Anonymous Punishes the Oregon Tea Party
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Everyone gets all hyped up as soon as someone mentions Anonymous, and it's really not a big deal. Barring something obnoxious (stealing something they believe they have claim to, which encompasses a slogan, a logo, and possibly the word desu), something supremely arrogant that can be considered evil, or something stupid, the collective of "Anonymous" won't spring to action.
They aren't like a bunch of random mobsters, picking targets entirely at random to harass (most of the time, anyway). If you look at the bulk of Anonymous' attacks over the years, you can almost see their justification for what they do. They trolled Scientology because they believed it was standing in the way of free speech, they trolled Youtube because it was becoming too restricted and commercialized. There's even a new movement going on now to attack KnowYourMeme.com, because members of the collective believe that the site is drawing an unwarranted profit off their collective intellectual property (they've stated that it's not about Anonymous trying to collect money, but rather that it's not right for big business to be able to cash in on memes).
Also, I'd like to take the time to point out that Anonymous is not 4chan. Anonymous also isn't just the /b/ board on 4chan. Anonymous is a massive collective of people, spanning dozens of sites including ebaumsworld and an innumerable number of *chans (7chan, 711chan, 420chan, etc.). It's convenient to link this activity solely to /b/, simply because it's the most notorious *chan site, but the fact is that its own notoriety has driven most of the anonymous activists away from 4chan completely. In fact, I'd wager it'd be more accurate to link Anonymous with either 7chan or 711chan at this point, simply by the population of people there who do more than lurk, spam, or swap pornography.
In the end, I guess my point is twofold.
1) Don't get so worked up over Anonymous. Normal people rarely, if ever, cross paths with the people that comprise the collective, and when they do it's usually in the form of said normal person reacting to one of their attacks. The ones who actually need fear Anonymous' ire are those that speak openly against the "organization", or those that exude excessive arrogance or stupidity. (This is, of course, only a general rule. There are always incidents, like the epillepsy foundation attack, that break the paradigm.)
2) Don't associate Anonymous with 4chan, at least not exclusively. Anonymous exists on 4chan, yes, but only typically in the /b/ and /i/ boards. But you can find Anonymous in multiple other places, like ebaumsworld, Encyclopedia Dramatica, and the numerous other *chans. Anonymous is bigger than 4chan, and even when it was concentrated there, it was primarily only two boards.
They aren't like a bunch of random mobsters, picking targets entirely at random to harass (most of the time, anyway). If you look at the bulk of Anonymous' attacks over the years, you can almost see their justification for what they do. They trolled Scientology because they believed it was standing in the way of free speech, they trolled Youtube because it was becoming too restricted and commercialized. There's even a new movement going on now to attack KnowYourMeme.com, because members of the collective believe that the site is drawing an unwarranted profit off their collective intellectual property (they've stated that it's not about Anonymous trying to collect money, but rather that it's not right for big business to be able to cash in on memes).
Also, I'd like to take the time to point out that Anonymous is not 4chan. Anonymous also isn't just the /b/ board on 4chan. Anonymous is a massive collective of people, spanning dozens of sites including ebaumsworld and an innumerable number of *chans (7chan, 711chan, 420chan, etc.). It's convenient to link this activity solely to /b/, simply because it's the most notorious *chan site, but the fact is that its own notoriety has driven most of the anonymous activists away from 4chan completely. In fact, I'd wager it'd be more accurate to link Anonymous with either 7chan or 711chan at this point, simply by the population of people there who do more than lurk, spam, or swap pornography.
In the end, I guess my point is twofold.
1) Don't get so worked up over Anonymous. Normal people rarely, if ever, cross paths with the people that comprise the collective, and when they do it's usually in the form of said normal person reacting to one of their attacks. The ones who actually need fear Anonymous' ire are those that speak openly against the "organization", or those that exude excessive arrogance or stupidity. (This is, of course, only a general rule. There are always incidents, like the epillepsy foundation attack, that break the paradigm.)
2) Don't associate Anonymous with 4chan, at least not exclusively. Anonymous exists on 4chan, yes, but only typically in the /b/ and /i/ boards. But you can find Anonymous in multiple other places, like ebaumsworld, Encyclopedia Dramatica, and the numerous other *chans. Anonymous is bigger than 4chan, and even when it was concentrated there, it was primarily only two boards.
would they really sink that low to spray the Vietnam war memorial (or any memorial in general)Jonluw said:
Do you live in Utah? If not please come here and talk some of your sense into all of the extreme conservative people. A man threatened to come to my house and kill me because I said I don't agree with Glenn Beck....
Edit- sorry forgot to quote the man... look down
Edit- sorry forgot to quote the man... look down
Do you live in Utah? Please come and talk some sense into the extremely conservative people here. There are death threats circling through my liberal group.. I hate Utah.Scizzors said:
Heh. The best possible outcome is that all the moralfags charge the Tea Party trenches, wiping both out in the process. Maybe then we can have decent memes again.Hiphophippo said:
I doubt they're(TP) Anons, as anybody with experience with the group would know that this is considered asking for it. Maybe a mole did it intentionally to bring down Anonymous's wrath. There ARE ways to make b/ your own personal army.
I was referring to Anonymous. They had no right to get pissy that another group used the slogan when they stole it themselves.Thunderhorse31 said:
So them "punishing" another group for using it is both petty and hypocritical.
I don't know what's more sad, that people fear this group or that they respect them.
