Reply #60: Whenever people write, they are constructing a persona.

[Jed Dilligan]

The interaction here is among personae, not people.

Some people create a persona that speaks honestly to their character. Some exaggerate. Some lie. With anonymity this will always be the case. You should not take it seriously, but instead use the experience to work on constructing a persona that works for whatever purpose you are pursuing here.

Sometimes it is useful to have a place where we can say what we think without consequences. I could not say what I think about police, judges, lawyers, corporations, politicians, and other government officials in public without inspiring their wrath and inviting severe repercussions. Do you think it is wrong for there to be a forum where I can speak without suffering those consequences? A time will come to do it in public. I see this place as practice for that day, and I feel that interacting on DU has made me more effective in speaking on political issues in real life. Without the safety zone of anonymity I never would have gotten that practice.