What trolls have wrought

Uncivic (i.e., raving, barbaric) behavior by commenters is the bane of all popular blogs. Talking Points Memo pusblisher Josh Marshall has had enough. He is contemplating banning anonymous commenting. He's conflicted. Yet, he supplies his own answer: "With near total anonymity, all social norms are out the door. People are more insulting, more quick to strike up fights. Quite simply, anti-sociality bears no stigma. So most conversations are cage matches of contending Ids, with everyone else drowned out. Perhaps more perverse still, it makes a lot of quite sensible and civil people into unrestrained ranging crazies." Well, I'd say, the prosecution rests. Go ahead, Josh. Card 'em at the door.