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diff --git a/content/entry/why-i-dont-use-a-pseudonym.md b/content/entry/why-i-dont-use-a-pseudonym.md index e648e85..f0c12fe 100644 --- a/content/entry/why-i-dont-use-a-pseudonym.md +++ b/content/entry/why-i-dont-use-a-pseudonym.md @@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ title: "Why I Don't Use a Pseudonym" date: 2022-02-28T00:00:00 draft: false -makerefs: false --- Why don't I use a pseudonym on this journal? Well, I live in the United States and despite all the problems my country has, it's still a relatively free country with respect to speech, for now. @@ -10,11 +9,11 @@ There are limits to freedom of speech, some which I despise, but I don't overste Of course this doesn't mean I'm in the clear. If voting rights legislation isn't passed and U.S. democracy falls to fascism, this journal could condemn me under the new regime. Even if that doesn't happen, the U.S. government and powerful corporations have countless ways to ruin the lives of people who rock the consumer capitalist boat. -After the death of John McAfee[1], a British American programmer and tax dodger, the mainstream media largely reported it as a suicide despite strong reasons for doubt. Rob Braxman[2], a popular internet privacy guy, was discussing McAfee's death and if my memory is accurate, he also mentioned worrying about being suicided for teaching people how to have privacy online. +After the death of [John McAfee](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McAfee), a British American programmer and tax dodger, the mainstream media largely reported it as a suicide despite strong reasons for doubt. [Rob Braxman](https://yewtu.be/channel/UCYVU6rModlGxvJbszCclGGw?dark_mode=true), a popular internet privacy guy, was discussing McAfee's death and if my memory is accurate, he also mentioned worrying about being suicided for teaching people how to have privacy online. -Now I think that's obviously a very unlikely thing to happen, but it's not a crazy thing to say. If you don't believe things like that happen, you're just not paying attention. Look at the case of the journalist Julian Assange[3]. The FBI tried to frame him for hacking by granting legal immunity to his source Sigurdur Thordarson if he agreed to testily against Assange. There have been numerous other attempts to deface Assange's character as well. +Now I think that's obviously a very unlikely thing to happen, but it's not a crazy thing to say. If you don't believe things like that happen, you're just not paying attention. Look at the case of the journalist [Julian Assange](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange). The FBI tried to frame him for hacking by granting legal immunity to his source Sigurdur Thordarson if he agreed to testily against Assange. There have been numerous other attempts to deface Assange's character as well. -Jacob Appelbaum[4], an independent American journalist, security researcher, and anarchist who previously worked on the Tor project was politically persecuted by the U.S. government to the point of fleeing to Germany. Officials seized his laptop and phones at the border. People who work in the U.S. as journalists do get harassed, selectively policed, and arrested. Serious journalists in the U.S. who say they don't worry about safety are either lying or naive. +[Jacob Appelbaum](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Appelbaum), an independent American journalist, security researcher, and anarchist who previously worked on the Tor project was politically persecuted by the U.S. government to the point of fleeing to Germany. Officials seized his laptop and phones at the border. People who work in the U.S. as journalists do get harassed, selectively policed, and arrested. Serious journalists in the U.S. who say they don't worry about safety are either lying or naive. Writing this journal doesn't make me a journalist. I'm more like a commentator. But as a dissident and activist, I expect to be targeted. However I don't think I'm interesting enough to worry about what happened to Assange and Appelbaum happening to me. The government has bigger fish to fry. @@ -37,10 +36,3 @@ Every time you appease an oppressor, you dig yourself deeper into a hole. The op I'm going to write what's on my mind and if someone doesn't like it then too bad. I respect people who use pseudonyms, but I'd rather take the risk of saying what I believe as myself. Every time I assert my right to say what I think, I make it easier for others. I can't have that effect hiding behind a pseudonym. That's why I don't use a pseudonym. - - -Link(s): -[1: John McAfee](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McAfee) -[2: Rob Braxman](https://yewtu.be/channel/UCYVU6rModlGxvJbszCclGGw?dark_mode=true) -[3: Julian Assange](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange) -[4: Jacob Appelbaum](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Appelbaum) |