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You are here: Home / Politics / Join the Fight! / BJ Hive Mind: What’s in a Name? Let the Nominations Begin!

BJ Hive Mind: What’s in a Name? Let the Nominations Begin!

by WaterGirl|  April 16, 20227:56 pm| 109 Comments

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So… the folks in the Join the Fight Social Media Initiative need your help.

We need to come up with a name for our group and a hashtag (or hashtags) for us to use in our social media posting.

They can be fun, serious, quirky, don’t hold back because you think it needs to be a certain kind of thing.

Let the nominations begin!

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  1. 1.

    Martin

    April 16, 2022 at 8:04 pm

    #ImDoingMyPart

    Wait, no, that’s a bad idea. Scratch that one.

  2. 2.

    Another Scott

    April 16, 2022 at 8:05 pm

    #JoFiSoMe?

    Jumpin’ JoFiSoMe!

    Dunno. People who come up with this stuff earn every penny.

    Thanks for all the work you folks are doing.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  3. 3.

    sab

    April 16, 2022 at 8:15 pm

    @Another Scott: Second that. Sorry  John and watergirl. Your creativity is what made this place even exist. Many of us don’t have that spark. I’ll keep pondering and weigh on if a spark ignites.

  4. 4.

    VeniceRiley

    April 16, 2022 at 8:17 pm

    #Jackals4Truth

    #FactsBitches

    #YoMommaIsFascist

    #DeceptionTruthAche

    #SickOfYourTricksGang

    #TooLegitToCrit

    #StopTheCrap

    #SANITYSQUAD

  5. 5.

    Almost Retired

    April 16, 2022 at 8:19 pm

    JackalsUnshackled?   ReleaseTheJackals…  JusticeJackals

    It doesn’t have to include the word “jackals,” but that’s where I’m starting.

    I don’t know…I’m not good at this at all, and don’t entirely understand the strategy behind hashtag selection.

  6. 6.

    Baud

    April 16, 2022 at 8:20 pm

    #WakeUpSheeple

  7. 7.

    piratedan

    April 16, 2022 at 8:23 pm

    I would humbly suggest some options:

    #cut-the-crap

    #realitycheck

    #democracyisnotadirtyword

    #questiontheautocracy

    #thesefolkssarenotright

  8. 8.

    WaterGirl

    April 16, 2022 at 8:24 pm

    @Martin: At first I didn’t know why that was a bad idea.  Then I laughed out loud.

  9. 9.

    WaterGirl

    April 16, 2022 at 8:26 pm

    @Almost Retired: Not just hashtags!  we need a name for our group that will be different than the hashtags.

  10. 10.

    WaterGirl

    April 16, 2022 at 8:27 pm

    Some of these are really great!

    Keep ’em coming, please.  And don’t forget that we need a name for our group, like @whatever for twitter, etc.

  11. 11.

    Geminid

    April 16, 2022 at 8:27 pm

    #Gondola

  12. 12.

    Baud

    April 16, 2022 at 8:27 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Arsenal of Democracy

  13. 13.

    WaterGirl

    April 16, 2022 at 8:27 pm

    @Almost Retired: How’s your “not a vacation”?

  14. 14.

    WaterGirl

    April 16, 2022 at 8:30 pm

    @Baud: I know you’re not part of the group yet :-) but we are thinking of asking you to provide us a list of pithy, clever stuff one liners we can use every week as we promote content in our 6 focus areas. :-)

  15. 15.

    piratedan

    April 16, 2022 at 8:31 pm

    I just kind of assumed that we would be “the jackaltariat”

  16. 16.

    Formerly disgruntled in Oregon

    April 16, 2022 at 8:33 pm

    Citizens United! Oh, wait…

  17. 17.

    Baud

    April 16, 2022 at 8:33 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    I‘ll be going away for about a month soon.  

  18. 18.

    Starfish

    April 16, 2022 at 8:34 pm

    #TunchHasAPosse

  19. 19.

    Starfish

    April 16, 2022 at 8:34 pm

    @Baud: Take us with you?

  20. 20.

    lollipopguild

    April 16, 2022 at 8:35 pm

    Jackals United can never be defeated.

  21. 21.

    WaterGirl

    April 16, 2022 at 8:36 pm

    @Baud: For work or for play?

  22. 22.

    WaterGirl

    April 16, 2022 at 8:36 pm

    @lollipopguild: Dammit, you beat me to it!

  23. 23.

    Formerly disgruntled in Oregon

    April 16, 2022 at 8:37 pm

    America Is For All Of Us

    Balloon Juice Rising

    Protect Our Communities From Hatred

  24. 24.

    WaterGirl

    April 16, 2022 at 8:37 pm

    @Formerly disgruntled in Oregon: Citizens United, No Not That One

  25. 25.

    Baud

    April 16, 2022 at 8:37 pm

    @piratedan:

    The obvious probably makes the most sense.

  26. 26.

    WaterGirl

    April 16, 2022 at 8:38 pm

    @Formerly disgruntled in Oregon:

    Protect Our Communities From Hatred

    I first read that as Protect Our Communities From Harvard.

    My first thought was that was fair because so many Republicans have given it a bad name.

  27. 27.

    eachother

    April 16, 2022 at 8:38 pm

    Blue Fire

  28. 28.

    Baud

    April 16, 2022 at 8:39 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Both.

  29. 29.

    JCJ

    April 16, 2022 at 8:39 pm

    TheBaudBrigade

     

    TeamTunch

  30. 30.

    WaterGirl

    April 16, 2022 at 8:40 pm

    @Baud:

    Protect Our Communities From Hatred

    So you’re thinking of something with BJ in the name, then? :-)

  31. 31.

    WaterGirl

    April 16, 2022 at 8:40 pm

    @Formerly disgruntled in Oregon:

    The Real Citizens United?

  32. 32.

    WaterGirl

    April 16, 2022 at 8:41 pm

    @Baud: I’m sure you won’t tell us all about it.

    Gone for a whole month?  Can you at least leave me with 10 pithy Baud-comments that I can roll out every few days so we don’t go into withdrawal?

  33. 33.

    Baud

    April 16, 2022 at 8:42 pm

    @JCJ:

    TheBaudBrigade

     

    We don’t want to be too popular.

  34. 34.

    Baud

    April 16, 2022 at 8:42 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    I could tell you, but then…you know.

  35. 35.

    OzarkHillbilly

    April 16, 2022 at 8:43 pm

    @lollipopguild: I was thinking more along the lines of “Jackals eat everything” or “Jackals aren’t very picky”.

  36. 36.

    Baud

    April 16, 2022 at 8:43 pm

    Given the BJ demo, you could go with Old Glories.

  37. 37.

    Baud

    April 16, 2022 at 8:44 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    I’ll try if I have time.

  38. 38.

    citizen dave

    April 16, 2022 at 8:46 pm

    BetterTheFuture

    BaloonJuice BettersTheFuture

    BaloonJuiceLiftingAmericanDemocracy

    BaloonJuiceExcelsior

    ParticipateInDemocracyCitizens!

  39. 39.

    WaterGirl

    April 16, 2022 at 8:48 pm

    @Baud: That would be very fun.  I promise to dole them out responsibly, and you know I would never hoard them all for myself.

  40. 40.

    Another Scott

    April 16, 2022 at 8:48 pm

    Please don’t hire any of the people who come up with trademarked names for medications.

    Xopetraflemulax™ – Pronounced “Humira”

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  41. 41.

    WaterGirl

    April 16, 2022 at 8:51 pm

    @Another Scott: If we did that, all our tweets would have to have all the potential side effects appended, and we wouldn’t have any characters for what we wanted to say.

  42. 42.

    FelonyGovt

    April 16, 2022 at 8:51 pm

    The Justice Jackals

    Helps Remove Shitstains

  43. 43.

    schrodingers_cat

    April 16, 2022 at 8:53 pm

    Water  Balloons

  44. 44.

    Baud

    April 16, 2022 at 8:53 pm

    @schrodingers_cat:

    Or Green Balloons.

  45. 45.

    NotMax

    April 16, 2022 at 8:55 pm

    AmeriVoice

    #WePluribus

  46. 46.

    OzarkHillbilly

    April 16, 2022 at 8:56 pm

    @schrodingers_cat: @Baud: I prefer “Pee Balloons” or “Urine Balloons”. (think, The Wire)

    ETA: YELLOW BALLOONS! “Don’t you drink from the yellow balloons.“

  47. 47.

    lollipopguild

    April 16, 2022 at 8:58 pm

    @Baud: Then came Baud.

  48. 48.

    schrodingers_cat

    April 16, 2022 at 8:58 pm

    @Baud: Green Water Balloons

  49. 49.

    SpaceUnit

    April 16, 2022 at 8:59 pm

     

    Blue Vengeance

    #DiePigfuckersDie

  50. 50.

    Suzanne

    April 16, 2022 at 8:59 pm

    #twowetsuits

    #wheresthemustard

  51. 51.

    Alison Rose ???

    April 16, 2022 at 9:00 pm

    I believe I emailed these through the form, but to repeat:

    I can’t come up with anything catchy for the group name, but a couple hashtag ideas were #DemocracyOrBust and #PaintItBlue

    (Always a good idea to capitalize words in a hashtag so they are more legible and I believe it’s also more helpful for people who use screen readers)

  52. 52.

    Baud

    April 16, 2022 at 9:00 pm

    @schrodingers_cat:

    Are the balloons green or is the water green?

  53. 53.

    Baud

    April 16, 2022 at 9:01 pm

    BJ Blue.

  54. 54.

    Dagaetch

    April 16, 2022 at 9:03 pm

    #TheGoodHotAir

    #RevengeOfTunch

    #DontMessWithTheJackals

    #BJ_For_Justice

    #AlmostTop10k

    #GiveSanityAChance

  55. 55.

    Alison Rose ???

    April 16, 2022 at 9:03 pm

    @Baud: I have hesitation around using BJ since a lot of people will not be familiar with the blog name and, you know…will have a different definition for that abbreviation in mind…

  56. 56.

    Baud

    April 16, 2022 at 9:04 pm

    @Alison Rose ???:

    That’s how you get people in the door though.

  57. 57.

    NotMax

    April 16, 2022 at 9:04 pm

    @Baud

    Too close to BJ After Dark. :)

    Howzabout #BlueVictory?

  58. 58.

    Baud

    April 16, 2022 at 9:06 pm

    If the name of your group is Anti Fox, you could shorten it to Antifo.

  59. 59.

    Baud

    April 16, 2022 at 9:07 pm

    @NotMax:

    #Blue4U

  60. 60.

    Alison Rose ???

    April 16, 2022 at 9:08 pm

    @Baud: #Blue4All?

    I mean, fuck a lot of ’em. But you know.

  61. 61.

    Suzanne

    April 16, 2022 at 9:13 pm

    @Baud: #antifa+groomers4baud

  62. 62.

    WaterGirl

    April 16, 2022 at 9:15 pm

    @Baud: wow.  that’s an image.

  63. 63.

    Baud

    April 16, 2022 at 9:17 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Since there’s an Act Blue you could go with something simple like Talk Blue.

  64. 64.

    Painedumonde

    April 16, 2022 at 9:17 pm

    #againwiththis

  65. 65.

    Baud

    April 16, 2022 at 9:18 pm

    @Suzanne:

    #IKnowYouAreButWhatAmI

  66. 66.

    Elizabelle

    April 16, 2022 at 9:18 pm

    JackalsAssemble

  67. 67.

    Baud

    April 16, 2022 at 9:21 pm

    @Elizabelle:

    Voltron!

  68. 68.

    Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)

    April 16, 2022 at 9:22 pm

    @NotMax: I like #wePluribus for the hashtag a lot.

    I was thinking of “The Mustard Project” or ” The Lily and Steve Coop” for the name

  69. 69.

    Suzanne

    April 16, 2022 at 9:23 pm

    @Baud: Sorry, I just love trolling social conservatives. They might be my least-favorite kind of conservative. Then maybe the “economically conservative but socially liberal” type. Almost as insufferable.

  70. 70.

    Baud

    April 16, 2022 at 9:24 pm

    @Suzanne:

    That hashtag would work perfectly then.  It anticipates their accusations.

  71. 71.

    debbie

    April 16, 2022 at 9:25 pm

    @Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!):

    I like your hashtag, but maybe something with “Pluribus” in it for the name?

  72. 72.

    scav

    April 16, 2022 at 9:25 pm

    GetAGrip.

  73. 73.

    Kay

    April 16, 2022 at 9:26 pm

    The Union Army Balloon Corps was a branch of the Union Army . It was organized as a civilian operation.

  74. 74.

    MomSense

    April 16, 2022 at 9:26 pm

    @NotMax:

    I love WePluribus

    #jackalpack

    #truthwins

  75. 75.

    Baud

    April 16, 2022 at 9:27 pm

    @Kay:

    We may have a winner.  Balloon Corps!

  76. 76.

    David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch

    April 16, 2022 at 9:28 pm

     Ƭ̵̬̊

  77. 77.

    japa21

    April 16, 2022 at 9:30 pm

    @Baud: Sounds and looks good to me.

  78. 78.

    Baud

    April 16, 2022 at 9:30 pm

    @David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch:

    The artist formerly known as Prince?

  79. 79.

    Suzanne

    April 16, 2022 at 9:30 pm

    @Baud: Could also go with #burningcitiesTOTHEGROUND

  80. 80.

    Starfish

    April 16, 2022 at 9:31 pm

    @Baud: The hashtag can’t be #SinemaToast, and this makes me sad.

  81. 81.

    MomSense

    April 16, 2022 at 9:32 pm

    @Kay:

    I like that.
    #BalloonCorps

  82. 82.

    Kay

    April 16, 2022 at 9:36 pm

    @MomSense:

    “The Federals had been using balloons to examine our positions, and we watched with anxious eyes their beautiful observations as they floated out of range of our guns.”

  83. 83.

    japa21

    April 16, 2022 at 9:39 pm

    @Kay: Since we are either in a second Civil War or a resurgence of a smoldering original one, it is appropriate.

  84. 84.

    Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)

    April 16, 2022 at 9:40 pm

    @MomSense:  @Kay: Maybe Kay’s “Union Army Balloon Corps” for the formal name combined with #BalloonCorps

  85. 85.

    West of the Rockies

    April 16, 2022 at 9:41 pm

    BJ’s for Truth!

    Oh.  Wait…

  86. 86.

    MomSense

    April 16, 2022 at 9:49 pm

    @Kay:

    Love it

  87. 87.

    Formerly disgruntled in Oregon

    April 16, 2022 at 9:55 pm

    @Baud: I’m going to miss my regular hits of Baudian wit.

  88. 88.

    MomSense

    April 16, 2022 at 9:56 pm

    @Kay:

    I also like #keeptopeyeopen which was the abolitionists’ warning.

  89. 89.

    Formerly disgruntled in Oregon

    April 16, 2022 at 9:59 pm

    @Kay: Balloon Corps

    Nice! ?

  90. 90.

    lashonharangue

    April 16, 2022 at 9:59 pm

    Content Imoderators

    Willow Planters

  91. 91.

    MomSense

    April 16, 2022 at 10:00 pm

    @VeniceRiley:

    I kinda love factsbitches

  92. 92.

    Omnes Omnibus

    April 16, 2022 at 10:01 pm

    Arthur.

  93. 93.

    espierce

    April 16, 2022 at 10:02 pm

    JackalsRising

  94. 94.

    WaterGirl

    April 16, 2022 at 10:09 pm

    So many of these are great, keep ’em coming!

  95. 95.

    lashonharangue

    April 16, 2022 at 10:24 pm

    #hereisthelie

    #theycamefortheballon

    #factsnotfaux

    #straightoutafaux

  96. 96.

    topclimber

    April 16, 2022 at 10:29 pm

    @Almost Retired: Just Jackals has more than one meaning.

  97. 97.

    Ramalama

    April 16, 2022 at 10:40 pm

    I was thinking that jackals should be in the name like #jackalsUp or #jackalUp like man up, but I’m cool with #ballooncorps.If people want to get really salty tack on “bitches”, so #balloonCorpsBitches.

  98. 98.

    Ramalama

    April 16, 2022 at 10:42 pm

    @espierce: I like that too

  99. 99.

    Bex

    April 16, 2022 at 10:45 pm

    The efgoldman Brigade.  And we all know what the hashtag would be.

  100. 100.

    frosty

    April 16, 2022 at 10:52 pm

    Some of these are good but when I saw Balloon Corps that was a winner for me. It refers to the blog and it doesn’t confuse others that don’t know we’re really a pack of vitriolic vicious jackals. (And proud of it!!)

    (Please note I didn’t use “references” as a verb!

  101. 101.

    BigJimSlade

    April 16, 2022 at 11:48 pm

    Integrity Matters

    No Second Class Citizens
    (or replace “Citizens” with “People”)

  102. 102.

    BigJimSlade

    April 17, 2022 at 1:19 am

    @Bex: ? ? #fuckem

  103. 103.

    NotMax

    April 17, 2022 at 2:54 am

    @frosty

    The problem with anything with Balloon in the name is it being subject to fostering the impression among the uninitiated (and having it stick) it equates to “full of hot air.”

  104. 104.

    Ramalama

    April 17, 2022 at 7:35 am

    @MomSense: I like #keeptopeyeopen too.

    I think the use of balloon or jackal might be slightly problematic because both words are easily misspelled. A relative of mine uses “balloon” in her email addresses and mentioned to me that people frequently get it wrong. Just thinking about that now.

  105. 105.

    Miss Bianca

    April 17, 2022 at 10:28 am

    What is this, Social Media Fight Club?//

  106. 106.

    WaterGirl

    April 17, 2022 at 10:33 am

    Democracy Requires Participation

  107. 107.

    Crimson Pimpernel

    April 17, 2022 at 8:23 pm

    It’s a shame how many names that evoke patriotism, honor, and truth are already taken, and not always by the good guys.  I like the idea of Balloon Corps, but have some concern about the point that has been raised that the image is associated with inflation and hot air.  That said, there is no choice that cannot be demonized by determined Republicans.

    The hashtag idea I like best for brevity and encapsulating the object of the effort is #KeepIt, as in “a Republic if you can…”

  108. 108.

    Denali

    April 17, 2022 at 8:39 pm

    I also like Ballooncorps. If they can’t spell…as E.F. Goldman would say  . . .

  109. 109.

    WaterGirl

    April 18, 2022 at 8:18 am

    #TheBirdIsDispleased

    and use this image along with it

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