Anonymous Punishes the Oregon Tea Party
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Legion said:
I think it's more their use of the capitalized Anonymous that got on Anonymous's nerves. I mean, the Tea Party basically cribbed their entire tagline, which is a bit cheeky.Legion said:
OT: A political organisation that wants to be taken seriously is saying "We do not forgive. We do not forget."? Those tactics work when you're a bunch of anonymous internet users, or when, y'know, you're actually threatening. These guys think very highly of themselves, by the sound of things.
Mind you, they have a pretty libertarian slant, and libertarianism seems to come with a "You are all sheep because you don't agree with me" attitude, which can't be good for your ego.
/tg/'s not actually all that bad, to be honest. Most of the content on that board is fairly similar to the content on these forums (I'm not taking a jab at the Escapist there, it's a favourable conparison), with the occasional jackass. Which is pretty much the same as every other discussion forum on the web.Dyp100 said:
/b/'s just nasty, though.
To try to give a relatively straight response: the Tea Party (and the various splinter groups such as the Oregon Tea Party) are groups of people who oppose policies of president Obama's administration which they believe will lead to higher taxes and deficits, in particular the administration's attempts to bring some kind of inclusive national health care system into being and the relief for various companies and financial institutions which nearly collapsed in the recent economic downturn.The Rockerfly said:
Their name is attributed to the "Boston Tea Party" event of the Revolutionary War where American geurillas dumped British tea overboard in protest of British taxes on tea that they felt were unfair and/or to the acronym "Taxed Enough Already."
That's the non-partisan, straight-forward version.
More subjectively, people like myself tend to have a low opinion of those who participate in such groups for a number of reasons. Many protests associated with the groups have included signs and messages that were racist and/or violent, and while some argue that those messages are not intrinsic to the groups, there has been little effort to exclude or rein in those who advance such messages. Individuals from the groups seem to have little understanding of the facts regarding the issues they protest, instead repeating slogans and sound-bites; many fail to understand even what they're paying for health care at present, or how policies as written would affect (or rather, not affect) people in their tax brackets. And despite repeated claims that the movement is a "grassroots" effort (that is, one which has come into being from the level of individual citizens collectively organizing without outside sponsorship or leadership), Fox News has transparently and blatantly been organizing and cheerleading the "movement" from the days of the very first protests, going so far as to exaggerate the numbers present at various events.
All that aside, the Tea Party is at its heart a bunch of people who don't like the idea of paying taxes and have convinced themselves that this self-centered view is somehow in and of itself noble and patriotic. On this point, they are utterly, utterly wrong.
Plagiarism just isn't cool.
That and I'm suspecting the Tea Party people in Oregon didnt think the Anonymous people would notice?
That and I'm suspecting the Tea Party people in Oregon didnt think the Anonymous people would notice?
I don't think people are really getting this. The quote Anonymous claims is: "We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forget. We do not forgive. Expect us."MelasZepheos said:
The quote from the Bible is: "My name is Legion, for we are many." While the Anon quote obviously stems from the Bible quote, I wouldn't say Anonymous is trying to "copyright" the passage. It is their own original slogan.
Eh, they attack a facebook page and everyone thinks that Anonymous is some unholy bad ass organization not to be trifled with.
Puhleeeze.
Let me know when they do something that hasn't already been done by highschool teenagers to an ugly classmate.
Puhleeeze.
Let me know when they do something that hasn't already been done by highschool teenagers to an ugly classmate.
The majority of the population of the world do not understand Anonymous. At it's base level, Anonymous is an ascended meme, possibly the highest ascended meme to still be thought of in the terms of a meme. Anyone can become a member of Anonymous, all you have to do is call yourself a member of Anonymous. Whats more important is that you are regarded as a member of Anonymous by those who are not. From this starting point anything is possible. You may join in with the activities of others under the banner of being a member of Anonymous, you may start your own activity. You can do anything you want, but it must remain relatively unorganized. If an activity gains a more focused effort it will become regarded as a splinter group, AKA Project Chanology.
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Yoshemo said:
Callate said:
Ah okay, so rednecks/KKK members in politics form that also borders on the popularity levels of the west borobaptist churchTenmar said:
Thank you for the info
Others used that term and I am only using a quick analogy plus I didn't put words in your mouthTenmar said:
Not gonna lie: The first time I read the article, I had some sort of mental block, and thought it was the all about the game Oregon Trail. And I'm puzzled, as why Oregon Trail has a facebook page, why "they" were anon. and legion, and what exactly they had not forgotten nor forgiven.
All I could think of was "Geez, a couple of people die of dysentery back on an old Mac IIe, and 20 years later they're up in arms about it? And now the internets are fighting back?"
Then I reread the article. Right. Tea Party. Not Trail. Color me derp'd.
All I could think of was "Geez, a couple of people die of dysentery back on an old Mac IIe, and 20 years later they're up in arms about it? And now the internets are fighting back?"
Then I reread the article. Right. Tea Party. Not Trail. Color me derp'd.
It's like this, Chuck... There are three types of people in this world.Matt_LRR said:
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So, in this case...Tea Party are the assholes, Annonymous are the dicks.
The only disturbing thing here is you trying to insult the Oregon Tea Party for choosing not to goad, the potentially bankrupting, "anon" criminals into an online war.Andy Chalk said:
And here's a thought: maybe the OTP was referring to an aggressive, overwhelming, barrage of email and messages for getting a point across when they claimed to "admire" the tactics of anon.
As long as you get to insult those stupid Tea Party morons, then its all good though.