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The problem here is the effect, not the cause. The cause is abuse by some other group of this controversial minority. If we prosecuted to the fullest extent any
by Communitivity 4y ago
The problem here is the effect, not the cause. The cause is abuse by some other group of this controversial minority. If we prosecuted to the fullest extent anyone bullying or discriminating based on such things, then anyone who wished to speak could do so without anonymity.
I don't believe we will ever solve the hate speech problem without doing away with anonymity, or at the very least have anonymous speech have much less protections and reach.
For example, Twitter might only allow retweets of tweets tweeted by people with verified accounts and their primary identities in the profile.
There are people for whom a non-birthname is their primary identity, through role, gender change, etc. So I'm not talking birthname, I'm talking the name you identify yourself to the world with.I