In 2005 I was motivated to start a small blog about media bias and politics related to a professional sport. I used my real name, first and last. It soon came to my attention that big deal people were very angry at things I posted. Which were just things big wigs said that they didn’t like to be reminded of. I had one commenter over a period of time who told me if his boss knew he commented on my blog he would be fired. The reason for not using one’s real name is physical safety. It’s fine now as I live in an apartment in a doorman building. But for a couple of years I lived in a modest, city-suburban area in a different state in a single family house. No one in the neighborhood knew me except to say hello, I had no run-ins with anyone there. However, someone was motivated enough to pay people to stalk me at my house for a year and a half. There were a few cars that parked near my house and slowly cruised by regularly. My property was repeatedly vandalized during this time. I can’t say for sure it was related, but the instances were all of a similar kind. I was finally able to sell the house. No one in the neighborhood could have afforded to pay for professional harassers. Some of them didn’t even speak English. The only way I could have been known there was my name was on public tax records and it matched what I used on the blog. I can’t imagine what people go through that have children, because people these days just want to shut you up any way they can.