[tiedmann]

As a fellow swede I just don't agree with anything you have to say. Outing politicians who are ranting online is fair game as far as I'm concerned. The Sweden Democrats attract racists and their roots are racist, there's just no way to deny that - they mostly follow the same neo-fascist agenda of similar parties throughout Europe.

[thecopy]

>Outing politicians who are ranting online is fair game as far as I'm concerned.

I don't see how that has anything to do with that Expressen did to ordinary non-political citizens.

>Expressen har kartlagt chefer, företagare och en docent som hatar anonymt på Avpixlat.

> - Det som ni håller på med är helt avskyvärt. Ni försöker bara hindra folk från att rösta på Sverigedemokraterna, säger Jim Olsson, 67, docent i fysikalisk kemi.

Translation:

>Expressen has researched and tracked managers, entrepreneurs and a docent who hates online at Avpixlat [immigrant focused news site, according to big media a hate-site, my annotation]

>- What you are doing is despicable. You are trying to stop people from voting on the Sweden Democrats, says Jim Olsson, 67, docent in physical chemistry.

Disclaimer: I dont vote nor sympathize with the Sweden Democrats, i just find this gestapo/social-shaming behavior despicable by one of Swedens largest news-papers.

[staticelf]

So you believe that people should be allowed to express their opinions being anonymous? If yes, why should that not be the case for politicians?

[thecopy]

There is a public interest issue when politicians says one thing to the voters and another behind closed doors.

[staticelf]

But that is the exact same thing as saying people should not be allowed to speak up anonymously. Either you are anonymous or you are not.

[thecopy]

I'm not arguing against anonymity, i am arguing that there is a ethical difference between releasing information about that there's a difference between what a politician says publicly and what the politician really thinks, and the same situation with a private citizen.

A politician wants to change the laws and circumstances for our lives, and he/she gets a mandate to do that by convincing the voters that they have aligned interests.

[staticelf]

Alright I understand and I agree.

In this case though it was mostly normal citizens who weren't politicians and they used illegal methods in order to gain personal information about them.

[thecopy]

Agreed, and that is despicable.