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>>When you use your real identity you behave in a way that you will stand behind.

5 minutes spent on any Facebook comments thread proves this to be completely false - people are vile, disgusting, racist even when their real names are attached to what they are saying.

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That's because they stand behind that behaviour. They will face no real consequences for it, because that's the norm for them.

Because it's the norm for their community, which you would also be expected to follow if the necessities of life put you inside it.

Yeah and that makes the entire concept meaningless. All it does is make it easier to bully people.

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