The claim I was responding to is, "In a democracy, there is no reason to hide behind anonymity while fighting for a just cause." What I'm saying is that there

The claim I was responding to is, "In a democracy, there is no reason to hide behind anonymity while fighting for a just cause." What I'm saying is that there absolutely are reasons. This is also not a binary proposition. In a group of activists you can have some people working anonymously and some people working out in the open.