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.

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[AmiMoJo]

More generally, people need to stop assuming someone is part of a faction and so much hold certain beliefs. I get this a lot, people assume I'm some kind of "SJW" and thus must think certain things. Sometimes even when I tell them otherwise they can't quite believe it.

Anonymous does this a lot. A great example would be Anita Sarkeesian. Even her name is a trigger for a lot of people. Yet when you look at the rebuttals to her work, it's obvious that most of them are based on a fictional account of the videos that they just assumed must be the content, because of her association with feminism. Just look at the number of rants about how many strong female characters there are in video games, even though that wasn't her argument. It's just assumed that because she is a feminist, that must be the argument.