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Probably because "Houthis" is a name that readers will understand—and because there is no rule that says we have to call people by the name they call themselves. Is there any evidence that "Houthis" is a disparaging name?

While you're worked up about bigotry, you might be interested in their slogan, which I just learned from Wikipedia:

God is the Greatest

Death to America

Death to Israel

A Curse Upon the Jews

Victory to Islam

Who cares what they call themselves. They're shooting missiles at civilian shipping traffic. They're terrorists and deserve to be wiped off the map.

Same as USA in Iraq, Afghanistan? Vietnam? Israel? No. They are not in the category of western empires who could kill and maime civilian population and get away with moral superiority. These people are bad, unlike the western empires.

>They're shooting missiles at civilian shipping traffic.

Nice try. This is one of those statements while 'technically true', intentionally leaves out a ton of important context.

Yes, please, go ahead and give me the 'context' that justifies attacking innocent civilians.

Even Al Jazeera uses the Houthi label rather than Ansar Allah: https://www.aljazeera.com/tag/houthis/

Not to mention, Ansarallah are essentially backed by 80% of the population (including the capital city of Sanaa). The "recognized" Yemeni government are Saudi-backed shills that own the ports in the south.

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