What about people who are still growing up, i.e. children and teenagers? Are they supposed to have fully developed opinions and a rock solid robot-like conviction in their beliefs along with a total understanding of the recourse available to them when they are threatened for their beliefs? Or, would it maybe be healthy for their development to be able to experiment with points of view they aren’t necessarily fully certain of by testing them in safe environments such as anonymous online discussions?
Human beings learn about things they aren’t sure of through exploration. There is nothing wrong with uncertainty. Also:
There are still parts of the world where claiming too loudly that, say, it’s ok to be gay or that women can do anything men can do will get you murdered outright, and the killers will be lauded for doing their public duty. Anonymity is important. I appreciate that you like to see things in clear-cut logical terms, but logical and clear-cut just isn’t the nature of this reality.
