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"Actually try to understand and address the grievances?" When the people of Anonymous decide to act like civilized adults rather than teen-angst laden teenager

by rick888 15y ago

"Actually try to understand and address the grievances?" When the people of Anonymous decide to act like civilized adults rather than teen-angst laden teenagers, I might start to agree with you. The group reminds me of many people I see on Reddit that can't get their way and their only response to this is anti-social and childish behavior.

nitrogen 15y ago
"Civilized adults" who were fed up with things like taxation without representation tarred and feathered people, destroyed large amounts of cargo, and violently overthrew their government.
- rick888 15y ago
  "who were fed up with things like taxation without representation tarred and feathered people, destroyed large amounts of cargo, and violently overthrew their government." I make a pretty good living and I don't like the new jobs program and taxes that Obama is proposing. If I acted like Anonymous in response to this, would you think it was okay too?
  - nitrogen 15y ago
    As a first response? No. I'm just intuiting here so I may be wrong, but it seems to me that extreme action by an ever-growing fringe of society is a symptom of a larger, festering problem. As societal angst builds up over time due to systemic problems, the distribution of that angst will not be uniform. Anonymous is just one example of a subset of society where the accumulated angst is higher. To paraphrase the saying, they're just saying what we're all thinking. They're just saying it in a way that few people approve of, but if that's the only way they can be heard, then that's what they'll do.
    - rick888 15y ago
      Some might say the tea party falls into the exact same category. "They're just saying it in a way that few people approve of, but if that's the only way they can be heard, then that's what they'll do." ..and I don't agree with it. Eventually it will lead to senseless violence in addition to the senseless destruction. They are on the same level as any low-level terrorist group.
      - wnight 15y ago
        Oh get over your pompous self. "Low-level" terrorists my ass. Terrorists kill people. Anonymous disrupts services and blocks access. That you're likely an American, directly funding the current killing of tens of thousands off people every year (still) in the fictional hunt for WMDs, and you're condemning protestors is farcical.

by rick888 15y ago

nitrogen 15y ago

"Civilized adults" who were fed up with things like taxation without representation tarred and feathered people, destroyed large amounts of cargo, and violently overthrew their government.

rick888 15y ago
"who were fed up with things like taxation without representation tarred and feathered people, destroyed large amounts of cargo, and violently overthrew their government." I make a pretty good living and I don't like the new jobs program and taxes that Obama is proposing. If I acted like Anonymous in response to this, would you think it was okay too?
- nitrogen 15y ago
  As a first response? No. I'm just intuiting here so I may be wrong, but it seems to me that extreme action by an ever-growing fringe of society is a symptom of a larger, festering problem. As societal angst builds up over time due to systemic problems, the distribution of that angst will not be uniform. Anonymous is just one example of a subset of society where the accumulated angst is higher. To paraphrase the saying, they're just saying what we're all thinking. They're just saying it in a way that few people approve of, but if that's the only way they can be heard, then that's what they'll do.
  - rick888 15y ago
    Some might say the tea party falls into the exact same category. "They're just saying it in a way that few people approve of, but if that's the only way they can be heard, then that's what they'll do." ..and I don't agree with it. Eventually it will lead to senseless violence in addition to the senseless destruction. They are on the same level as any low-level terrorist group.
    - wnight 15y ago
      Oh get over your pompous self. "Low-level" terrorists my ass. Terrorists kill people. Anonymous disrupts services and blocks access. That you're likely an American, directly funding the current killing of tens of thousands off people every year (still) in the fictional hunt for WMDs, and you're condemning protestors is farcical.