Found on Facebook: Never Say His Name

[CaliforniaPeggy]

[Jim__]

1. Sounds like good advice.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Oh yes indeed.

[question everything]

2. Whiny it is

[arthritisR_US]

5. I did not find it that way at all.

[H2O Man]

7. Just the opposite!

I think it is outstanding.

[arthritisR_US]

8. That's what I thought too as a white Canadian old lady🤗

[question everything]

15. What is outstanding? I have been referring to him as Whiny even since he refused to vacate

the White House..

The OP said not to use his name so I replies that he is Whiny

[Qutzupalotl]

18. I think they thought you meant the tone of the meme was whiny

and you were speaking like Yoda for some reason. I had to read it a couple of times and still took it that way, so I'm glad you explained.

[Vdizzle]

12. ..

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[question everything]

16. What are you talking about?

[niyad]

20. First of all, that poster is NOT a troll, but a long-time, valued member

of this community. Second of all, the post was explained.

[Lucky Luciano]

14. I assumed you mean his name will be "Whiny." I've decided to use "His Lowness."

[synni]

30. Resistance isn't "whiny"

[arkielib]

45. The poster meant that Trump is "Whiny".

[TomSlick]

58. Seems pretty clear that was what the poster meant.

I have been referring to him as Whiny even since he refused to vacate.

[Permanut]

4. Well said

K & R

[H2O Man]

6. Recommended.

I have not since late 2020. I have since called him the sociopath, the felon, or the sociopathic felon.

[arthritisR_US]

9. I recommended too and your labelling of him, spot on!👍🏼

[donheld]

10. Love it.

Great suggestions.

[wendyb-NC]

11. Very helpful advice.

I will bookmark

[Disaffected]

13. Please all,

take special note of #6.

[Think. Again.]

27. But please all, when you do need to grieve, do it.

[Hekate]

17. Very solid advice. Thanks for this find, Peggy

[niyad]

19. Thank you for this great find. I have not used his name since he came down

that damned escaltor.

[NJCher]

21. I was just watching a video

from Australian. The spokesperson said not to use his name, either. Said it was going to be "45" on that show.

This idea must be spreading.

[CTyankee]

22. Is "the convicted felon" and "adjudicated rapist" OK?

The repukes love law and order, right? So is using the actual, legal terms to describe him OK?

[Silver Gaia]

23. For those who wonder, or might need to know the facts of the source,

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which I must know in the work I do, here are two reputable sources I found in a brief search for authorship. Evidently, this is from 2017, but it is still GREAT advice we should all take to heart. It has been attributed to Bernice King, but she has never claimed to be the author.

The first is from Ebony. It has some additional words from John Lennon that I liked:

Keep demonstrations peaceful. In the words of John Lennon, “When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system’s game. The establishment will irritate you – pull your beard, flick your face – to make you fight! Because once they’ve got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don’t know how to handle is non-violence and humor.”

The second source is the Washington Post (yeah, I know... but this was in 2017).

Thank you so much for finding this and sharing it with us, California Peggy! I love it, and it is even more relevant now than it was in 2017. It is advice we all need to take to heart, regardless of where it originated. (But I thought I should at least share what I learned when I looked for confirmation of its origin.) Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[SleeplessinSoCal]

24. I could see immediately that it was from 2017.

Which makes this all the more tragic. We pretty much followed that advice. They came back more radical, hateful and lawless - with blessings of SCOTUS.

I'm waiting on the next Winston Churchill or FDR. a leader who is eloquent and experienced in the machinations of Fascists. (A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, a capitalist economy subject to stringent governmental controls, violent suppression of the opposition, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.)

[Silver Gaia]

25. Well, for whatever it's worth, I never saw this in 2017.

I don't think anyone else here did, either. And I don't think we did a very good job of numbers 3, 4, 5, or 6. We didn't follow it and fail. We can do better. And it IS still good advice.

But the last thing on earth I wanted to do was make any DUer feel worse. So, I'm sorry. Maybe I need to just go back to keeping my thoughts to myself.

[Think. Again.]

28. No, I thank you for posting.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

41. Nope. You are taking my comment personally.

As I read it sounded so familiar. I didn't actually see this list, but everything on it was imparted in various ways. Calling him 45 and not referencing him by his name sounds very Harry Potter. He is so much worse than what this was trying deal with. And he's back. Very Harry Potter.

[Tweedy]

47. Be the change you are looking for

Said a wise man running for our presidency once.

Get some zzz’s too.

Southern California (and California, in general) are in the heartland of everything that is going right for a most refreshing change.

https://www.wired.com/story/california-will-keep-moving-the-world-forward/

The link made me sad for all of the perfecting we could have achieved everywhere if we won the last information battle.

Nonetheless, it also made my heart sing because as Winston Churchill might have said
“America always does the right thing after exhausting every other possibility” and this time most of the right things are being born and nurtured in our golden state.

[IzzaNuDay]

26. Dotard will do.

Thanks to Kim Jung Un.

[Tweedy]

48. Really? Did the hole in one fabricator actually

use the dotard on he-who-must-be-grifting?

[nmmi]

29. Felonious Maximus (with 32 felony convictions, surely he's earned that title) /nt

[SKKY]

31. Sage counsel this

[Mike Nelson]

32. I remember this...

... from when he was "45" (soon to be 47). Still good advice.

[Trust_Reality]

33. I judge this to be excellent advice.

I am recommending it to my valued/valuable friends.

[Wild blueberry]

34. One change: refer to MAGA (or MAGA Death Cult) as there is no longer any "Republican" party

The long devolution that began under Reagan is complete.
Thank you for the list, CaliforniaPeggy!

[Magoo48]

35. Yes, all of this, CP.

Long live the California Republic.
Resist.

[allegorical oracle]

36. Especially like the list's last bit of advice. From now on, it's the Republican Party that

gets called out whenever TSF goes on a crime spree.

[BlueHurricane]

37. Completely agree!

I think I’ll refer to TFG as the Republican Administration. Everything bad must be attributed to the Republicans. He’s their guy.

[Pacifist Patriot]

44. That resonates well with me.

[malthaussen]

38. I never do. I prefer to use "DJT."

I also don't waste time insulting him. Nor do I make much of the stupidity and ignorance of his followers, concentrating rather on their cowardice and incompetence. The latter is something that will be very important in the next few years. We should remember that there is a large gap between bragging about all the things you're going to do, and actually executing those plans.

-- Mal

[returnee]

51. It's always TSF for me.

“The Sick Fuck” or TSFConvict.

[uponit7771]

39. 11. Don't say GOP call it the MAGA Party, they hate that. 12. Call everything that goes wrong economically Trumpinomics

... they hate that too.

Both are a good way to normalize how extreme the MAGA Party is

[MadameButterfly]

42. Calling it the MAGA party won't make the few remaining Republicans

vulnerable to conscience or shame feel responsible for their actions. Lets be clear that MAGAs are a lost cause, Republicans only if they call themselves MAGAs. Let's leave some breathing room for the 3 or 4 Republicans we need to vote againsth things like SS, arresting "enemies", confirming nominees without background checks, people who think there might be another election and fear voters as well as Trump.

These are people we want to both win over and shame. Let's call it for what it is. The Republican Party is doing this. The JAGAs are a cult, not a party.

[uponit7771]

54. Labeling MAGA bad is the goal not making people feel shame, we needed democrats to vote in last election not less ...

... MAGA party votes.

Republicans voted 94% for Trump in 20 and 94% in 24 ... even after a campaign by sane GOP, Trumps 20 hot garbage and his horrid econ plans Republican votes did not budge.

Going after people who wont vote for a dem after 24 is a fools errand at this point, label them as the dark force and gather more democrats for 26 and 28

[MadameButterfly]

67. I'm not talking about voters here

I'm talking about members of Congress. If the goal of the OP is to make Republicans take responsibility, make it clear it's Republicans, not some faction or extreme wing of the party. All of them are responsible for what they've done and what they do.

Because the handful in Congress who might vote to keep Social Security might not identify as MAGA.

[WarGamer]

40. Voldemort Voldemort Voldemort!!!!!!!!!

[Ziggysmom]

43. I agree 100%. We need to move on and work on tomorrow. Remember Don't Stop back in the day??

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[bdamomma]

46. Thank you

Just went to facebook site.

[spanone]

49. The Felon would do nicely.

[bdamomma]

50. He

will always be a felon to me. Thug/criminal/grifter.

[Deuxcents]

52. It's been TSF for me for quite a while now.

Any of these endearing names will be recognized, I’m sure 📎

[osteopath6]

53. Seems childish tbh

Voters expect us to return with a serious offer of an alternative vision for the future, not antics and childish games.

Names are proper nouns in my language and I'm not going to start speaking or writing incorrectly to appease, well, anyone.

[slightlv]

65. Voters don't know a serious offer of an alternative vision for the future

if it'd rap them upside the head. Obviously. I don't know what will get them to come up to adulthood status, but everything we tried was for naught. The only tragedy is they take us down with them.

[c-rational]

55. Thank you for this.

[wordstroken]

56. Excellent!!

Thank you for posting.

[Trueblue Texan]

57. Good advice.

I'll pass it on.

[BigmanPigman]

59. I never call the current GOP POTUS "president"

due to a lifetime of BS stolen elections since I was able to vote in 1980...Raygun, Bush 1 and 2, and tRump.

As a teacher from 1997-2013 I never taught my students about current GOP POTUSes. I also never hung their photos in my classroom and when I saw them hanging in the offices I almost puked each time.

On "Presidents' Day" I never mentioned who the current POTUS was and I only would teach about Washington and Lincoln. I guess I did "selective teaching" to my 1st graders.

I only write his name as "tRump" as well.

[Gore1FL]

60. His hat says 45-47. I have been referring to him as -2 and two-below. nt

[Hermit-The-Prog]

61. traitortrump is what I've used for years. All together, we can teach search engines.

[Scully]

62. As loathe as I am to quote JK Rowling....

.... there are a decent number of parallels to Voldemort, aka Moldy Voldy, aka He Who Must Not Be Named. The big difference is that the advice to not use his name isn't borne of fear but of loathing, which I can get behind. Otherwise, Dumbledore has the run of it: “Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.” And now that I think about it more, the similarities are stronger down to the existence of a Grindelwald in our midst, too, but that's more Harry Potter than I am comfortable with tonight.

[wolfie001]

63. ATTENTION!!!! She should go speak to the leadership of the Watermelon Mafia

They were most responsible for this senseless outcome. She should have a symposium with all of the public leaders that squawked about sitting on the sidelines. If they don't engage, she should name names. Many are in the late 30s and 40s so they will be interfering again in 2 and then 4 years. This needs to be dealt with. I saw their sickening bullshit on TT.

[TBF]

64. I agree 100% -

we shouldn't be giving him any more credit than he deserves. And we definitely should remind everyone that the republican administration owns this nonsense.

[summer_in_TX]

66. MLK's daughter updated her post.

The new one (still a 2017 post) is similar but not identical. Notably she has rethought the advice to #NeverSayHisName to say use it sparingly. I am going to take #4 to heart

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