As the dawn of Trump’s Presidency draws ever nearer, the political situation in the United States is reaching boiling point.
America has become a melting pot of false accusations and fake news, all published in the name of a greater political agenda.
This high-pressure environment has led to unverified dossiers leaking Golden Shower Gate and false accusations of a Clinton Foundation paedophile ring run from a pizza joint, among countless other cock and bull stories serving to confuse citizens.
Throughout this upheaval, which sees most people scrambling for a shred of truth, Anonymous (who do enjoy jumping on the trending bandwagon) have remained strangely quiet… until now.
The loosely associated international network of hacktivists have responded to Donald Trump’s latest Twitter outburst with a threatening message, accusing him of ‘financial and personal ties with Russian mobsters, child traffickers, and money launderers’.
Trump wrote:
“Outgoing CIA Chief, John Brennan, blasts Pres-Elect Trump on Russia threat. Does not fully understand.” Oh really, couldn’t do…much worse – just look at Syria (red line), Crimea, Ukraine and the build-up of Russian nukes. Not good! Was this the leaker of Fake News?
Of course, many Democrats have jumped to the conclusion that Anonymous are waging out and out war on Trump and his Republican supporters.
The Anonymous Twitter feed was quick to quash those hopes and reinforce their position as an independent, non-partisan global body who has no allegiance to any American party, let alone the Republicans or Democrats who are run in an elite hierarchy that opposes all Anonymous ideologies.
Further tweets from the anti-government body read:
Statements both US Dems and Trump supporters have made in the last 2 months: “#Anonymous please help, you are our only hope! hack (insert)!”
Both US democrats, and Trumpies are fascist entities that wish to use #Anonymous for their own gains. We know why you are sweet talking us.
A message to those that want us to “help against Trump” our target isn’t solely Trump but fascism itself world wide. #Anonymous
We are not your personal army. We are not here to serve your political interests. We are not patriotic or care about your State. #Anonymous
What we care about is human rights, dignity, and liberty to exist in safety. We do not care about your political needs or failed government.
The Anons previously led #OpTrump, an anti-Trump mission to hack Trump’s voicemail throughout his Presidential campaign.
However, this time around, they are calling on the public to use the resources we all have at our fingertips and our keyboards to do our duty and speak out against any anti-humanitarian behaviour demonstrated by our political representatives.
Donald Trump, in never-before-seen silence, has decided not to respond to Anonymous’ threats.
This effort to stop global fascism, and the consequential threats issued to release allegedly damning evidence against the future President of the United States, will no doubt add to the maelstrom of political hate speech, and the onslaught of tweeters determined to fill 140 characters with as much bile as inhumanely possible.
A former emo kid who talks too much about 8Chan meme culture, the Kardashian Klan, and how her smartphone is probably killing her. Francesca is a Cardiff University Journalism Masters grad who has done words for BBC, ELLE, The Debrief, DAZED, an art magazine you’ve never heard of and a feminist zine which never went to print.