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Did you miss the bits of the submission where he describes being attacked by people under their real names?

(the title of Amanda Marcotte’s hit-piece
My photo was on the front page of Salon, {Arthur Chu}
not once but twice on ‘Dr. Nerdlove,’ {Harris O'Malley}

See also XBOXLive, where people feel free to be thoroughly toxic even though their online identities are tied to an offline identity.

Or Facebook, where racists are happily racist under their real names. http://www.salon.com/2014/12/10/whats_up_with_the_rag_head_w...

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