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Dissension Grows Inside Anonymous Because Of Political Propaganda (softpedia.com)
An anonymous reader writes from a report on Softpedia: Political tensions relating to the U.S. presidential race are creating turmoil inside the Anonymous hacker collective, muddling waters even more in a group that's known for its lack of leadership and a common goal. The most recent Anonymous infighting relates to the actions of the group's most famous news portal known as AnonHQ, who's been showing downright public support for Bernie Sanders, while being extremely busy at bashing Trump, Cruz, and more recently issuing video threats against Clinton. Ever since Anonymous' official news source has started showing public support for Sanders, many of the group's divisions have publicly disavowed it and have even gone so far as launching constant waves of DDoS attacks at what once used to be the hacker's official news portal. Last month, when a former Anonymous member decided to dox himself, he said in interviews that the group had been infiltrated by government agents.
"Anonymous" is the equivalent of a preschoolers yelling and kicking your shins. Ignore them, or chuckle if you want, then move in.
These people aren't shaping anyones option on anything.
SJWs are the new boogeyman. -Me
They had some class, they had skill and most importantly they made me laugh.
Anonymous of today relies on zero effort DDOS attacks and their messaging is dominated by anger and revenge.
Trump could easily turn out to be the most moderate Republican president in a century. He might even be isolationist enough to disentangle us from the mideast.
Clinton, on the other hand, could even more easily be the best Republican president since Reagan.
What you have here are two fake PR fronts fighting it out for who can pretend to control a group of random hackers whom they neither know, nor represent.
See also: Gamergate.