Anonymous posts Ku Klux Klan list

[deminks]

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34736941

It follows threats from the white supremacist KKK to use "deadly force" against those protesting about the killing of a black teenager in Missouri

Anonymous, a loose coalition of hackers, said the data was "a form of resistance" against racial violence.

A list of alleged KKK members published earlier in the week appears to have been bogus.

The list appears to detail social media profiles of people who had joined or "liked" KKK-related groups on Facebook and Google+. Many of the profiles featured racist imagery and slogans.

Anonymous said it had used human intelligence - not hacking - to create the list.

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[Electric Monk]

1. 37 recs and counting in LBN, but without the BBC link

here http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141252362

[Generic Other]

2. A link to the actual list on RawStory

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/anonymous-carries-out-its-threat-releases-identities-of-alleged-ku-klux-klan-members/

[underpants]

3. Owner of Dixie Outfitters + Frrank Zappa and John Kennedy made the list

Obviuously not the same people

[Generic Other]

4. Links to FB pages

So like those old wanted posters I used to look at in the Post Office when I was a kid. It is kind of funny.

[yeoman6987]

5. I spent 10 minutes going down the list

I didn't recognize one name. One person ran for mayor in a town in Maryland. Have no idea if he won or not or how long ago. The list is ridiculous and not sure why it was needed to be released.

[EL34x4]

7. Yep. A big nothingburger from Anonymous

Looking at some of the Facebook profiles, I don't think many of these people are particularly upset about being outed as KKK.

[EL34x4]

8. Unimpressed but not surprised.

I don't know how it was that people actually thought this list was going to contain a trove of powerful Republicans.

As far as the right wing in concerned, the Klan is like MySpace. It might have been cool once, a long time ago, but today it's the abode of losers.

In the 1920s, the KKK boasted 6 million members. That's more than the NRA. Today, best estimates have membership at a paltry 4-6K tops; mostly ex-cons, meth-dealing bikers, redneck trailer-trash and federal informants. They wield no real power or influence in the South. Nobody is joining the Klan in 2015, least of all politicians.

They may be stupid but they're not that stupid.

[nc4bo]

9. Too bad those assholes don't choke and croak on their hate.

The world would be a much better place without 'em.