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9/04/2008 | 10:09 PM | Evolved Rationalist

An Anonymous protester against the Co$ cult is in need of your help.

He is one of those IRL protesters - the people with masks on the street, part of the 'New Anonymous' - that I have long dismissed and made snide remarks about on this site. His name is Gregg, he has been fair gamed by the Co$, and is currently entangled in legal proceedings started by the cult with the intent of ruining his life for daring to make a stand. If the time has come for us to collectively say 'GO GO GO!' and help someone in need, the time is now.

I am expecting all of you to start scratching your heads right about this point. After all I've said here about how absurd 'New Anonymous' is and why I think it is an epic failure, this calls for an explanation. I stand by what I previously posted. I also still think that although the first protest was a win, having protests each month while wearing masks and spouting relatively obscure internet memes on the street isn't going to do much in terms of helping people trapped in the cult or bringing down the cult. Some things are better kept on the internet, and a lot of people who consider themselves part of 'New Anonymous' (the 'newfags', 'protestfags', 'moralfags', etc) don't seem to realize that using these memes IRL among the diversity of the general population only causes confusion and makes them a laughing stock.

More seriously, remember the Magoogate incident where Tory Magoo flipped out over the Thunderdome in Enturbulation and lots of BAWWWWWing and butthurt were to be had? I do lurk on Enturbulation to see what the 'protestfags' are up to even while moderating a Chan on the next tab. (You are allowed to have lulz at my expense after this revelation, of course.)

Side note for the 'New Anons': That is what happens when you try to co-opt a culture (sometimes without actually bothering to learn the true origins of the culture) and try to deny those origins for PR purposes. Doesn't hiding parts of your movement that you think would seem undesirable to the general population remind you of Scientology? The irony!

tl;dr version: I love the idea behind the Anonymous movement to death but I am not a fan of Project Chanology.

That is all. Simple, to the point...and without the drama.

Now that all of the above is out of the way and to make a long story short, I was contacted by a few Anons who alerted me to Gregg's case. As Rebecca at Skepchick was also notified, go over there and read her post about the case before reading on.

He needs your help because we are not going to let the cult get away with this. The cult tried suppressing information on the internet, and the internet responded by leaking their secret documents all over the series of tubes. Now, they are trying to suppress free speech - and we must not let them get away with it. If the Old Anon tactics did it for the Scilons on the internet, New Anon could do it in real life, because nobody should be intimidated out of speaking their minds. How would you feel if it was an atheist protest against religious bigotry when this happened? How would you react? Why should we shut the fuck up just because someone yells 'lawsuit'? How could we let the false charges and obvious injustice in this case slide just like that? Hasn't Mary the Scilon calling the FBI on me given you a glimpse of how low the Scilons are willing to sink?

If you think that I am merely trolling by posting this, let me show you otherwise. Here is a link to Enturbulation - something I have refused to do for a very long time although I have been asked by countless 'protestfags'. As much as the 'moralfaggotry', 'leaderfaggotry', and anti-lulz drama at Enturbulation pisses me off , as much as I realize that I could never fully agree with 'New Anonymous', for all the lulz I have had at the 'newfags', and as much as I think that Chanology should be left to die a natural death, the time has come for me to set my personal feelings aside to help a fellow human being who deserves all the help he can get.

I could never consider myself an Enturb supporter, but I do consider myself a humanist.

To help out: Gregg accepts PayPal at greggatghc[a]gmail[dot]com

At the very least, send him a supportive e-mail and let him know that there are those of us who care, and also to remind him that ~~Anonymous is Legion~~ he is not alone in this fight. He mentioned that he also appreciates just hearing from people, and as I know a lot of readers of this blog are familiar with the Anon culture and know where he is coming from, please, send him some encouragement.

Also, do your best to spread the word.

Tell everyone you know. Stumble it. Digg it. Repost this on your blog and submit your blog instead if you think that this is an act of self-promotion on my part. Do whatever it takes to get the word out.

He deserves nothing less. Remember, for the lulz and for great justice. DO IT.