Its not anonymity that fuels the problem, its proximity. When someone has to drive 1,000 miles to try to beat someone up for using fighting words, people are f

Its not anonymity that fuels the problem, its proximity. When someone has to drive 1,000 miles to try to beat someone up for using fighting words, people are far more brazen in their rhetoric. This is why, as I've posted before here on HN, I always use my real name in my communications. Because I expect to be held accountable for what I say, and how I say it, and I'm willing to accept the consequences.