Noam Blum worked for the neoconservative Hudson Institute and used his anonymous Twitter account to promulgate public political opinions in line with neoconservative foreign policy views. His uncle is prominent neoconservative ideologue John Podhoretz.https://twitter.com/neontaster/status/1216032059199803393 …
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Casey Sherman 🦆 Retweeted Michael Tracey
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disclaimer: I'm not super well-versed in the ethics of online identity and anonymity
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pretty much a good rule of thumb is (I think) if someone is pseudonymous, don't post identifying-ish info about them without asking, and especially not as an act of aggression
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What if Tracey had written "this anonymous account actually worked at a neoconservative institute, a fact they don't want people to know"?
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Casey Sherman 🦆 Retweeted Jeet Heer
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Jeet HeerVerified account @HeerJeetNobody can accuse me of being a Tracey apologist so I feel safe in saying this: Tracey is falsely being accused of "doxxing" here. But in fact Blum had made his identity known previously on a couple of occasions. https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1216035571732271105 …2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
re your question mixed and hard to say meatspace personae are sacrosanct to me and I prefer erring on the side of respecting the seal
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Me no ponimat these words. It seems doubtful that Tracey comment caused the dude any real danger. My version *certainly* wouldn't. Plus the dude surely had the chance to say "please don't reveal my identity" and didn't
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