There is nothing impressive about being a script kiddie. It's the lowest of the low. Someone who feeds off the work of others to cause minor destruction and minimal doom. Yet, today, many people idolizie these script kiddies as freedom fighters against a tyrannical and oppressive American government. Behind the silicon curtain, it's just some fat fuck, wolfing down cheetos as he uses a script to send thousands of requests to a popular website that has upset him with their support of one policy or another, and believing himself to be Batman or some other hero that could be mistaken as a villain by some.

Some angry kid reads a few graphic novels, watches V for Vendetta, and suddenly he is the speaker of truth, the only one who understands how the American government has abused their power and must be stopped through the art of annoyance. I don't buy that, not one bit. These "anonymous" fuckers are not freedom fighters. They may claim that to justify their disrespect for laws, but they really just enjoy going out of their way to inconvenience others. They use technology to annoy others, not to make any cogent political point or take a stand against any specific aspect of the government.

Their real desire is to find ways to harass others in ways that are untraceable and legal through loopholes. One example of this is a website that allows you to text others from your computer and have the texts sent from a "real" phone number (with 9 digits) that doesn't give away the fact that it's from a computer on its own. I know this for a fact, as I received a stream of confusing and disturbing texts in a matter of seconds from one of these "phone numbers." That has nothing to do with what they claim to be... that is what they truly are, mosquitoes on the internet.

I refuse to associate myself with Anonymous or any of their positions. If they and I happen to agree with one another on some specific issue, so be it. But even then, I will not condone their actions. I wish more people would take a stand against them. Just because one is against Anonymous and their douchebaggery does not make them implicit in the actions of governmental bodies. It just means they can think for themselves and refuse to sink to the hive mentality that infects most internet communities.

It depresses me to see how many people idolize these clowns instead of calling them out for what they are. If even one of them would actually present a coherent argument as to what bothers them about the situation of the world instead of working to take down websites for a few minutes, then I would consider taking them seriously. But given the trend, that seems less and less likely. I'm only important in my own mind, so I don't expect this whine-bag of a post to make it beyond a couple hundred views, but the internet has its ways of surprising me.

I'm not afraid of 14-year olds that can refresh their browser really quickly. I'm not afraid of someone who has ten gigs of illegal porn tucked away on their hard drive. Anonymous can be one. But I am legend. (Self-proclaimed.)

Edit: HH Vixen, I still want you. You want me too, I can feel it!

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