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To: lexington minuteman 1775
Just so you know, "Tyler Durden" probably should be placed in quotation marks as "he" is a character in the 1999 movie, Fight Club.
6 posted on 11/27/2015 7:25:58 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

I’m not sure what the rule should be in this case.
“Tyler Durden” is a pseudonym used by all posters at Zero Hedge. Pseudonyms, moms de plume, and moms de guerre aren’t usually quoted, in cases where the true identity is generally unknown. One writes of General Leclerc (nom de guerre of de Hauteclocque) of the Free French forces, not General “Leclerc”. Or in an extreme case, Mark Twain, not “ Mark Twain”, in spite of everyone knowing he was Sam Clemens.
It is rather confusing.


10 posted on 11/27/2015 7:41:43 AM PST by buwaya
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To: 1rudeboy
Just so you know, "Tyler Durden" probably should be placed in quotation marks as "he" is a character in the 1999 movie, Fight Club.

At that website, "he" is the pen name for a cadre of 20 or so different people who post articles on economic and political issues.

There is no single person who is "Tyler Durdan". "He" is a collection of people.

16 posted on 11/27/2015 8:22:50 AM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: 1rudeboy; lexington minuteman 1775; buwaya; DiogenesLamp
My point is that a good number of FReepers don’t know Tyler Durden is a fake name.

Not just FReepers. A while back I caught Mark Levin on the radio railing against "this bozo, Tyler Durden at Zerohedge". Mark, clearly didn't know anything about "Tyler" or the website. It wasn't but a few months later that Mark was actually praising the "good work" being done at Zerohedge.

Apparently someone cleared things up for him.

22 posted on 11/27/2015 8:46:22 AM PST by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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