We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists

ABOUT YOU, WE'RE GONNA FUCK YOU 1008 00:32:25,233 --> 00:32:27,233 OVER IN THE WORST POSSIBLE WAY. 1009 00:32:27,233 --> 00:32:29,133 IT'S JUST -- IT RESONATED, LIKE, 1010 00:32:29,133 --> 00:32:30,933 THIS FEELING OF DISGUST WITHIN 1011 00:32:30,933 --> 00:32:31,333 US. 1012 00:32:31,333 --> 00:32:32,800 THAT WAS A BIG PROBLEM. 1013 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:34,533 THAT WAS THE BIG PROBLEM, THE 1014 00:32:34,533 --> 00:32:36,667 CENSORSHIP ASPECT OF IT, THE 1015 00:32:36,667 --> 00:32:38,767 AUDACITY OF THIS CULT, THIS 1016 00:32:38,767 --> 00:32:40,833 CREEPY CULT, TO GO INTO OUR 1017 00:32:40,833 --> 00:32:43,067 TERRITORY AND TELL US THAT WE 1018 00:32:43,067 --> 00:32:44,433 CAN'T POST THIS? 1019 00:32:44,433 --> 00:32:45,667 NO. FUCK THEM. 1020 00:32:45,667 --> 00:32:46,967 NO. IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. 1021 00:32:46,967 --> 00:32:48,300 >> AND PEOPLE WHO KNEW WHAT 1022 00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:49,833 ANONYMOUS WAS TO BEGIN WITH WERE 1023 00:32:49,833 --> 00:32:50,800 LIKE, "OH, MY GOD. 1024 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:52,200 ANONYMOUS IS GONNA GO TO WAR 1025 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:53,100 WITH SCIENTOLOGY? 1026 00:32:53,100 --> 00:32:54,200 THIS SHOULD BE REALLY 1027 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:54,967 INTERESTING." 1028 00:32:54,967 --> 00:32:56,233 ESPECIALLY 'CAUSE IT'S TWO 1029 00:32:56,233 --> 00:32:57,167 WEIRD-ASS GROUPS. 1030 00:32:57,167 --> 00:32:58,567 I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN AN 1031 00:32:58,567 --> 00:32:59,900 ANON FOR A LONG FUCKING TIME. 1032 00:32:59,900 --> 00:33:01,200 I KNOW ANONYMOUS IS REALLY 1033 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:01,700 STRANGE. 1034 00:33:01,700 --> 00:33:03,567 LIKE, THEY'RE WEIRD, AND THE 1035 00:33:03,567 --> 00:33:05,667 STUFF WE LIKE IS WEIRD, AND IT'S 1036 00:33:05,667 --> 00:33:07,600 REALLY NOT MAINSTREAM AT ALL. 1037 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,700 NOW YOU HAVE SCIENTOLOGY -- ALSO 1038 00:33:09,700 --> 00:33:10,467 REALLY WEIRD. 1039 00:33:10,467 --> 00:33:11,967 A LOT OF CRAZY SHIT GOES DOWN. 1040 00:33:11,967 --> 00:33:13,367 ANYBODY ON THE OUTSIDE WHO'S 1041 00:33:13,367 --> 00:33:14,933 SEEN THIS IS GOING, "LET'S WATCH 1042 00:33:14,933 --> 00:33:16,167 THESE TWO RETARDS FIGHT. 1043 00:33:16,167 --> 00:33:17,767 LIKE, BOTH THEIR PANTS ARE GONNA 1044 00:33:17,767 --> 00:33:18,400 FALL DOWN. 1045 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:19,800 THEY'RE GONNA TRIP, AND IT'S 1046 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:21,300 GONNA HURT EVERYBODY, AND IT'S 1047 00:33:21,300 --> 00:33:22,400 GONNA BE HYSTERICAL." 1048 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:23,933 AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS ALL THESE 1049 00:33:23,933 --> 00:33:25,433 PEOPLE WHO WERE GEARED UP, THE 1050 00:33:25,433 --> 00:33:27,433 INFRASTRUCTURE WAS BUILT TO WAR 1051 00:33:27,433 --> 00:33:29,067 WITH OTHER ANONS, SAID, "YOU 1052 00:33:29,067 --> 00:33:30,333 KNOW WHAT -- FUCK IT. 1053 00:33:30,333 --> 00:33:32,333 EVERYBODY'S GONNA GET TOGETHER 1054 00:33:32,333 --> 00:33:34,067 AND POUND THE FUCK OUT OF 1055 00:33:34,067 --> 00:33:35,100 SCIENTOLOGY." 1056 00:33:35,100 --> 00:33:37,067 >> AND THEN THAT'S WHEN 4chan 1057 00:33:37,067 --> 00:33:38,767 KIND OF REARED INTO ACTION, 1058 00:33:38,767 --> 00:33:40,400 REALLY REARED INTO ACTION. 1059 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:42,233 AND THEY STARTED TO TROLL THE 1060 00:33:42,233 --> 00:33:43,700 CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY. 1061 00:33:43,700 --> 00:33:45,300 AND THIS TOOK THE FORM OF 1062 00:33:45,300 --> 00:33:46,933 PRANKING THE DIANETICS HOTLINE, 1063 00:33:46,933 --> 00:33:47,867 ORDERING PIZZAS. 1064 00:33:47,867 --> 00:33:49,500 >> EVERY FAX NUMBER WE GET, AND 1065 00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:50,767 WE'RE SHARING THEM ALL. 1066 00:33:50,767 --> 00:33:52,333 YOU KNOW, EVERY NUMBER WE GET, 1067 00:33:52,333 --> 00:33:54,167 WE'D SEND BLACK PIECES OF PAPER 1068 00:33:54,167 --> 00:33:55,933 ON A LOOP UNTIL IT WASTES ALL 1069 00:33:55,933 --> 00:33:56,700 THEIR INK. 1070 00:33:56,700 --> 00:33:58,533 I GO TO CALL THEM ON THE PHONE, 1071 00:33:58,533 --> 00:34:01,433 AND IT'S BUSY, BUSY, BUSY. 1072 00:34:01,433 --> 00:34:03,267 YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S THEIR MAIN 1073 00:34:03,267 --> 00:34:05,133 FUCKING DIANETICS HOTLINE, THEIR 1074 00:34:05,133 --> 00:34:06,467 DIANETICS 800-NUMBER. 1075 00:34:06,467 --> 00:34:08,200 YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH BECAUSE 1076 00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:09,400 ANONS HAVE COMPLETELY FUCKING 1077 00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:10,533 CLOGGED IT AND JUST PROBABLY 1078 00:34:10,533 --> 00:34:11,400 SAYING STUPID SHIT. 1079 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:12,700 THE WHOLE IDEA WAS JUST YOU CALL 1080 00:34:12,700 --> 00:34:13,867 THEM JUST TO KEEP THEM ON THE 1081 00:34:13,867 --> 00:34:14,267 PHONE. 1082 00:34:14,267 --> 00:34:15,433 "WHAT'S AN ELROND? 1083 00:34:15,433 --> 00:34:17,100 HOW DO I DIANETICS MY FACE?" 1084 00:34:17,100 --> 00:34:18,800 THEY WERE NOT EXPECTING THAT, 1085 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:20,333 AND THEY COULDN'T HANDLE IT. 1086 00:34:25,233 --> 00:34:27,133 >> I'M BRIAN METTENBRINK. 1087 00:34:27,133 --> 00:34:28,933 I ALWAYS LIKED ANYTHING 1088 00:34:28,933 --> 00:34:31,233 TECHNICAL, MECHANICAL, ANYTHING 1089 00:34:31