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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/South-Flatworm-7874 on 2023-08-12 20:44:05.

This will be a short one, my SIL is choosing to name her daughter America Dream. At first I thought it was a joke so I laughed. She is dead serious. I told her that is a fucking ridiculous name, and they are setting up their daughter for failure. My brother pulled me aside and said I was over reacting. My SIL and brother want me to apologize. I told them I would not apologize for stating a fact, that name is ridiculous.

So AITA?

Edit typo on name.

Edit 2 I agree I could have been more diplomatic in my approach, this topic hits a tad close to home cause I was named after an extremely obscure animated character. Thankfully it was not well know growing up, so I did nor have many issues. As I got older the obscure nature kinda became less obscure especially in my line of work and circles. I get jokes for my name, but I am older and can take a joke. I think for kids it is 1000 times worse.

That said I 100% agree I should have shown more tact.