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Is society becoming more extreme? : Comments
By Mal Fletcher, published 22/1/2015Too much polarisation results in a shrinking middle ground and the growth of alienation, bitterness and recrimination.
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For example, should politicians be anonymous, or should they simply refrain from expressing things that somebody might object to? Should coppers be unidentifiable? Should priests and other religious people be secret operators? What about car regos: after all some people might choose to criticise the driving ability (or parentage, perhaps) of others on the road, should be able to do so with no possibility of being identified?
Public servants, often with authority to implement immediate decisions that take considerable effort to overturn and can impact people's lives in very serious ways, already seek to remain anonymous. Is that reasonable? Why?
Or is it just internet trolls who want to be unpleasant a**ewipes without risking being flushed who should be able to hide behind anonymity?