I look at it as an opportunity to touch more lives than I would outside this podunk town.
No matter the medium, our real selves shine through: the good and the bad, the surly and the sweet. Maybe the lack of repercussions does have some bearing; I would certainly not debate a coworker about abortion and tell them "when men stop recreational f***ing so will women" but at the same time isn't it wonderful to have a venue where you can say things like that? And I don't know about lack of repercussions anyway. The times I have been called out, *sometimes*
deservedly so, did not sting any less than if someone had slapped me upside the head.
If anything, I think I have honed some communication skills, and learned a lot more about my reactivity than I would have in the small world in which I live.