At work? Sure. Especially infront of your boss. If your friend is a bad cook, do you critique their cooking? Or politely eat some and next time come just for coffee? When you need some government permit, and the person there is playing solitaire, do you say that they're lazy aloud and risk your form "getting lost"? If there's a group of young men playing loud music on a bus, do you tell them that they're idiots, who don't care about other people around them? What about if you have controversial political opinions and work at a workplace where most people there don't agree with them, do you say them aloud? What about at college, if you think your professor is an idiot, even if true, would you say it aloud (before you pass that subject of course)?
Yes, most people don't say what they think in person.
But on the internet, you can say that your boss is an idiot, that the company produces crap products, that you eat before visining a friend, that the government worker at XY office is incompetent and lazy, that peopl playing loud music in public are idiots, that men should have legalized paper abortions, and that the professor has no idea what he's teaching, because his knowledge was outdated in the 80s when he got his tenure. All of that because you can be ghusto here and not "John Smith" with your real name and anyone being able to google you. Or more realistically, even if you're alloed to use nicknames but have to register with your real name, you'll never be able to safely critique the government, because they'll always be able to get your data.
You're examples fall into the two categories I've talked about: Those where I believe you should stick to your convictions and say it as yourself, and those where privacy options would be available (again, as in real life).
For example:
> If there's a group of young men playing loud music on a bus, do you tell them that they're idiots
Why would you tell them they're idiots? How would that help anything. If you do that online anonymously, are you trying to better the situation, or vent your own anger and thus making the world that much more negative?
At work? Sure. Especially infront of your boss. If your friend is a bad cook, do you critique their cooking? Or politely eat some and next time come just for coffee? When you need some government permit, and the person there is playing solitaire, do you say that they're lazy aloud and risk your form "getting lost"? If there's a group of young men playing loud music on a bus, do you tell them that they're idiots, who don't care about other people around them? What about if you have controversial political opinions and work at a workplace where most people there don't agree with them, do you say them aloud? What about at college, if you think your professor is an idiot, even if true, would you say it aloud (before you pass that subject of course)?
Yes, most people don't say what they think in person.
But on the internet, you can say that your boss is an idiot, that the company produces crap products, that you eat before visining a friend, that the government worker at XY office is incompetent and lazy, that peopl playing loud music in public are idiots, that men should have legalized paper abortions, and that the professor has no idea what he's teaching, because his knowledge was outdated in the 80s when he got his tenure. All of that because you can be ghusto here and not "John Smith" with your real name and anyone being able to google you. Or more realistically, even if you're alloed to use nicknames but have to register with your real name, you'll never be able to safely critique the government, because they'll always be able to get your data.
You're examples fall into the two categories I've talked about: Those where I believe you should stick to your convictions and say it as yourself, and those where privacy options would be available (again, as in real life).
For example:
> If there's a group of young men playing loud music on a bus, do you tell them that they're idiots
Why would you tell them they're idiots? How would that help anything. If you do that online anonymously, are you trying to better the situation, or vent your own anger and thus making the world that much more negative?