No one's suggested that he did anything unlawful. That's entirely missing the point, if not a deliberate red herring.
Wasn't dodging reponsibility/repercussions the whole reason authors starting using pseudonyms in the first place?
That may be the original reason. There have been several different reasons, historically. Women used to often use male pseudonyms when women writers weren't taken seriously, for example. Even today it's not uncommon for them to use their initials instead. Professional genre writers sometimes use different pen names when writing in different genres, to maintain brand clarity. Back when physical book stores were more prevalent, this also helped them get more books on the shelves in different parts of the store.
I think it's fair to be a lot more critical of an author obscuring their efforts in furthering Nazi ideologies than trying to avoid discrimination or create a bit more separation between an author's public vs private life.
Indeed. The Italian writer Elena Ferrante choose to eschew notoriety and to avoid having the critics try to guess which parts of her novels were autobiographical. I totally respect that and I think that the journalist who doxed her is a jerk.
No.
Wow. Talk about not reading. If you had actually read the thread, you would see that it's not the book that is in question. It's the fact that Mr. Barker was a full on Nazi and belonged to a Nazi organization that's the issue.
Your comment appears to be belittling people who are decent enough, noble enough and honourable enough to stand against pro-Nazi ideology.
I'm all for people opposing National Socialism. But I actually don't think it takes that much decency, nobility or honour to do so. It's a fairly low bar to step over!
