Anonymous activists have become terrifying to the powers that be, despite (or perhaps because of) their apparent disorganization and probably in excess of their actual capacity.
The enigmatic Internet-driven collective Anonymous, thank goodness, has an anthropologist in its midst. For a few years now, Gabriella Coleman has been arduously participant-observing in IRC chat rooms, watching Anonymous turn from a prankster moniker to a herd of vigilantes for global justice. In an extraordinary new essay at Triple Canopy, “Our Weirdness Is Free,” she summarizes what Anonymous is all about this way:
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Occupy Wall Street, Anonymous is another well-funded distraction for the Middle class. (The poor are already Monitored and controlled.) They have been let loose to counter act the "tea party" movement, scare the others that are completely clueless, or just don't care and those that don't agree with or understand all their Roderick into silence. When here is the truth. Look out for this summer! Riots chose. The American people will beg for anyone to do something. But don't you worry the true backers of all of this are set to friendly strip the rest of our freedom away and save the day. Americans have been convinced that freedom = choice. With that we've been bombarded with simple choice. (Take for example the grocery store x life.) So much so we have neglected the most important choices and delegated them off to whom? People that are not defending the Constitution .That is how Nazi Dictators rise to power.
8:29 PM
You been drinking? Someone translate?
English please, 8:29.
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