Comment Re:For what reason? (Score 1) 390
The right to free speech says absolutely nothing about the right to anonymous free speech. At also says nothing about there not being consequences to your free speech, only that the government won't stop you from saying it.
...an author's decision to remain anonymous, like other decisions concerning omissions or additions to the content of a publication, is an aspect of the freedom of speech protected by the First Amendment.
The freedom to publish anonymously extends beyond the literary realm. In Talley, the Court held that the First Amendment protects the distribution of unsigned handbills....
... Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority.
McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Comm'n, 514 U.S. 334 (1995)