One of the reasons for privacy is not that our actions are questionable, but because others’ judgement and intentions could be.

Sometimes, a lack of respect for privacy can lead one to feel entitled to exposing others’ anonymity.

Exposing anonymity is an interesting demand to have of someone else. In one aspect, anonymity becomes a threat when someone believes they must hold everyone around them accountable. This impulse could become an overreach and assertion of moral authority.

Anonymity demonstrates that it is incredibly difficult for people to live the Sermon on the Mount. Have you ever read something and formed one opinion, only to have it change when you found out who said it? Where one may feel offended by an anonymous comment, the desire to know the name can make them feel entitled to their offense (if they already dislike the person) or help ease the offense (if they love the person). The Sermon on the Mount teaches us that we must love our enemies and our neighbors. Coming to peace within oneself over anonymous offenses might be just as difficult because the context is not available, but we must still do it.