What is your opinion of anonymous

[RossetteAmi]

Questions:
What is your opinion of anonymous?
Is it the same thing as the tea party?
-if so, how?
-if not, what makes it different?
Is it extremist?

[Dardanos Immortalis]

RossetteAmi

Questions:
What is your opinion of anonymous?
Is it the same thing as the tea party?
-if so, how?
-if not, what makes it different?
Is it extremist?

How are Anonymous and the tea-party linked?

[RossetteAmi]

Dardanos Immortalis

RossetteAmi

Questions:
What is your opinion of anonymous?
Is it the same thing as the tea party?
-if so, how?
-if not, what makes it different?
Is it extremist?

How are Anonymous and the tea-party linked?

I don't know, that's why I asked the question!

[Dardanos Immortalis]

RossetteAmi

Dardanos Immortalis

RossetteAmi

Questions:
What is your opinion of anonymous?
Is it the same thing as the tea party?
-if so, how?
-if not, what makes it different?
Is it extremist?

How are Anonymous and the tea-party linked?

I don't know, that's why I asked the question!

You must have some reason for asking the question? For even mentioning the two in the same sentence?

[Mr_Wallace]

What is your opinion of anonymous?
The people actually supposedly "belonging" to the group-- which I concede is near-impossible to determine-- are idealistic and relatively well-intentioned, damaging only those parties that appear to do something immoral, illegal or culturally unpopular. Inspiring laughs and '******** yea's' they're not the greatest organization in the world, since they technically do what they do illegally, but at least they're trying to do good (or they claim to try to do good).

Is it the same thing as the tea party?
No
-if so, how?
-if not, what makes it different?
Anonymous is political, but it doesn't represent the fringe liberal asstards and wackos like the Tea Party seems to, as of late. Anonymous is also much more technologically capable and resourceful, I think. Finally, Anonymous isn't full of a bunch of conservative people.

Is it extremist?
Absolutely, although I would say vigilantist is a more apt term.

[Requiem in Mortis]

Inb4 GSK with her usual routine of calling them all bigoted asswipes who should be shot in the head for being the scum of the earth. GSK, if you're reading this, don't bother responding. I already know what the response will be, and will thus ignore it, so don't waste your time.
The problem with Anonymous is determining which are the wannabe online vigilantes, the ones who are the wannabe online anarchists, the ones who just do s**t for the lulz and the ones who are exactly what GSK and friends claim they all are. In any case, they aren't as relevant or as powerful as they claim they are, and they aren't as dangerous as groups like Fox claim they are.

[Salami Stops]

The concept of Anonymous is a question of enviable doubt. Any person who posts on this site, or on another site like the chans, that does not reveal any identity other than having a user name and a colorful picture of an avatar, is essentially 'remaining anonymous'. The thought of who this person is remains a mystery, and can be considered part of Anonymous. The idea that this person has not revealed their identity, for whatever reason, can also confer with the idea that anything they say can and will be traced back to the 'Legion'.

As such, if you do not reveal a name, a photo, or most any type of information, whether or not you take part in an Anonymous state of being can and will be taken into account.

This user name is partially Anonymous, for I have no image or name regarding who I am. You could trace me to a source, just like any anonymous poster on this board or the chans, but that is solely up to you to determine if I am any less Anonymous than yourselves.

[Jaydi Blaze]

The movie was decent, a different take on the traditional idea of William Shakespeare.

[Heimdalr]

The most important bit is, you cannot be a member of Anonymous. You are only Anonymous as your online handle when you post or DDoS or whatever, and marginally when you walk the streets in a mask (although you'll probably bring some friends who know your identity) until apprehended and unmasked by the police. Anonymous is only a veil, a tactic, not some organization that can be attributed with specific things. Out of necessity, we've seen anonymous action in the last few years, and this is not random. Civil disobedience is met with violence and pepper spray (I conflate the two really) and regular protesters are marginalized by the media. Hell yes people will find other ways to harm the establishment.

[Old Blue Collar Joe]

RossetteAmi

What is your opinion of anonymous?

A bunch of chickenshit wannabe's who think more of themselves than they should have. They attack places that actually ******** up the working class and sites that simply make no sense. Xbox, PSN, and other sites are targeted? Really?
They're worthless. We really need to allow the police, when they catch these basement dwelling virgins, to smack them in the head a few times with their nightsticks, take away their computers, and introduce them to Bubba.
Oh. And take their money and give it to the people they actually ********. Attention whores who are scared to come out into the light.

RossetteAmi

Is it the same thing as the tea party?

While I disagree with some of the Tea Party, at least they have the nerve to get out there and show their faces and don't hide behind invisible walls. Big difference. They also don't attack legal businesses, and don't ******** the middle class. That's anon that does that s**t.

RossetteAmi

-if so, how?

Already addressed that. They're not even remotely similar.
One appears to be a bunch of kiddies out to give themselves a sense of self worth by ******** over the middle class because they just think they're entitled. All the while hiding.
The other group is out there in public, not hiding who they are, and within the letter of the law.

RossetteAmi

Is it extremist?

Yep. It's a group of vigilante's who have this strange attitude that they have some 'right' to determine who can and can't stay in business. They need their asses kicked.

[Wendigo]

RossetteAmi

Is it the same thing as the tea party?
-if so, how?

Yes, it consists of a pointless, directionless rage, periodically harnessed toward an over-arching purpose by the cynical. Both are contemptible for the same reason, although Anonymous moreso, because the Tea Party at least has convictions on the issues, even if they pick stupid issues.

[GunsmithKitten]

Awww, I was already name dropped!

Really, what opinion COULD I have of a group of violently misogynistic white supremacists who've slowly begun to make it hip to be so again? What can I say about a group that's convinced young women to openly call themselves "cumdumpsters" as if it's a term of affection and reinforce the baffling practice of men calling each other "faggots" repeatedly?

What opinion do you THINK I have of a band of people who now feel perfectly fine with throwing "Get back in the kitchen and make me a sandwich, b***h!" on CS 1.6, something I only in a blue moon used to hear back in the early days of the game and I hardely EVER heard in LAN parties and in the days of Quake/Duke 3d.

Though they're not as different as one might think from the Tea Party, especially religiously.

And extremist? You tell me, do you consider the various Klan branches, Church of the Creator, AMREN, the Aryan Brotherhood, or d**k Masterson extremist? Because they're sure as s**t spouting their rhetoric.

[God Emperor Akhenaton]

Mr_Wallace

liberal asstards and wackos like the Tea Party seems to.

How the flying ******** is the Tea Party liberal in ANY way shape or form?

[GunsmithKitten]

Inconsistent With Reality

The most important bit is, you cannot be a member of Anonymous. You are only Anonymous as your online handle when you post or DDoS or whatever, and marginally when you walk the streets in a mask (although you'll probably bring some friends who know your identity) until apprehended and unmasked by the police. Anonymous is only a veil, a tactic, not some organization that can be attributed with specific things. Out of necessity, we've seen anonymous action in the last few years, and this is not random. Civil disobedience is met with violence and pepper spray (I conflate the two really) and regular protesters are marginalized by the media. Hell yes people will find other ways to harm the establishment.

Then why are there rules and a hierarchy?

[Jaydi Blaze]

GunsmithKitten

Inconsistent With Reality

The most important bit is, you cannot be a member of Anonymous. You are only Anonymous as your online handle when you post or DDoS or whatever, and marginally when you walk the streets in a mask (although you'll probably bring some friends who know your identity) until apprehended and unmasked by the police. Anonymous is only a veil, a tactic, not some organization that can be attributed with specific things. Out of necessity, we've seen anonymous action in the last few years, and this is not random. Civil disobedience is met with violence and pepper spray (I conflate the two really) and regular protesters are marginalized by the media. Hell yes people will find other ways to harm the establishment.

Then why are there rules and a hierarchy?

in what, 4chan, anon, or antisec?