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by JadeNB 3254 days ago
Poor Softcard, née Isis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softcard).

> But it would be a bit distasteful to use it as a new name. Especially if you use it intentionally with the intent of causing offence.

I think that your second sentence is an important qualification. I almost wished that they'd stuck with the name, just to emphasise that a bunch of terrorist asshats don't get to dictate what words others can use; I think that such a useage would have been (very mildly) heroic rather than offensive.