National Review’s Ed Whelan caused the entirety of the political blogosphere to go apocalyptic over the weekend when he “outed” the previously anonymous Liberal blogger “Publius”, who blogs at Obsidian Wings.
“Publius” is really John Blevins, a junior law professor at South Texas College of Law in Houston.
Myself? If you won’t put your real name to something you’re putting out to the entire world, then you probably shouldn’t be casting it out there in the first place. I understand all of the reasons why those who support it do so…that’s fine. I get where they’re coming from.
I just disagree, that’s all. And I’m not upset when “anonymous” posters on the very public internet are “outed.”
But until the Left stops “outing” closeted gay Republicans for sport, I can’t begin to feel any sympathy over their faux outrage at an anonymous lefty blogger getting “outed”.
Instapundit is right: “…if you appoint yourself someone’s anonymous blogging nemesis, you can probably expect to be outed.”
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UPDATE:
John at PowerLine expresses much better than I how I view this whole issue of anonymous bloggers:
Anonymity is the curse of the internet, and the principal reason for the dismally low level of discourse that generally prevails online. Which is why we have absolutely banned anonymous comments from our experimental comment system. In my opinion, the idea that a goofball like Blevins has some sort of “right” to smear Whelan anonymously, without taking responsibility for his assaults, is ridiculous. Be a man, for God’s sake. Or, for that matter, a woman–you don’t see Michelle Malkin, say, scurrying out from under a rock to issue anonymous attacks. If you can’t muster the gumption to say who the hell you are and stand behind your words, my view is: get lost. You have nothing to contribute
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