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If I declare Crocker's Rules and you write something rude in a reply to me, other LW readers still see it. So even if I am perfectly okay with it (and I shouldn't have declared CR otherwise), you might lose some status in the eyes of the observers who don't properly evaluate the context of your reply.
If you send me a private message, we get rid of the observers. Unless I play dirty and later show the private message to someone else. Anonymous feedback would prevent me from doing so.
But yes, for 99% of cases, sending private message would be enough, anonymization is not needed. And we already have that option here.
Crocker's Rules, as I understand them, are about efficient conveyance of meaning without the extra baggage of social niceties. The are not about the ability to express unpopular views without social consequences which is where private messages or anonymity shine.
If you are concerned about observers misinterpreting the context you can always add a little [This post is under Crocker's Rules] tag somewhere.