipment and then every English-language source reports that like it's a fact? Then it can be the "Patriots" vs. the "Scuuuuuds" on the news. (Bill Hick has an original bit on this, but I can't find it.)
Half the NATO names aren't pejorative at all. Meanwhile we call our drones "Reaper" but western media probably doesn't use that very often for some reason.
Not all are pejorative, sure. It's more the "you named this? ... I named this!" dynamic. Like Europeans calling every island St. George and ignoring native names altogether.