The Shame of Anonymous

It's so sad to hide.

I've recently received a slew of negative comments on this blog from someone signed "Anonymous." Really, on this little blog written by a nobody -- that's me-- you can't sign your name? Why is that?

According to a psychologist at Australia's University of Queensland, "Some of those who choose to remain anonymous -- these so-called ‘keyboard warriors’ -- appear to be motivated by toxic behaviour.” So, in the interest of my mental health which is already a bit shaky, I have temporarily shut down the comments feature for The Daily Droid. 

This is actually no big deal since my most prolific commenters have been my husband, who can say what he wants to say to me in person, and my best friend Debra who was killed in a car crash almost three years ago and who since then has only communicated with me via digital clocks. Deb has never mentioned my blog, so I assume there's no Internet in Heaven. (Thank God!)

My hope is that this particular Anonymous isn't someone I know personally, although he/she certainly could be. My past includes many now-militant Democrats who are surely angered by my constant trashing of their party leaders, so you can't blame them for retaliating. Or could it be a waning celebrity, like Whoopie Goldberg, Joy Reid, Maxine Waters or Joy Behar -- the most common targets of my vitriol? At least when I insult them I sign my real name.

So, dear reader, if there's anything you feel you must say, contact me via Facebook or email.