Not sure why I'm being downvoted for wishing for an environment where people wouldn't be able to send rape/death threats anonymously and responding to the comment (now deleted) that defended such threats as free speech.
Oh, I absolutely agree there are. Maybe I didn't express myself clearly enough: these types of harassment makes me willing to forgo the legitimate opportunities for anonymity, just to be able to be able to have an environment where such harassment is minimized and traceable when it does happen.
It might seem extreme, but when you've been on the receiving end of numerous vile messages a day, including rape/death threats, discovery of your home address and gems like "Women are the niggers of gender ... If you killed yourself, I wouldn’t even fuck the corpse" (as referenced in article), non-anonymity may seem appealing.
I've been on a similar end with different types of threats as a male and have friends that have had similar types of threats (male and female).
I agree with you completely that anonymity should not trump accountability. That does not mean that they have to be mutually exclusive goals, but I too am at the point where I believe people should be held accountable for their actions.
