Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority

[Fritz Wuehler]

"Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority...
It thus exemplifies the purpose behind the Bill of Rights,
and of the First Amendment in particular: to protect
unpopular individuals from retaliation - and their ideas
from suppression - at the hand of an intolerant society."
— Justice Stevens, McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission, 1996

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/514/334/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McIntyre_v._Ohio_Elections_Commission

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Post by Fritz Wuehler
"Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority...
It thus exemplifies the purpose behind the Bill of Rights,
and of the First Amendment in particular: to protect
unpopular individuals from retaliation - and their ideas
from suppression - at the hand of an intolerant society."
-- Justice Stevens, McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission, 1996
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/514/334/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McIntyre_v._Ohio_Elections_Commission

can't fight city hall . . . but at least, the common use of
anonymous remailers for the purpose of posting articles and
replies to usenet newsgroups is, at this writing, opportune
for those so inclined; but no one is invincible, especially
not against the empire: to wit they make aliens of the dead
and truth out of lies, peace of war, evil of good, etcetera