Long term DUers, do you remember an old thread "my name is..."?

[uppityperson]

It was during shrub's term. Is anyone comfortable doing one now? I'm not.

[Horse with no Name]

1. Nope

I live in Deplorable country...I had to remove my political stickers from my car many years ago

[GP6971]

2. I vaguely remember it.

But can't remember the details.

[scarletwoman]

3. Yes, I remember it and participated in it.

And no, I don't want to do it now.

[marlakay]

4. I remember for years after if I googled

My name the site and thread would come up in the first page, now its down quite a few.

We wanted to show we weren’t afraid.

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. I remember it well.

It was started by a member named Mortos, right after the 2004 election.

In this day and age (it is 14 years later), I would not feel comfortable posting that information. Too many trolls and creeps who are out to doxx anyone they can. A sad commentary on our times.

[MontanaMama]

6. I'm game.

But I’m newish here so maybe it’s not appropriate for me to even respond. What is “my name is”?

[tblue37]

14. A long ago thread in which DU members gave their real names to show they were not afraid

to do so.

[MontanaMama]

20. Thanks for the explanation.

It seems like it ought to be an easy thing to do...to simply say your name. Our world is so beyond effed up now. When I really consider it...the repercussions could be YUGE... Dump Humpers wouldn’t mind taking one of us or a loved one out if they had the opportunity. It would be a badge of honor to them.

[unblock]

7. My name is no

Nah to the ah to the, no, no, no!
My name is no
My sign is no
My number is no
You need to let it go
You need to let it go
Need to let it go
Nah to the ah to the, no, no, no!
My name is no
My sign is no
My number is no
You need to let it go
You need to let it go
Need to let it go
Nah to the ah to the, no, no, no!

[Crunchy Frog]

8. Yes I remember it. No I'm not. n/t

[Beartracks]

9. My name is Inigo Montoya...

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[Cha]

11. lol :)

[Cha]

10. Yes, I remember.. something to do with

Not in our name? We were standing up against bush's war on Iraq.

No I wouldn't do it now.. not with the FAKE NEWS FUCKER pushing Violence on his disloyal subjects.

Jeeze, ever feel like you're in a really bad historical movie?

[MrScorpio]

12. I do.

[RKP5637]

13. Very dangerous these days and a sad commentary on what this country has become. n/t

[arthritisR_US]

15. No problem here my name is

Creaky Joints

[struggle4progress]

16. I am Spartacus

[Adsos Letter]

17. I am Spartacus!

[Demonaut]

18. true

[LeftInTX]

19. I'm the only person in the world with my name

No thanks.

I do have my full name on Facebook. I sometimes get men who follow me, but I block them.
They are usually widowers etc. I'm 62...so eewww. They usually list their location as another country etc.

Since I often post political stuff and belong to a bunch of political groups, I sometimes wonder if they are political spies. Either way, I block them so that can't see my posts anymore.

[denbot]

21. I do remember the OP, but don't remember if I participated in it.

I personally have no fucks to give if someone wants to fuck with me. I have told truck stop dining rooms and roadhouse bars full of southern rednecks they are treasonous rubes for supporting tRump. By myself, unarmed, and very non Caucasian.

[The Figment]

22. My name is The Figment,

It is also my CB handle and like I tell the Trumpsters here in Afkansastan " I am your liberal nightmare, and like any figment of one's imagination I am here to drive you nuts"

[Hekate]

23. I remember it, and no thanks. Agent Mikhail is not as nice as Agent Mike.

[Totally Tunsie]

24. No thanks - the Dump would probably gather all the names and sue us for libel. n/t

[A HERETIC I AM]

25. Amterberake Hrickmortonshire Ikuddlebums Alflibshiddle III

You would have thought they could have stopped after the first one, but NOOOOOOOOOOOO....

They had to use the name THREE FUCKING TIMES!


Just call me AHIA for short.

[Doreen]

27. Damn, that is one of those "say it very fast 3 times in a row."

With proper pronunciation of course.

[Awsi Dooger]

26. Defiant thread and I remember it well

Went on and on, with most replies stating the name within the header.

I agree with others that it would be exponentially more risky given this administration, where nothing is out of bounds

[The_Casual_Observer]

28. Yes and I'm in there.

I don't see what the point of doing something like that again would be.

[NanceGreggs]

29. Yes, I remember that thread.

And I can understand why people are reluctant to participate this time around.

As for myself, it looks like I missed the "stay anonymous on websites" boat a long time ago.

[mr_lebowski]

30. I can understand not wanting to publish your name cause of the crazies ...

But if you think the friggin' government doesn't know EXACTLY what ALL our NAMES are ... or last name at a minimum ... along where we live, where we work, what kinda car our families own, how many kids are in our family, what our families medical issues are ... you're delusional.

Naming yourself here isn't telling the NSA much that they didn't know a LONG time ago ... at most you're admitting to being the mom/dad/kid in your household, and it's unlikely they don't already know that based on your browsing history (i.e which email acct do you check, which FB account do you log into, etc). The gov't knows who all of us are here.

The only RARE exception is if you're a master of online disguise who's made an extremely consistent and conscious effort for YEARS to mask who you are online. I'm betting nobody on this thread has done so. The Russian Intel agent known as Guccifer 2.0 couldn't even do that.

[Raine]

31. I don't remember it. I guess I didn't participate then and I wouldn't now

either.

[Locrian]

32. hell no - didn't think it was a good idea then either - n/t

[Jim Lane]

33. I've used my real name from the beginning with no problems.

I don't remember that particular thread. I started here on Nov 12, 2004.

I use my real name on Wikipedia, DU, JPR, and some other places. There've been online insults a-plenty but no repercussions in real life. Because I live in a blue city in a blue state, I'm not exposed to the dangers that some people are.

[Tom Rinaldo]

34. Same here. Joined in Fall of 2003 n/t

[Autumn]

35. Wasn't it Mortos who started it?

No I wouldn't do one, too many crazy cyber bullies now

[Bettie]

36. I'd be afraid to give my name now

I detested W.

But as wrong as he was on, well, everything, I never believed that his ultimate goal was to destroy the entire social fabric of the nation.

I did not think he would be the end of our nation. I didn't even think Cheney would be the end of the nation.

The creature roosting in the WH currently? I fear what he will do.

At least with previous Republican presidents, I felt that there was a core of love of country there, that they had, buried down deep, a sense that they were part of the country. The current guy? He sees nothing beyond whatever his immediate desires are. And his desires are ALWAYS destructive.