The politicians and bureaucrats that clamp down on anonymity sometimes claim that the lack of anonymity has no negative effect on freedom of expression. This is an outright lie; without anonymity, there is no freedom of expression for all.
Freedom of expression is one of the fundamental principles of what we consider modern society. Grandstand on street corner with people who speak their minds - although usually empty public - are more eccentric isolated; they symbolize the essence of a free battle of ideas, where the best finally make the policy
This is a very idealistic way of looking a democratic nation, but it is still an ideal to strive .: the concept that everyone can indicate an opinion and if that opinion is expressed interesting and entertaining, can get an audience and a following. "Everyone" here is really supposed to be just that -. A European commissioner, a Fortune-500 CEO or a spinster of 14 similar Pakistani
However, this is idealized theory far from reality [
In the real world, most strings are pulled by special interests. People who have the most to lose because progress is surprisingly and against-intuitively, those who are granted - and can afford - the greatest protection for new ideas that take hand. This takes many forms, but the effect of all this is that those who assert opinions, facts or discoveries that threaten vested interests are sometimes made to suffer for it, same - and this is important - same if these ideas or opinions are completely in the right, and if humanity as a whole would benefit from them.
the world is run by special interests. Most of the time, at least.
This is why anonymity is a key principle of freedom of expression. You'll find no shortage of those special interests that claim to support freedom of expression, but in the same breath added that everyone should be held "responsible for their opinions." This does not mean freedom expression; this is otherwise freedom of expression
"freedom of expression" is really shorthand for "freedom from repercussions for speaking his mind. . "
If people are made to suffer because their opinions can reverse entrenched interests, then those opinions will be retained. But entrenched interests are not supposed to be running in the world; a free and open battle of ideas and the evidence is evaluated publicly
This is why anonymity is therefore of vital importance: it between opinions,. statements, ideas and someone studies that can be made to suffer for publication. People and interests who hate progress would make progress suffer, and have the monetary means to do so - but without the critical ability to link progress to a person with the capacity to suffer, no money is able retain good ideas.
Consider that a constitutionally protected freedom of speech has never been necessary to express ideas popular in the general public. It is the power of ideas threatening, offensive ideas, even dangerous ideas that require - and deserve - such protection. Nobody ever need to appeal to the authority of the Constitution to argue that fluffy kittens are cute.
To illustrate how debased the concept of "freedom of expression" can be obtained by those who seek to express the contrary, we will illustrate with a quotation from a more infamous head of state:
"You have freedom of speech, but I can not guarantee freedom after speech." - Idi Amin
freedom of expression is, and has always been linked to the ability to express yourself without being identified. Without anonymity there is no freedom of expression.
Meanwhile, your anonymity remains your own responsibility.
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