[Oliver_W]

I wonder if every article, tweet, or forum post will include the words "real name David Paulden" ?

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

I wonder if every article, tweet, or forum post will include the words "real name David Paulden" ?

They do it with Tommy Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon. I'm waiting for someone to introduce Elton John and say 'real name, Reg Dwight'.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

I wonder if every article, tweet, or forum post will include the words "real name David Paulden" ?

…do you not see the difference though in for instance the name of Tommy Robinson being an assumed name/a nom de guerre …?…from my understanding, it’s not a changed name legally and not the only name that has been used at different times so when referring to that person, it’s all correctly worded…as it would be on any official documentation etc, I presume…whereas Zack Polanski’s father changed the family name to try to avoid any anti semitic feelings that their family may have experienced at the time/hence the birth of David Paulden…but he legally changed it back to his family name in displaying his pride in his Jewish heritage…there is reasoning behind and a difference in a legal name change and the ‘adoption’ of an assumed name…