We can do it here because of the anonymity of screen names. It's easy for us to say that Mohammad is a pedophile swine but try saying that when your name and address are readily available. It's similar to expressing one's opinion on racial matters.
I know of one F.R. member, who has his name and address and telephone number on his "about" page and he speaks his mind too - about the mooselimbs and other subjects.
I’m not afraid to express my beliefs in a public forum. I will not, however, put the safety of my family on the line through an anonymously searchable forum.
Someone wants to follow me home from a town hall, fine. Someone wants to track my whereabouts with a GPS tracker or a network of “spies,” fine. Someone wants to confront me for my views in public, at a restaurant, at a grocery store, fine.
But to put up my personal whereabouts for any one on the web to search and find, no thanks. I’m known to make rash decisions, but I’m not a fool.