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Whenever Anonymous attacks, one of the top posts is a reasonable argument such as yours here that it is not helping matters, and I pretty much always find myself in agreement (e.g. wrt SOPA/PIPA last year).

So I'm curious about:

"Most of the time the people who Anonymous give the stick to deserve it"

Who are you thinking of?

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Of the top of my head - westboro baptist church, church of scientology, Ohio football rape crew and a string of internet pedophiles.

I don't advocate vigilante justice in these instances, I just don't feel any pity for the victims. Though "justice" is too strong a word - perhaps "nuisance" is better.

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