I quit commenting as jjp58 a few months before the R-G quit the Disqus Forum and brought the Civil Forum online. I came out as the former posters jjp58 and, before that, Local Guy. I did that because I thought it was the responsible thing to do, and because I am proud of many (though not all) of the posts I wrote as jjp58.  I quit posting as jjp58 for a similar reason, that it was getting harder for me to maintain asexuality in an environment where a poster's sex is considered by many to be crucial information, determining how some posters respond to another's posts. I have always thought that ideas should transcend a person's sex.  In fact I noticed that many persons assumed jjp58 was a woman, and I thought I noticed that many didn't take jjp58's ideas seriously, possibly as a result.  It was an instructive time for me.

Since posting under my real name, I haven't gotten any serious harassment such as drive-by or telephone.  That's reassuring because in general, I think people are OK.