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Okay, so the good you see that came out of it is that they're being held "publicly accountable". Got it. The court of public opinion is now able to try them. Sorry, that isn't something I subscribe to. And I already said people need to own their words. I said it in a post to Zinthaniel. You're repeating what I said.
If you said that people should "own their words" and remain anonymous, then you're contradicting yourself. How can they "own their words" if no one knows who they are? You're just asserting they have the right to free speech and also should, if their speech offends, to be able to avoid public accountability for their words. I disagree with that 100%.
And the court of public opinion 'trying them' is one way we are, in the real world, held accountable for what we say and write. Whether you subscribe to that or not is irrelevant - it's what happens.
Do you believe the people who spew hatred on this board should lose their anonymity, by the way?
I guess more than anything I think they should be banned forever, and the mods do a pretty good job of keeping that stuff off the board.
I'd never out anyone, but if someone comes here and does spew hatred, or death threats, etc. their expectation of privacy should be zero, and if someone does that and later runs for office (as an example) and is outed for that speech, I will shed no tears. I'm pretty cognizant of the fact that what I write here is just someone caring enough for all of it to be publicly available. And if I run for office and my posts are made public, that's my bed that I made.
In the meantime, this thin skin of anonymity we enjoy here fosters open debate which is a good thing. But I am glad that we are moderated and the haters are booted.