You guys shouldn't pretend there is no other meaning for holocaust. It is a general term, which is actually in wide use still, and was even more so before WW2.
I feel the same way you guys do, but I'm a stickler for technicalities and justice, and without some further evidence, it's ridiculous to keep this going.
Now if one of them uses anti-Semitic rhetoric ... even once ... then I can see outrage, because that would seal up the intent of the name.
I mean, you and I both know what is going on, but what about other people who may be accused of the same thing? The precedent of changing the name or persecuting without justice should not be set, imho.
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