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They're not really Houthis, they are followers of Hussein al-Houthi. I don't know why the Western media insists on giving them this name. Hussein al-Houthi was
by dotancohen 3y ago
They're not really Houthis, they are followers of Hussein al-Houthi.
I don't know why the Western media insists on giving them this name. Hussein al-Houthi was a Houthi, but most of his supporters are not. Would you call all Barak Obama supporters "Obamas"?
- ceejayoz 3y ago> Would you call all Barak Obama supporters "Obamas"? If they engaged in a rebellion under his leadership/memory separately from the rest of the Democrats, we probably would.
- JumpCrisscross 3y agoCaesarians, Pompeiians, Marxists, Reagan Republicans…
- _teyd 3y agoProbably Obamists, along the lines of Trumpists, Stalinists, Maoists, etc.
- Bud 3y ago[dead]
- woodruffw 3y agoTrumpers, Reaganites, Maoists, etc. It’s a standard political demonym structure in English.
- confd 3y ago> Would you call all Barak Obama supporters "Obamas"? Not really, but if they were referred to as “Obamites” it wouldn’t be that jarring. Are they referred to by something different in Arabic-language media?
- yard2010 3y agoWhen they start pirating around, maybe