Anonymous > No Cussing Club

1/17/2009 | 8:31 PM | Evolved Rationalist

Proving yet again that the internet is serious business, Anonymous delivers:

A boy's crusade to stop swearing has drawn the unwanted attention from notorious internet group Anonymous.
McKay Hatch's No Cussing Club, which encourages teens to "chill on the profanity", claims to have over 20,000 members worldwide.
Hatch, a 15-year-old from South Pasadena in California, garnered wide media coverage for his anti-swearing campaign, including a appearance on Dr Phil.

So some 15-year-old who was probably bullied at school decides to go BAWWWWW about how 'cussing is bad', and Anon decided to stick it where it hurts the most? I sense epic lulz.

But at the beginning of the year, Hatch's email inbox began clogging up with hate mail from an unknown source.

Blah, blah....big deal. I get hate mail all the time, but for some reason, you don't see me BAWWWWWing on the fucking news about it. Some people seriously need to get a grip on reality, fifteen or not.

Pizza and porn deliveries became commonplace for his family, who eventually called in the FBI after numerous receiving death threats and obscene phone calls.

They BAWWWWed to the FBI because some people on the internet sent them pizza and porn...and made some prank calls? I have a feeling that the FBI has better things to do.

Also, someone needs to introduce this family to Mary the Scilon. I have a feeling they'll get along great!

Anonymous appears to be behind the attacks, with threads on sites such as 4chan.org and 711chan.org identifying their members as the culprits.

~~711chan? The greatest *Chan of all? Fapfapfap.~~

They got this one wrong. The people behind the attacks all hang out on ebaumsworld.com, and love to pin their acts on the Chans for ~~the lulz~~ no good reason.

And the pain may not yet be over for the Hatch family — Anonymous appears to be planning future raids and has threatened to "wipe this cancer [the No Cussing Club] from the face of the internet".

Raids? The word 'raids' being used in the fucking news? As much as this may bring in newfags and cancer, hearing about Anonymous' raids (moar liek ra/i/ds, amirite?) warms my heart.

In one 4chan thread, a number of users boasted about sending bogus pizza deliveries and even prostitutes to the Hatch's house, although it was impossible to verify if these claims were genuine.

Knowing Anon, the claims are probably genuine.

The same thread also contained a credit card number purported to be stolen from Hatch's father, phone numbers, the family's home address and Hatch's instant messenger address.

Dox? Dropped!

In an interview with US network ABC, Hatch's father said the boy had been reduced to tears by the flood of messages from "bullies".

Some teenage kid decided to make waves, realized that he couldn't take the heat, and then went BAWWWWing on national television (to get even more publicity)? Sorry, no sympathy from me there.

Hatch himself defended his anti-swearing campaign, which his enemies were deriding as an attack on freedom of speech. "A lot of people were saying I was taking away their freedom of speech … All I was trying to do was raise awareness," the teen said.

*rolls eyes*

Yes, you have freedom of speech. However, the internet (and the real world) can be a nasty place, so you should have been prepared to face the consequences, kid. Grow the fuck up and get a fucking clue.

It appears that the earnestness of Hatch's campaign, including his faux-gangster rap video “No Cussing Club Song”, may have drawn Anonymous's ire.

When you fail at the internet that badly, sometimes you have to see the can of delicious ra/i/d coming your way.

*snicker*

A line has since been posted on the No Cussing Club website, claiming that Hatch is the "most bullied boy on the internet".

Uh-huh. More BAWWWWWing and publicity-mongering. The 'most bullied boy on the internet'?! They sure pulled this one out of their asses, didn't they?

All this article goes to show is that Anon delivers, and if you fail so badly at the internet, you deserve whatever comes your way. The internet is not a nice place - if you can't deal with it, GTFO.