Or low placed in life; if he doesn't have a job then he can't get job retaliation; if he does have a job then his opinion can be used against him at his place of employment this extends all the way to business owners as people can and do activate boycotts that have actually closed more than a few places down. 

No one is immune from this.  Using your real name to post your rhetoric can get you in a barrel of trouble unless you're very careful about how and what you say.