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		droithomme on Oct 30, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No, I still don't want to work for Google > Had Martin Luther King, Jr been 'anonymous' and preached with a V mask... ... he would not have been assassinated at age 39 by someone who didn't like him speaking truth to power.

chii on Oct 30, 2012 [–]

this is exactly why anonymity is absolutely required on the internet. Its the last bastion where anyone could promote their ideas on the idea's merits and not on appeals to social norms such as authority or ethical/moral norms.

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