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52. well, I think your post was as baiting as the hacker's intent

Tue Feb 12, 2013, 03:43 PM

Feb 2013

I think it's foolish to try and leverage this argument about CISPA, the NDAA, and the TPP on top of this foolish threat of theirs; either by 'Anonymous' or by you on this thread. It's a foolish expectation that I'm going to engage in that today.

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I'm generally okay with the efforts of 'Anonymous' but this is anti-Democratic [View all] bigtree Feb 2013 OP

Controlling the internet to protest controlling the internet arcane1 Feb 2013 #1

They are far from "controlling" the Internet. kentauros Feb 2013 #35

That is beyond their capabilities. They have a big bag of parlor tricks... EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #55

That's been my impression of them pretty much from the start. kentauros Feb 2013 #59

I'm with you on this... arthritisR_US Feb 2013 #2

I'll join you. HappyMe Feb 2013 #6

I love your hair on fire guy.. arthritisR_US Feb 2013 #9

The minute I HappyMe Feb 2013 #12

yes, hair on fire guy is cool, i just saved it for special occassions arely staircase Feb 2013 #76

Much of it is regarding CISPA, which was resurrected and voted upon without warning just days ago. Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #3

I agree there's a larger and important issue they say they're advocating here bigtree Feb 2013 #15

Martin Luther King, Jr. has words on this subject. Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #22

+++++ :) RainbowSuperfund Feb 2013 #24

never knew MLK to advocate anything like this bigtree Feb 2013 #25

So you're okay with CISPA, the NDAA, the TPP...and citizens shouldn't protest what is abhorrent? n/t Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #32

how foolish of you bigtree Feb 2013 #37

I'm attempting to address what you've listed as being concerns, I'm not attempting to argue Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #47

well, I think your post was as baiting as the hacker's intent bigtree Feb 2013 #52

I've been involved in an unpleasant post war in another thread against my better judgement, Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #56

Protest all you want. RudynJack Feb 2013 #38

CISPA and its ilk do not appear on any ballot. The people do not get to vote on such things. Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #46

So your answer RudynJack Feb 2013 #48

Have you read my link to the ACLU description of this monstrous legislation? Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #50

We're not discussing the legislation. RudynJack Feb 2013 #61

The people have fought this through the system, and momentarily won. Now they're sneaking it back Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #62

At what point is the SOTU address ours and not theirs? randome Feb 2013 #63

Then you should totally start a thread on it! RudynJack Feb 2013 #66

Despite Protests, Congress To Bring Back CISPA Exactly As It Was Last Year, While Obama Signs Exec O Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #51

Who voted on it a couple of days ago? And what did they vote on? onenote Feb 2013 #45

You have a google button on your computer as well as I, but I'll indulge you: Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #49

Thanks for confirming that it hasn't been voted on. Its only being reintroduced tomorrow. onenote Feb 2013 #73

I stand corrected. I was mistaking last year's vote for one very recent. n/t Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #74

At the beginning I supported them Drale Feb 2013 #4

Same here. We have 3 RW cranksters working on disrupting the SOTU. Nugent, Rand, etc. freshwest Feb 2013 #23

+1 I agree SlimJimmy Feb 2013 #27

Stuff like this is just not helpful to them. libtodeath Feb 2013 #5

It's a risky move for them. Xithras Feb 2013 #7

Only if they replace the live feed with some message that brings attention to issues arcane1 Feb 2013 #10

Not necessarily Xithras Feb 2013 #14

If I saw something other than HappyMe Feb 2013 #17

This was predictable. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #8

I have to say I like it Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #11

"Democracy" translates to "the will and voice of the People". It's not Democracy if "they" Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #13

I'm trying to imagine how a group unaccountable to most Americans bigtree Feb 2013 #18

The powers that be aren't listening (or, they are, if you know about HR347). Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #20

I'm with you on that Fire Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #26

Then we don't live in a democracy. They rarely listen to "We, the people". AAO Feb 2013 #70

Here is an ACLU report on CISPA, which everyone should be upset about. Please read if you don't know Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #16

I think this group forfeits the expectation that someone should heed their concerns and dialog bigtree Feb 2013 #21

The ACLU is ProSense Feb 2013 #54

I believe some Anonymous channels have posted that CISPA's re-emergence is enough in itself. Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #71

Too bad no one owns televisions anymore Freddie Stubbs Feb 2013 #19

"anti-democratic" with a small "D"? Spider Jerusalem Feb 2013 #28

I prefer this assembly to the alternative bigtree Feb 2013 #31

The alternative is a parliamentary system Spider Jerusalem Feb 2013 #40

Tsk. Tsk. How dare people express their dismay at having their freedoms curbed. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #29

it would be like you obliviating my posts bigtree Feb 2013 #33

See 1st Amerndment for reference. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #34

one can forget that within those rights bigtree Feb 2013 #41

Are you talking about the suppression of speech by the NDAA or by the protesters? Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #43

degrees bigtree Feb 2013 #44

Nice straw argument. How about something more honest? nt geek tragedy Feb 2013 #57

Smells like another "roll up" to me. MADem Feb 2013 #30

ROGER THAT MADem! dreampunk Feb 2013 #69

odd how DU loves anonymous until it interrupts the great dems PR machine lol nt msongs Feb 2013 #36

funny bigtree Feb 2013 #42

Or, how DU loves them unless they act like assholes. geek tragedy Feb 2013 #58

Do you really laugh out loud at your own comments? Drunken Irishman Feb 2013 #68

'Anonymous' is not a group with motivations SecularMotion Feb 2013 #39

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has done more for Internet freedom in a legal way. nt EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #53

There ya go! kentauros Feb 2013 #64

Anonymous has overstepped its bounds with this. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #60

Agree with you. I'm usually a supporter of theirs, but this is stupid and childish. gateley Feb 2013 #65

Anonymous is a lawless reaction to authoritarianism. JDPriestly Feb 2013 #67

I am of the mind that it is a highly "lawful" recruiting agency run by MADem Feb 2013 #72

so i'm not gonna get to see it? thanks, anonymous assholes! arely staircase Feb 2013 #75