In the politics of #Ireland & the #UK, the political term #KiteFlying goes back at least to 1885, when #Gladstone's son Herbert flew the "#HawardenKite", i.e. the possibility of Liberal Party support for #IrishHomeRule. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawarden_Kite https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kite_flying
Now we have a new, crude term for those who disown their kite: #SchrodingersAsshole, the person who angrily denounces their own idea when it generates hostility. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Schrodingers+asshole
h/t @passenger










