Oddbean new post about login | logout Actually, anonymity not only protects us from the Almighty State, but also from being ostracised by our peers. It'd be suicidal to go into an unfair fight without adequate armour.
I fought that fight on Twitter (and that was a bit rough as they tagged my job) and I see the same straw-man, out-of-context, personal insults going on here, even with my tepid (I’d *encourage but not require* people to post under their real name) take. But sticks and stones. They won’t shut me up.