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Ron Rosenbaum Attacks Anonymous Web Commenters

ronrosenbaum.jpgJournalist and author Ron Rosenbaum bashed “commenter culture” in a recent essay, calling out the “anonymous cowards” who leave disparaging comments on the web–all to build ammunition for an essay about “digital lynch mobs” in an upcoming essay collection.

His post referenced a recent NY Times essay entitled “Comment is King” about how authors struggle with comment critics. Rosenbaum fired off insults at anonymous critics, hoping to provoke them to surface in his new essay for the collection.

Here’s more from the post: “So here’s your chance, anonymous commenters! Your chance to come out of the closet you’ve been quivering in. Identify yourself from now on (include home numbers so that random checks can be made in case you’re cowardice extends to fraudulence and impersonation of the innocent) and I wont be able to call you cowards anymore.” (Via Edward Champion)

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