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Amazon Warns Employees About 'Million Mask March' On Seattle HQ Today (geekwire.com)
reifman writes: Amazon is warning employees not to wear clothing with company logos, and telling them to keep their badges out of sight as hundreds of people loyal to the hacktivist group Anonymous plan to march on the tech giant's Seattle headquarters this afternoon. A Facebook message from the Seattle-based group reads, "On November 5th, we will be rallying at Westlake Park in Seattle at 2pm, and then marching to the Federal Courthouse at 3pm, and from there, we shall march to Amazon for some serious lulz!. Teach-ins and rallies will continue throughout the remainder of the day."
I just walked from Westlake to the Weston, and I saw no protesters.
No real reasoning or anything meaningful.
Plus since when has Anon worked in meatspace? Seems like an easy way to get caught or otherwise expose yourself (fellow Anons, let's self-dox!)
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What ever happened to them? The last time I remember them making headlines they declared war on ISIS.
PS: I don't reply to ACs.
Probably bought their masks on Amazon. That makes me chuckle to myself.
Just because I can hook a shark from a boat, I do no offer to wrestle it in the water.
On the bright side, that's 600 kids who are committing to be outside and walking today!
The thing is, Amazon customer service is actually pretty great. I've never had a problem with them at all.
Facts have a liberal bias.
There can't be be a case if *everyone* is allowed to assume the moniker and there is no qualification based on philosophy.
Nonsense, they define their agenda very clearly right here:
Why are we protesting, you ask?
Here is a list of many of the things we are protesting against...
* The White House's continued attacks on 'whistleblowers'.
* The NSA's illegal and unconstitutional spying on ALL American citizens.
* The corrupt courts and unconstitutional rulings against us.
* Our City, County, State, and Federal politicians creating unjust and unconstitutional taxes, laws, and fees against the people without any representation or regard for our rights and freedoms.
* The continued arrests of the people for exercising our constitutional rights.
* The detainment of political prisoners who risked everything to keep the American people informed, safe, and free.
* The continued physical, verbal, and emotional abuse being brought upon the people by law enforcement personnel.
* The use and expansion of the FBI, DHS, NSA, and other government agencies for the sole purpose of silencing free speech, and treating us like terrorists.
* The use of the media to mislead us and divide the people into warring factions, or to keep the masses uninformed and blissfully ignorant of the truth about what is happening in the world around us.
* The continuing wars that have no purpose except to keep the elite wealthy and powerful, while the rest of the world suffers from death, poverty, disease, famine, etc.
* The corporate control of all aspects of our daily lives.
* The constant poisoning of our food, water, and air.
* The allowance of rapists, molesters, and pedophiles to harm our children, while innocents are treated like criminals.
* The use of propaganda to spread fear, lies, and distrust among the people.
* The continued mistreatment of indigenous people around the world and illegal occupations of tribal lands for the sake of global expansion and development.
* The recent government shutdown without any regard for the well-being of the people.
* The mistreatment of war veterans.
* The allowance of rape culture and lack of any real justice in our courtrooms.
* Lack of transparency within our government, and the illegal use of secret courts to detain and prosecute innocent civilians.
This is, by far, not a complete list of the grievances we hold against our own government bodies, or the governments of other nations, but it shows a great and severe illness within our society; a global systemic failure that cannot continue.
You don't support the constant poisoning of our food, water, and air, do you? What about distrust among the people, are you one of those pro-distrust non-persons? I bet you are...
I would support Anonymous, but it doesn't look like they're protesting against that orca that was caught on video punting that seal. I can't really get behind a cause that is pro-seal-punting.
"Our two-party system is like a bowl of shit looking at itself in a mirror." - Lewis Black
the WTO riots were in my neighborhood. it was a bunch of assholes from california with nothing better to do than destroy a bunch of local businesses and stand around circle-jerking while morons set fire to trash cans.
I'd be surprised if they manage to muster more than 2-300. And if they do anything remotely illegal it'll be the cops who get the lulz.
Imagine if, the smart slashdot readers applied their intelligence to things outside their technical careers.
Imagine if, instead of buying into reflexive ideology, that slashdot readers weighed all sides of an argument, to get to the truth.
Imagine if, the slashdot readers were not so intellectually cowardly, that they could read from multiple sources and perspectives.
Imagine if, the slashdot readers would have taken a three, to go to Foxnews, and see that there is not an article about millions people hordes protesting amazon and pillaging. In fact, there is no article at all.
Imagine if, slashdot readers could turn the same critical eye reserved only for foxiness, toward other sources such as the New York times and MSNBC. Imagine if, slashdot readers did not treat politics as a team sport, where one side is always good and the other is always bad. Instead, tried to see the the actors of life as they really are, not your teammate.
Or, Imagine if, slashdot once again because a forum of ideas, not ideology.
Imagine that.
"Liberalism is a very noble idea, currently controlled by some very bad people. Be sure you do not get the two confused.
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And yes, at least some of the masks were purchased off Amazon.com - using one guy's mom's credit card.
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I am curious about the bit where it says "allowance of rape culture."
I must have missed some headlines or something. What events are prompting that concern?
How about this? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...
"The hacking group Anonymous has threatened to make public the identities of four boys accused of gang-raping a Canadian teenager who later killed herself after images of the attack went viral."
Or this? http://www.rollingstone.com/cu...
A summary of all the things above states essentially that Anonymous will defend the weak and preyed upon by exposing their tormentors.
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