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> Blacklisting is an evil in itself, corrosive to the ideal of an open society, and to professional relationships in the small world of literary publishing in which this story takes place
Author wants to take one for their team. Everyone will let them. If it's about the ideas, then you can always get those out there. If it has to be attached to your name, well, you're in the realm of egos
Nothing, it was exaggeration
To suggest that people should hide behind pen-names to discuss the most important ideas of any given era is to accept and promote the vicious kind of black listing that is apparently happening all to frequently.
Names also provided a basis for reputation, we don't just publish any old bloggers words, that's not enough filter. Bloggers can blog, other institutions can publish.
The sane thing to do here is probably to publish his work if it meets basic editorial standards and that's it.