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In reply to the discussion: How did you come by your username? [View all]chknltl
(10,558 posts)Before joining the BigDU, I had discovered the nightmare that we know as depleted uranium and its use as a WMD by our military. I told anyone anywhere and everywhere about depleted uranium and why they needed to write/call their Senators and Congressmen to investigate this horror. I told anyone who would listen that they needed to keep our kids out of the military until after we stopped using this WMD.. I always backed up my rants with written notes containing online links so folks could look themselves.
In a very real sense I was a Chicken Little. Then I discovered the Democratic Underground. My first OP was about the depleted uranium issue. I was amazed to find that there were a few here who already knew about and shared my horror about depleted uranium and its affects both on our victims as well as on our troops.
So the name Chicken Little fit for me. I deleted the vowels from the name for vanity reasons thinking it would make the name more noticeable, not realizing that we are each noticed by our words, our thoughts and our deeds around here moreso than by any creativity that we put into choosing our names.
Btw: The fact that my last name is Chick was only a minor factor when I choose my DU name. I would never change it so two names I have toyed with over the years are up for grabs: 'Smeghead' for fans of Red Dwarf and Fart Petals for those in anguish over the fact that someone else outside of DU is proudly using Turd Blossom as his nickname.