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Jan 25, 2025 at 5:14pm
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Re: OT. Political Posts The Dos and Donts
This is more something for "Writing.Com General Discussion" Open in new Window., my friend. *Laugh*

The question is - are you writing a Non-Fiction piece, or a Fiction piece? Unless you're protecting an identity, using a real name is best in Non-Fiction, whereas in Fiction, you use a stand-in name, unless you're using the actual person (or version of them) as a character.

I mean, let's look at the Pinkertons for instance - a real world detective/investigation agency since before the Civil War, used in fictional Western media since then, they complained about their portrayal in Red Dead Redemption 2 - where they were Antagonists to the outlaw Protagonists (and they were not depicted as nice guys). They dropped the complaint when Rockstar called them out for just wanting a piece of the game's pie.

So, in general, it depends.

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