I don't think it's edgelords using it I think basically everyone does. It's used because it's used. You are making it sound like its an intentional psyop.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

It's like when people say Democrat Party instead of Democratic Party.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

United States of America and American United States is basically the same thing, we should just ignore what USA calls itself and use AUS instead. The question is why westerners choose to use a different name than the official one chosen by the party. Maybe you can enlighten us what the reason for doing this is.

[–] BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

90% sure that is a rhetorical statement but I am going to try and answer it anyway.

It's the same reason why a vaccume cleaner is called a hoover. A hoover is a vaccume cleaner. A vaccume cleaner is not always a hoover, yet loads of people call the floor sucker hoover no matter if the brand is a Hoover or not.

Nobody really care if someone says "I am getting the hoover" and pulls out a Dyson. Everyone was expecting some kind of floor sucker with maybe a select few expecting an actual Hoover.

You can ignore what the official name of the USA is. People already do that. They the USA America all the time already. AUS will be a little confusing at the start as many associate that with Australia but get enough people together to call the USA, the AUS instead and it's not going to be wrong.

A good example of people not using the correct name of a country is the UK ain't nobody using the full name the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are they? The initialism is wrong too it should be UKGBNI

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's a nonsensical argument to be honest. Again, nobody is calling the UK Kingdom United. All the names for UK stem from the way people of UK choose to call themselves, these aren't imposed on them from outside.

The fact that people in the west insist on deliberately calling the party differently from the way party chooses to call itself shows an incredible amount of chauvinism.

[–] BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only thing brits get pissed off about is calling the UK England, because all the countries hate England including probably the English.

I don't see how it's nonsensical. Makes perfect sense to me. Call the country what people know the country as. You want to call the United Kingdom, Kingdom United do it. You will obviously get raised eyebrows because you will only be the one calling it that.

I don't really know what more I can say.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You still haven't answered the original question why westerners insist on calling CPC differently from what it officially calls itself or what the rationale for that is.

[–] BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have. You just disagree with it.