Originally published anonymously: The Federalist papers The 95 theses Common Sense A Brief Inquiry Into the Natural Rights of Man Anonymity is powerful and important. Learn to read things based on merit, not appeal to authority.https://twitter.com/eshap/status/942096288040046592 …
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Replying to @AustenAllred
got anything from the internet age in your encyclopedia?
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Replying to @eshap
What point are you trying to make? That anonymity invalidates a point now but it didn’t invalidate Ben Franklin?
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Replying to @AustenAllred
If there'd been an enormous swarm of anonymous quill bearers, pushing out daily pronouncements, secretly funded by George III, Franklin's writings would have been labeled
#FakeNews. The current abject abuse of anonymity (SEE:@TEN_Gop) puts all truth in doubt... purposely.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
There literally was that, and it literally was labeled “fake news.” You think Franklin was the only person writing anonymously at the time?
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Replying to @AustenAllred @TEN_GOP
The ratio was just not comparable. If you feel that the state of media literacy, and current use of anonymity is just fine, then we should likely end the debate. I look around, and I feel otherwise. Then I throw up in my mouth a little bit.
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I’m very comfortable with anonymity, and I am not concerned at all to say arguments should be evaluated based on merit not based on the author. I’m sure there are paid shills, but one should be careful that they don’t consider everyone they disagree with a shill.
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Replying to @AustenAllred @TEN_GOP
Agree to disagree. WHO writes something, and WHY, are now equally as important as WHAT. Now, more than ever.
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Definitely disagree then. Cheers.
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