Sometimes the community here is really fickle. I see bunches of posts that Anon are a bunch of douche-bags if they mess with your favorite gaming site, gaming network, or just anything you like, but then I see a bunch of posts cheering them as heroes when they attack something you don't like. So, which is it guys? Are your minds so changeable and easily bought on a whim?
Anonymous is a loose cannon that can not be trusted, no matter what they do. They are a bunch of cyber-vigilantes that have their own agenda and reasons which has no necessary alignment to the betterment of society. They are just out for their own aggrandizement and asserting their influence over others such to obtain a sense of self-importance. They hide behind the mask of anonymity to escape paying the true price required of being a hero of the people, i.e. having to actually put yourself out there and risk personal harm to make a statement. These people do not fight for freedom and justice in anyway. Their actions can not be compared to the legendary actions of those who put themselves and their loved ones at risk for the sake of what they believed and the defense of their principles. Dr. King did not hide behind a mask; Joan of Arc did not hide behind a mask; Mahatma Gandhi did not hide behind a mask; the students of the Woolworth's sit-in did not hide behind a mask; the students of Tiananmen Square did not hide behind a mask; and none of the recent revolutionaries around the world hide behind a mask. These people put themselves out there, risk their very lives for what they believe in. Anonymous does not even come close.
I don't like Fox News either; however, they are allowed to say whatever they want, as long as it does not incite violence or harm against others, regardless of whether I agree. They are free to speak their minds, just as I'm free to not listen. But, this is what true freedom means. It is not subject to my own personal whims of whether I agree with the message. But, this is precisely how Anonymous is interpreting freedom; you are free as long as they agree with you having that freedom. This twisted thinking only results in the subjugation of society to the whims of these nameless, faceless few, meaning that, in the end, Anonymous becomes the biggest group of tyrants in existence. They are the very evil they seek so fervently to depose.
This is further complicated by the fact Anonymous can be disjoint in its motivations, meaning there can be factions of the same collective that have opposing motivations and actions. Yet, they are all associated under the same umbrella as Anonymous. For someone standing on the outside, there can be no way of knowing with whom you are dealing at any given moment when someone claims to be a member of Anonymous. There can be no guarantee that the group truly has alignment with your own interests or needs.
As long as this is the case with Anonymous, I can have no trust or respect for this group or its actions, regardless of whatever incidental benefit may come.
