Yes I would say using Tor is WAYYYY overkill unless you are reading this stuff on non-personal systems (which is a BIG no-no). For one thing, you never know who controls tor exit hubs (and a fair share of them are controlled by the same people you wouldn't want to know what you are looking at). The exit hubs decrypt all the info so the controllers of the hubs can see whatever you are doing clear as day. Deranged (website) reported a set up of 5 tor exit hubs globally just recently that were sniffing traffic and posted a TON of government and supposedly classified and secret passwords and other info just by scanning (sniffing) the content of tor exit hubs. Tor is really only strong if you know your exit hub, or own one (which I do). And all of that aside, tor can still be used for many things. All I am saying is I wouldn't go to the trouble of using tor or even proxy servers. It is pointless. This is a free speech forum and in the U.S., anyway, there is still something called freedom of speech (or so 'they' tell me). Which means you can say whatever you want on here, just don't say something really really stupid or incriminating.

Be careful, use your head, and you'll be fine without tor.