Does the anonymity of the Internet help or hurt the discussion of public issues?

It is helpful to discuss public issues, but the people are highly concealed and easy to cause chaos such as cyber violence.

Function: Liu Yu said in The Water Level of Thought: "This is a grumpy era. This bad temper is obviously not limited to economists. In a society unaccustomed to public defense on public issues, everyone is flammable and explosive. In a culture with a long tradition of life and death, truth is always exclusive. " This shows the role of social problems in the stable development of society.

Definition:

Generally speaking, public issues include major emergencies that attract public attention, such as Sun Zhigang incident and the 5. 12 earthquake. It also includes social problems promoted by different social groups, such as environmental protection, gender liberation, consumer movements and so on.

The society and the public have many views on such issues, which are controversial and conflicting. Gun control and immigration policy in the United States, health care reform and personal income tax in China, global warming and cloning are all controversial issues.