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So being interested in a particular group, collecting data on them and reporting on that makes someone the public face of that group and a leader? Sounds like
by clavalle 13y ago
So being interested in a particular group, collecting data on them and reporting on that makes someone the public face of that group and a leader?
Sounds like using that criteria is a good way of accusing independent journalists of guilt by association.
- snowwrestler 13y agoBarrett Brown did a lot more than that in Anonymous.
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- clavalle 13y agoAnonymous is like a mosh pit. It is a swirl of activity by different actors that come together in a very loose way with very little organization but that brief shared purpose. Brown may have joined the fray when certain songs came on and maybe influenced the dynamic of the activity for a little while, but it seems like he was mostly on the edge looking in. But it is absurd to call him a leader in the same way it is absurd to say someone 'leads' a mosh pit. HBGary got pulled into the pit and some blood was splattered on Brown. That doesn't make him guilty of assault just by being able to accurately describe the activity that led to HBGary's broken nose and pointing out the blood stains to the media after the fact.