anonymous blogging, trolls, misogyny and ethics

[rm]

http://ethicist.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/is-it-ok-to-blog-about-this-woman-anonymously/

Chat amongst yourselves. I'm off to save the world (er, so not really, but let's pretend, okay?)

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[gina-r-snape.livejournal.com]

Sadly, public commentary on essays or articles published on websites (or even Youtube videos) encourages the worst kind of trollish behavior. I tend to stay away from the fray.

Should I be ashamed to admit I perked up while reading that when the author said that Katha Pollitt was his ex-wife?