Rumor has it that some people use the names of historical figures as pseudonyms on the internet.
James Rivington is one such figure.
James appeared to be the most loyal supporter of Kind George during the American Revolution. He was actually a spy working for George Washington. (Hey! George versus George, never noticed that before.) The role he played as a loyalist generated a great deal of antipathy amongst the American patriots.
The reminds me of a movie we saw about a French woman cozying up a Nazi officer in Paris during WW2. She was in fact a member of the resistance, but she played her role as a friend to the Nazis so well that when Paris was finally liberated, the locals ganged up on her and killed her.
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