the Klan exposed

You know you're doing something wrong when Anonymous declares to you that you should be stripped of your anonymity, since normally they are the movement that self-identifies with the power of anonymous speech. Doxing (releasing documents that identify someone online) is not taken lightly, and they explain their justification for this extreme action against the Ku Klux Klan.

"The anons involved in this operation still believe you no longer particularly deserve the right to Freedom of Speech and Freedom to Assemble but that is not up to us. ... Your hateful ideas and words remain yours to keep. You are allowed to speak and in kind, we are allowed to respond. You are legally free to live and be any which way you choose to live and be. Keep in mind, it is not illegal nor oppressive to hurt your feelings. With that said – We are stripping you of your anonymity. Again. This is our protected speech.

After closely observing so many of you for so very long, we feel confident that applying transparency to your organizational cells is the right, just, appropriate and only course of action. You are abhorrent. Criminal. You are more than extremists. You are more than a hate group. You operate much more like terrorists and you should be recognized as such. You are terrorists that hide your identities beneath sheets and infiltrate society on every level. The privacy of the Ku Klux Klan no longer exists in cyberspace. You’ve had blood on your hands for nearly 200 years.

The last time we took your hoods off, you claimed to be misunderstood. Victimized. No. You are a damaged, dangerous, fragmented, splintered and amorphous collection of terroristic cells with a hate-based ideology and a well documented history of violence against the American public – assault, murder, terrorism. You play a deep, damaging and historically sinister and malevolent role in the United States. We understand you far too well. ... This fight will go on as long as it has to. The aim of this operation is digital. Another cyber war trist, nothing more. We are not violent. We will release, to the global public, the identities of up to 1000 klan members, Ghoul Squad affiliates and other close associates of various factions of the Ku Klux Klan across the Unites States."

- https://anonintelgroup.wordpress.com/2015/10/28/opkkk-press-release/

In preparation for this event, they helpfully released a document with probing questions that people can ask of themselves and their social groups, which is perhaps a useful way of provoking educational discussions. I'm sure they'll take greater care with this information release, since Anonymous has made mistakes in previous announcements. By its nature, Anonymous data is not curated information, so it should always be verified before acting on it. But then, I suppose they would agree that lesson is useful in all circumstances anyway.

A different anonymous (Anonymous?) group tried to join the publicity surrounding this event, but the people at the helm of this particular operation made it clear that they vouch only for data released via their @Operation_KKK Twitter account. Meanwhile, another supportive Anonymous group is taking this project in good humor, even creating a proverbial Race Card to play in this digital game of social media.

I've already told you about my one or two brushes with the Klan. I don't expect Klansmen or sympathizers to feel shame or hear new logic. I expect this operation will result only in their self-interested preservation instinct. In that context, however, we can still hope this metaphorical light will scatter the roaches back into the darkness.

We should always be ready to speak our counterpoint when we find injustice.

Edit: 5:11pm:  It's official.  You can download the text file here:  http://pastebin.com/wbvP95wg

#OpKKK #HoodsOff #Anonymous