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Rarely have I been so conflicted in my deep-seated love of watching rebelliousness towards authority and hegemonic institutions, and my utter dislike of Weev as
by 6stringmerc 11y ago
Rarely have I been so conflicted in my deep-seated love of watching rebelliousness towards authority and hegemonic institutions, and my utter dislike of Weev as a human being able to convey his thoughts to others. I'm pretty serious, in that I can tell he's got a legit point with a lot of his, um, 'activities' and yet the presentation is about as appetizing as ipecac. Or, as The Dude once noted about a close associate, "You're not wrong, Walter, you're just an asshole."
- geofft 11y agoI'm not entirely sure white supremacism (and it seems to be earnest white supremacism) is actually rebelliousness towards authority / hegemony. Like, I'm no fan of authority, but I don't think I would have supported Robert E. Lee's fight against authority.
- 6stringmerc 11y agoOh I wasn't referencing that bit, the white supremacist stuff - I mean the exposing security flaws and basically pointing the finger at the victims for 'allowing' him to get access. That kind of flipping-off authority is interesting to me. The white supremacist stuff is definitely on the other side of the equation, in that his methods and beliefs are categorically opposed to nearly all of mine. I could see the merit in Aaron Schwartz's JSTOR anti-authority issue, Weev doesn't appear to ever get close to that kind/brand/vein of idealism, so to speak.
- yedava 11y agoHow is exposing security flaws "rebelliousness"? If an University forgets to lock the doors of its offices and some "troll" walks in and drops racist fliers, which specific hegemonic structure is being fought against?
- geofft 11y agoFight the power! Encourage people to set appropriate access controls on their printers! Stick it to the man and encourage him to use proper security!
- ocschwar 11y ago.. at least it's an ethos.