Just so you know, Anon's actual reply started with:Dastardly said:What's this, Anonymous? You're discovering you don't have control over who dons your mantle for whatever cause they see fit? Someone does something under the guise of Anonymous, and here's what happens--they suddenly act all "Wait, no we didn't."Tom Goldman said:Permalink
Yes, you did. Even if it's just a handful of Anon fans playing pretend, you did it. Even in the extremely unlikely event that WBC had the presence of mind to somehow stage this themselves, which I highly doubt judging by their history, you did it.
You created a mask that shields you from the accountability you try to enforce on others, and now some of those sort of people are adopting the mask and using it to dodge accountability in the same way. You use guerrilla tactics to "enforce" free speech, and yet you act surprised when people discover they can use those same tactics to enforce whatever limits they want to put on the speech of others.
You created the mask. You set the terms of engagement. You did this, and everything that comes after it. Welcome to the fundamental flaw of vigilantism.
Dear Phred Phelps and WBC Phriends,
So we've been hearing a lot about some letter that we supposedly sent you this morning. Problem is,
we're a bit groggy and don't remember sending it.
Yeah, they're conceding the weakness that you just stated. They are not denying anything, just disclaiming there are plans for a major attack.You see, there is a level of coherency and planning involved within Anon. Just that there is no leader, and an attack goes forward only when someone's proposition gains enough momentum within the community. I actually remember someone trying to stir up an attack against WBC in the SanDiegoAnon site, and most people rebuking him saying Anon wasn't his personal army. Everyone ignored him and the plan never went forward.