No one is saying that people in government don’t have a right to an opinion.
The obvious implication here is that The Government (cue scary music) is trying tarnish Snowden’s good name, and, that it’s awesome that we (for some values of ‘we’) can track this down and hopefully identify this person who dared express the wrong opinion about him. And that’s bullshit.
Wiki and its neutral tone will get along just fine without this kind of thought policing. “Traitor” is obviously a charged word, and in this case, it’s legally questionable. But it’s exactly the kind of thing that Wiki editors would have silently corrected, as they do for thousands of pages every day, without needing anyone to broadcast the offender’s IP info.
And what do you think will happen if the person who put “traitor” in there is ever identified - will the attention have a positive effect on his/her life? And for what - for having the temerity to express an opinion that’s unpopular with a segment of anonymous technophiles?
I mean look, on this very thread, DueceDaily is posting phone numbers. Phone numbers! For someone who might have had the wrong opinion on Wiki, or who might work in the same office, or maybe not. Doesn’t matter, burn the witch! Anonymity for me, not for those who disagree. Awesome. Just fucking awesome.
