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Wait. So their great idea is to give credence to his claims? The guy was convinced there's an organised Marxist agenda actively working in western society to d
by hetman 15y ago
Wait. So their great idea is to give credence to his claims?
The guy was convinced there's an organised Marxist agenda actively working in western society to distort truth and keep its citizens in the dark. This will just vindicate his claims in the eyes of anyone who was willing to buy it.
And lets face it, the originals are going to be around a lot longer than the Anonymous spoofs because these kids are going to get bored and move onto something more interesting by next week/month/whatever. They can't outlast someone festering in hatred for years.
A concerted censorship effort by anyone is the worst thing that can happen to the internet. No matter how righteous you feel your cause (of course everyone feels theirs is). Simply, the only way for wayward ideas to be uprooted is to expose them to the full light of scrutiny. Pushing them into dank corners, veiled by mystery, away from public discourse, will always find fertile ground in minds of individuals on the fringes searching for someone to blame for their woes.
At the very best this is misguided cowardice.
- JamesBlair 15y agoYes. Their great idea is to give credence to his claims. And an audience. Don't forget that an Anonymous was one of the forces behind the Streisand effect of Tom Cruise's Scientology video. They know exactly what they're doing.
- peterwwillis 15y ago> They know exactly what they're doing. Oh yeah. A bunch of teens and really bored adults photoshopping pictures, posting gay furry anthropomorph fanfic and child porn must know EXACTLY what they're doing. This is the fucking streisand effect! This is the definition of it! They're trying to censor/cover up the original and make a big deal about it, so guess what's going to happen? More people will look for the original to see what it says. This is the worst Anon operation so far.
- JamesBlair 15y agoSome Anonymous also happen to be racists, neo-nazis and fascists. Some happen to be conspiracy nuts. Some happen to be well educated liberals. Some happen to be Hacker News readers. The PDF with the MD5 9e72e26916c20481a1f6e4781fd4d505 predates the announcement. This was, also, the only copy I could find, except for a docx version that's probably identical. It was also the copy linked to in Anders Behring Breivik's wikipedia article.
- davepm 15y agoMany Anonymous are HN readers. You cannot define Anonymous, we are all Anonymous.