The author may know of a great deal of harm caused, but so far I remain about ten pole lengths away from panic over my privacy. My Life did not seem to have much, and I have found more on myself in the past by simply googling. Yeah, I don’t like how easy it is for people to see my mostly measly political donations, but only a stalker would give a darn about the facade of my home. Seems like it is more likely we need to fear identity theft than a lack of obscurity. Here’s an idea, if you want more privacy/obscurity, refrain from social media or using your real name in comments sections.
Initially Barack Obama was in favor of homosexual rights, but not in favor of altering the institution of marriage. Scruton continues on, "within a year he was saying I am in favor of gay marriage and within another year he was joining forces with those who say that those who are against gay marriage are homophobes."
"So something which had been judged perfectly legitimate to oppose suddenly becomes the criterion of moral merit. And I think we've seen this in all sorts of issues that we've gone through in recent years. All of us are within one tiny step of being demonized."
