Well, as I said, it's a throwaway account, i.e., created for a single comment tree. I won't be using it again (because it's a throwaway account) but not becaus

Well, as I said, it's a throwaway account, i.e., created for a single comment tree. I won't be using it again (because it's a throwaway account) but not because I want to protect Peter Bannon. Also, I disagree that it's unethical. Obviously you can't infer who's talking simply from the name of a Hacker News account. For example, if my account name was ElonMusk123, it would be naive to assume I was Elon Musk.