[ulfw]

Same. I use my actual name and show my Linkedin on HN.

Unless you're a troll or a bot or are in any way shape or form paid to post your opinions, why wouldn't you stand behind them?

It's not like we talk to people on the street with a knight's armor on

[ok_dad]

Email me your address, I’ll head over and look through your things. If you have nothing to hide, you’ll agree.

(Thank goodness it doesn’t work that way.)

[dmitrygr]

Spoken like someone who has never lived in an oppressive regime. Must be nice.

On the other hand, being that inconsiderate isn’t very nice at all. Plenty of people live in places were saying the wrong thing and get your jailed or worse, like the UK: https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveforbes/2025/09/09/people-a...

[DeepSeaTortoise]

Or at least never been on the receiving end of an oppressive regieme. Look at e.g. Germany. Plenty of ex-SED members are happy the relive the past.

[q3k]

> People Are Being Thrown In U.K. Prisons Over What They’ve Said Online.

Hmm yeah, let's see.

> The recent arrest at London’s Heathrow airport of a noted Irish comedian, Graham Linehan, for the “crime” of three politically incorrect tweets vividly illustrates how far Britain has fallen.

Oh, Graham Linehan being brought up again. Curious, what did he say that landed him in trouble?

> If a trans-identified male is in a female-only space, he is committing a violent, abusive act. Make a scene, call the cops and if all else fails, punch him in the balls.

Ah yes, poor little Graham got arrested for only inciting a little extrajudicial violence. Poor guy, he was only being 'politically incorrect'! Truly free speech is under assault and you just get jailed for posting memes in the UK.

[ulfw]

I live in China

[bitwize]

"Solomon is hiding because he is a coward who enjoys belittling other people from behind a safe veil of invisibility. His is like many sites on the internet, who mock and insult while lacking any courage to own their own words. In public, these cowards would not dare to say the same things, because they know full well that someone just might come after them, knock their yapping blocks off, or in a worst case scenario, go to their house one night and kill them." —Jennifer Diane Reitz, author of Unicorn Jelly, on a pseudonymous critic of her comics

[arcfour]

The world really would be a better place if we had psychotic people committing homicides over real or perceived slights on the internet. Have you seen the verbal abuse, harassment, and stalking celebrities endure? It's wise to extend this to everyone so sometimes people don't say mean words?