@mia Real name policies silence many women, many LGBT people, and many Disabled/chronically ill people for a variety of different reasons.
@mia Real name policies mean many LGBT people are silenced due to fear of workplace discrimination
@Lilysea sadly I suspect most of the people proposing 'real name' policies would be just fine with that
@mia @Lilysea Yep. And that’s the point, it means only total assholes are comfortable posting, non-assholes aren’t.
@Lilysea @mia Excellent point! Well said.;
@Lilysea most definitely!
@Lilysea @mia Yeah, that Stephen Hawking guy was really shut down.
@mia Real name policies mean many LGBT people are silenced due to fear of workplace discrimination