Dissent
Although the dissent also saw the important protections of anonymous speech, it did not see any danger in this particular instant. The right to speak anonymously had to weigh again the benefit of the public knowing the author. As the dissent saw no evidence that any harm would come to Talley by revelation of his identity, the public knowledge outweighed Talley's right to anonymous speech.
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