Gabz, I’ve interacted with you before and I respect your posts most of the time. That said what you said to wintertime is very ignorant. There are many good reasons why someone might not want their identity traceable on the internet.
If I posted my actual last and first name, people could with a single google search identify where I live, the last place I lived, my husband’s name, my daughter’s name, my profession, possibly my employer, and my fledgling attempts to break in as a writer. They could use that information to destroy me if they chose.
It’s not about whether YOU want to identify wintertime. It’s about whether Joe LurkerTroll who comes across this thread six months from now thinks it might be fun. Information on the internet just doesn’t disappear. I’ve seen real people get actually hurt by information posted about them online.
Want an example? Look at that “Adam” guy who posted the creepy Chic-fil-a harrassment video. How long did it take for his life to be exposed, picked through, and destroyed? Yes, he asked for it, but that’s a cautionary tale right there.
Disagree with wintertime’s tactics, conclusions, rhetoric, lifestyle, beliefs, stories, and strategies, but don’t dismiss her fears for her own security.
Jen - I also respect your posts as a general rule. However, in this instance we do not agree in the least.
Wintertime seems to take great pleasure in belittling anyone who disagrees with her and making outrageously false accusations against others and very few people are willing to publicly call her upon them. When those few of us do call her on it, she runs screaming to her disciples about how we are making personal attacks - while ignoring what she has called all o us at one time or another.
If she doesn’t want to answer honest questions - she needs to refrain from bragging about unprovable things when it comes to herself and her family - in fact she really should stop posting anything about her personal life unless and until she can back up anything she says.
That so many people here venerate her is beyond me.