Comment by lazide
5 days ago
No one in western media is going to say Western Asia for the Middle East. As you well know. I’ve never heard it in media in Asia either.
And most people in the English speaking world would be very confused if you tried - just like you were, when you tried to say it was because the Middle East was in East Asia, or had anything to do with it being in Asia - which that link makes clear it doesn’t.
Not sure why you hold the media to such a high standard given its history of ignoring the science regarding health claims, climate change denials or covid misinformation. I wouldn't focus too much on that. :)
"you tried to say it was because the Middle East was in East Asia". I didn't. This is what I said (quoted): "Middle East is a region in Asia". And you said "The Middle East is in Western Asia" which supports my point.
Most people in the English speaking world get confused with basic math (as indicated by studies by the OECD and Santander among others) or world geography (especially concerning territories outside the western world, this seems to be anecdotally true in the US).
What are you even arguing?
See my first reply if you forgot: "That seems to assume that Israel is not in Asia". You seemed to disagree.