Barak Hussein Obama . . . . We were all told that his middle name carried no significance.
Husein was the grandson of the Prophet Mohamid, and was cheated out of ollowing him as the prophet as the next Calif.
If I have gotten that wrong in some way, I apologize.
Originally Posted by ICU 812
Is the point of your post to self incriminate on the trope mentioned above? When your folks name you, you get the benefit or the lack of, by their heritage or namesake. When it's used to demonize someone by nationality or origin, it's racism. Of course if you believe that the virgin Mary is a virgin, then the name Mary may mean that all women with that name are from Europe and can bear children without the consummation act. And a negative inference of the name Mary, or Nimratta, or Husein as a ruse at best, racist at best, and in general has ZERO to do with their beliefs, their knowledge or experiences.
It's just a name....unless used a weapon to identify someone by inference- as was the intent of those who have elected to sound the dog whistle. Why hide behind it's intent?
If my public name was George, but my real name was Wiley Coyote, and I refer to myself as George, and portray myself as George,- then the only reason to use any other name, referring to me, is to stoke the interpretation of others- by using a different name; especially if that interpretation is negative in nature: Gaslighting 101.