In the sense that it goes from private communication to public.

It's a hallmark of entitlement to expect abusive communication to stay private. Not publishing the name is a good idea though.

> It's a hallmark of entitlement

Please. If you email me - regardless of content - the expectation is we're having private communication.

When you email me, regardless of topic, the expectation is a minimal level of manners and politeness. Yes, privacy too, but if it is actually a bug report, there is no such expectation because the content could in principle end up in a bug tracker.

that would only be true if he named and identified the guy