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I view anonymous as more about feeling good about themselves rather than doing good for people. They are more like terrorists. Terrorists are in those organiza
by kiba 15y ago
I view anonymous as more about feeling good about themselves rather than doing good for people.
They are more like terrorists. Terrorists are in those organizations to feel good about themselves and create a sense of belonging. They don't care about achieving purported political goals. They often alienate people. They consider terrorist attack as first resort, not last resort.
What sense would it make for Al Queda to attack fellow Muslims or even have bombs exploded around Muslims, for example? Would a Muslim support Al Queda if he fear his family getting killed in some random attack?
Even more, they're not even good at murder.
Anonymous are that way. They don't care about the consequence. They don't care about the goal they're trying to achieve. They are doing it to feel good. They are a dysfunctional organization.
- cagenut 15y agoThat is offensively over the top nonsense. Being immature and being murderers are not even remotely "like" each other.
- kiba 15y agoTerrorists are ineffective. So is anonymous.
- antihero 15y agoThis is ridiculous. Anonymous are more like the black bloc - they are the last line, a demonstration that united, people have the power to topple giants, that we won't just lie down and take what's handed to us. Whilst the damage that is done is superficial, it is directed at targets that, for better or worse, embody what is bad about our planet - the censors, the passive observers. Taking a site down for a couple of hours isn't censorship, it's making a point. Yes, there would be more desirable outcomes (pwning their systems and disabling their blocking filter, for instance), but other than that, the goal of anonymous is simple - keep the government and companies remembering that there is many, many more of us than them, and if they decide to just push us around and infringe on our freedom, there will be consequences. The comparison to bombing which actually kills people is quite frankly offensive and you should be ashamed.
- pessimizer 15y agoNo, Anonymous is better than the black bloc. Anonymous does things on their own, in such a chaotic way that the people who they are supporting can disavow their actions pretty easily. Whereas the black bloc attaches themselves to peaceful demonstrations organized by entirely different groups and fucks them up. The black bloc is a demonstration to the spectator that, deep down, under every group of peaceful demonstrators for peace or civil rights, is a scary looking bomb throwing terrorist who wants to hurt you because you like Starbucks. P.S. Comparing things is not the same as saying they're the same, and the doublespeak and doublethink required to avoid comparing That Which Should Not Be Compared makes the world stupider and you should be ashamed for participating in that kind of public shaming. It's probably the defining characteristic of America, the Uncomparable.
- DanBC 15y ago> What sense would it make for Al Queda to attack fellow Muslims You ignore the oppression of fundamentalists against moderates.
- why-el 15y agoActually Al Qaeda attacks Muslims all the time. I am a Moroccan and in 4 days we are commemorating the attacks on a hotel in Casablanca that killed, you guessed it, muslims. And the analogy between Al Qaeda and Anonymous is really taking it to the extreme. I have read some nonsensical, often ideologically charged condemnations of Anonymous, but this one is new.
- kiba 15y agoActually Al Qaeda attacks Muslims all the time. Part of my comparison is how alienation damage their ability to achieve alleged political goals.