Fact From Fiction: Not All Members Of Anonymous Are Created Equal - Page 2
"Anti-Scientology" Anonymous - these are the people who were against the Church of Scientology long before Andrew Morton's book, long before the Gawker/Tom Cruise/YouTube video incident, who in the darkest corners of the internet criticized the CoS for their oppressive efforts to censor information about the organization's practices, crimes, abuses and policies - and of course — the CoS "copyright" data principle which they use to extract large sums of money from their adherents, and as tool in which to litigate anyone who criticizes them. Anonymous, at its very core is a rogue sort of group who dislike information being kept from the masses. This variation of the group are the ones I am most familiar with. They are serious, often quite compassionate, extremely intelligent and fairly ego-less. They have a goal and focus: dismantle the abusive and corrupt hierarchy of the Church of Scientology. By far, this is the largest percentage with their numbers growing exponentially.
The "In It For the Lulz" Anonymous - these are your fairly harmless Anonymous who enjoy being part of the movement, are generally well-informed and good-intentioned, but whose focus on the CoS movement waxes and wanes. If things get too heavy, too detailed, too "boring" or "warm and fuzzyish" they back off or attempt to interject levity with a "Rickroll" or a "long cat is loooooooooooong" or "show us your tits" sort of thing. It lightens the mood and injects some laughs, which let me tell you, when you cover the Church of Scientology, a good laugh can do wonders. This is depressing business. This group is silly, but *mostly* good-natured.
Then there's the "bad" Anonymous. They're bad, they know it, they don't care. Their idea of lulz is to hurt people, scare people, harass people and in general be internet dickheads. They're amoral (and at times immoral) they are smart, nasty and savvy as to the ways of the internets. They hack, they prank, they play practical jokes which are more often than not, mean-spirited and lack forethought. I doubt they are as evil as the media portrays them, they are probably not even as evil as they want you to think they are, but they are pains in the asses to the rest of Anonymous who are becoming really weary of being blamed for the actions of a very small percentage of the overall numbers who claim to be "Anonymous."
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