Anonymous leaks gigabytes of data from alt-right web host Epik

Re:Anonymous leaks gigabytes of data from alt-right web host... by throwawaysea on Thursday September 16, 2021 @01:39AM (#28548441)

These “hacktivists” are simply left-wing criminals that need to be brought to justice by three-letter agencies. Just like we have seen with the aggressive, militant actions of decentralized anonymous groups (antifa, youth collectives, etc) in the physical world, these criminals don’t want to allow any speech or thought that disagrees with their own. Hence their attacks on Parler, Epik, and so on. Let’s not try to paint their actions in some virtuous paint of activism. These criminals have no place in a lawful society that holds liberal values.

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Re:Anonymous leaks gigabytes of data from alt-right web host... by mrtesthah on Thursday September 16, 2021 @02:28AM (#28548723)

The funniest part is that Epik's sites host literal terrorist content.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ParlerWatch/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Stormer#Content_and_...

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Re:Anonymous leaks gigabytes of data from alt-right web host... by blockmarker on Thursday September 16, 2021 @01:54AM (#28548523)

They will never be brought to justice, since they are another arm of the state. These groups are a way of doing what the powers that be want to be done while having some plausible deniability.

These groups are deliberately allowed to do this.

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Re:Anonymous leaks gigabytes of data from alt-right web host... by igor47 on Thursday September 16, 2021 @02:25AM (#28548701)

extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

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Re:Anonymous leaks gigabytes of data from alt-right web host... by jasonvorhe on Thursday September 16, 2021 @09:10AM (#28551262)

The super incompetent state is also the super powered villain operating in the dark. That way you're always right with your conspiracy delusions.

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Re:Anonymous leaks gigabytes of data from alt-right web host... by sudosysgen on Thursday September 16, 2021 @11:57AM (#28553424)

You can be very incompetent and also be very powerful. It's quite easy when you have the powers of the state.

I don't agree with the comment you were replying to either, it's just that I don't really find this argument convincing.

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Re:Anonymous leaks gigabytes of data from alt-right web host... by mrtesthah on Thursday September 16, 2021 @05:37PM (#28558007)

You don't have to find it convincing; it's merely an observation on the way fascists communicate with each other.

https://www.faena.com/aleph/umberto-eco-a-practical-list-for...

>8. The enemy is both weak and strong. “[…] the followers must be convinced that they can overwhelm the enemies. Thus, by a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak.”

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Re:Anonymous leaks gigabytes of data from alt-right web host... by sudosysgen on Thursday September 16, 2021 @06:27PM (#28558591)

Well, for fascists it's often true because they choose enemies that are actually simply weak (as having shadowy enemies that can be portrayed as both weak and strong is necessary for fascism). The state is not weak at all, and it is indeed often incompetent. I think your argument is simply overfitting.

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Re:Anonymous leaks gigabytes of data from alt-right web host... by throwawaysea on Thursday September 16, 2021 @03:02AM (#28548913)

> you're free to publish your propaganda but not without opposition

Not without illegal criminal acts you mean? You’re using euphemisms to excuse authoritarian actions by anti free speech digital thugs.

> Left-ish people are among the most tolerant people your can find, unless you tolerate intolerance. That's a hard line.

I’m sure this moral certainty sounds virtuous to you, but it is simply intolerant in the end. The use of malleable and subjective opinions as purity tests doesn’t make you right and doesn’t make these criminal actions ethical or moral.

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Re:Anonymous leaks gigabytes of data from alt-right web host... by jasonvorhe on Thursday September 16, 2021 @04:07AM (#28549261)

re: Opposition: My reply to your comment.

re: Purity tests: lol

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