Friday, December 15, 2017

Strength and Courage Through Anonymity

Anonymity has been around since the creation of the internet. Through anonymity, people are able to express their thoughts, feelings, and point of view with courage and safety knowing that they are protected with their identity safely being unidentified. Though some people like Tillman, writer of the article, "Woman and Minorities as Targets" may think that , as he mentioned in his article, "allowing anonymity is just giving certain people mask to troll others." Anonymity doesn't just allow people to troll others, but it gives people strength and courage to express themselves. It allows those who are scared to speak their mind without the fear of trolls or other people to send hate mail to them. Strength and courage are traits that or nation needs in the world we live in today. Especially considering that the times are changing and we are going to need all the strength and courage we can muster up. Anonymity can provide these characteristics that we most desire. People that are anti anonymity may argue that anonymity would only invite impoliteness. However, intellectual conversations are sometimes sparked through impoliteness. It doesn't mean if you don't agree with the person you should censor them out. Everyone should respect other people's views even if its mean or if they disagree.
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  1. UnknownDecember 15, 2017 at 2:15 PM

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  2. UnknownDecember 15, 2017 at 2:16 PM

    Good afternoon Sean. I also believe that anonymity allows for people to speak their mind without worry of being humiliated or hurt. Often times people forget that although there are those who would take advantage of being anonymous, there are also people who use anonymity to ask for help or to try and expose corruption. The internet is a tool and as is true with all tools, not everyone will properly use a tool for its intended purpose. However, for those who choose to use that tool for what it was intended, they will truly benefit from it. Therefore, online anonymity should be kept.

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