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I like a lot of what Peterson has to say, but he's totally wrong on the whole "anonymity will make people nice" thing. It's wrong, it's stupid, and it's dangerous. The fact that he's had his academic career totally destroyed should be a clue-in as to why some people might not want to attach their real identities to true opinions.

Such ideas might work if everyone was a good faith actor, but many people aren't. I like the example of walking around the mall of America with your personal information on a giant sign above your head. Most people wouldn't do that because of course some of the other people walking around might do something bad with the information.

Hell, those stickers on minivans with the number of kids and the names are discouraged. Why? Because someone nefarious might misuse that information. There's a lot less people around your minivan than a twitter account.