[isaacremuant]

> Anonymity is not a prerequisite to freedom of speech.

That's disingenous bullshit. From the likes of people who use their power imbalance to pretend their propaganda is truth and dissent is dangerous.

"Freedom of speech is ok but what you're doing is different" is the first step

> Broken lives of people harassed by anonymous trolls on social media are the dark side of anonymity.

You only need to pay attention to history to see what political totalitarianism means when there's no anonymity.

It's way worse than online trolls.

> Freedom must be accompanied by responsibility and accountability.

Said the dictator, who was accountable to no one. Those who hold the power shield themselves from accountability and want to use it as an excuse to prevent dissent.

[mkleczek]

Democracy for quite some time thrived in US (and for some shorter time in other western countries) even though there was no anonymity while free speech was guaranteed by the state. In other words: anonymity is not a solution for lack of free speech. I should be free to say whatever I want without being forced to hide behind a nickname.

Secondly: I think you are happy to not being the target of online violence. I have experience with teens on the brink of suicide caused by it.

[isaacremuant]

I have experience of people disappeared because of totalitarianism. Your teens on the brink of self harm are peanuts compared to state murder.

Try some other shitty propaganda.

[ycombigators]

Let me guess, it was Alex Jones.

Did he fall out of a window?

[isaacremuant]

Ah. This is it, folks. You're a liar and you project your lies. Incapable of realising how people have lived shit in history.

Go google "disappeared people in military dictatorships" and maybe, just maybe, you'll learn something about authoritians and how they dealt with "subversives".

Not everyone here lives in the US.

Your account is 17 hours old and you want to find the "enemy within". Aren't you the enemy within?

Demosntate you're not a foreign actor, according to your own rules, post your full name and address. Or maybe that's a stupid thing to do and anonymity is valuable?

[ycombigators]

Very ironic.

I actually am a foreign actor (effectively like your own president). I'm British.

Jones is a rabble rouser, as is most of the "right" in the US. You'd do well to learn how to spot them, and like your president, he's only interested with stuffing his pockets with money.

Enjoy your fascism - comes with a free side of disappearing people. I'm sure you'll be Pinchoeted in no time at all based on your narrative once it's all locked in.