Anonymous online commenter sued for libel (updated)

[Fredrick]

Whatever ... and I say that with a great deal of thought.

I've never particularly understood the vitriol here toward user comments and engagement, and why anybody would root for the paper to get sued too is beyond me.

Part of the evolution of media, and I think it bugs some (not all who don't like them, just some) that it's a two-way conversation now.

A conversation?
Not the comments I've read. They are racist, sexist and very very inflammatory toward the writer. Why would any business condone such trash? Why not just run pictures of naked women if all you are after are hits?? These comments are just as insulting as naked pictures.