On: Injunction issued in case about social media pressure from US Government

[dporter]

It stands for “The Former Guy.” Some people won’t say Trump’s name.

[mcpackieh → dporter]

It's such an odd thing. I don't think I've ever heard people refusing to say Stalin or Hitler's names. Andrew Jackson isn't alluded to with euphemisms, despite being a piece of shit who perpetrated genocide among other crimes. Nixon doesn't get this for his crimes and shitty policies, nor Truman for the a-bombs or FDR for mass internment of American citizens.

It seems like an idea people got from Harry Potter refusing to say Voldemort.

[krapp → mcpackieh]

When you've seen enough threads derail, go unhinged and burst into flames at the mere mention of his name, it makes sense.

[ajkjk → krapp]

Seems like "TFG" made it kinda derail here instead.

[krapp → ajkjk]

You're damned if you do here, and damned if you don't.

[ajkjk → krapp]

No, I think here "Trump" is normal, since that's his name, and "TFG" is pretty weird and distracting.

[mcpackieh → krapp]

If the conversation is about Trump I don't think there's any hiding that, nor any avoiding of flame wars.

Honestly I think it's a reddit meme from Harry Potter fans.

[code_duck → mcpackieh]

More of a Twitter thing from my observations, and nobody is thinking about Harry Potter at all.