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by BHSPitMonkey 4198 days ago
That's the entire point. Anyone attributing an action to "them" inherently wrong in doing so.

"Because Anonymous has no leadership, no action can be attributed to the membership as a whole. Parmy Olson and others have criticized media coverage that presents the group as well-organized or homogeneous." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29)

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Yes, that is my point.
That quote and the wikipedia article it comes from are both misguided because they still describe Anonymous as a group.
Ok, lemme define the group:

Anonymous: the group of people who identify themselves as part of the group "Anonymous".

Ah yes, the good old set A, which contains all elements who are members of set A.
That's partially my point.

However, when you do something under the name "Anonymous" like the twitter account did, you are doing it as Anonymous, the "loosely defined group".

Otherwise why would you call yourself Anonymous?

I am Anonymous right now. I am legion.

It's a loosely defined group only in the sense that some people incorrectly define it as a group.