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'''The | '''The Million Mask March''', aka '''Guy Fawkes Day''', aka '''Occupy Wall Street Part II Electric Boogaloo''' was a multi-city protest by Anonymous that took place in 450 cities worldwide. Despite Anonymous' desire to have a million people participate in the protest, it is not yet clear how many participated. Some cities had a large turnout numbering into the thousands, while most cities experienced this result: | ||
{{quote|1=[...] the turnout was estimated by The Washington Post to have been in the low hundreds.|2=[http://www.newsweek.com/dozens-yes-dozens-show-anonymous-million-mask-march-2810]}} | {{quote|1=[...] the turnout was estimated by The Washington Post to have been in the low hundreds.|2=[http://www.newsweek.com/dozens-yes-dozens-show-anonymous-million-mask-march-2810]}} | ||
==Martha Gill== | |||
[[File:An open letter to the media, by Anonymous.png|thumb|The only real result]] | [[File:An open letter to the media, by Anonymous.png|thumb|The only real result]] | ||
Despite [[Anonymous]]'s attempt to draw a million people, several thousand came, but an old media blogger by the name of Martha Gill was exposed as an idiot and a poor journalist. After deciding that an image of Brazilians producing Guy Fawkes masks [[ghetto|could ''only'' depict sweatshop conditions]], Ms Gill found herself on the receiving end of the wrath of Anonymous. | |||
Despite [[Anonymous]]'s attempt to draw a million people, | |||
[[File:Martha-gill-lying-on-twitter-about-anonymous-guy-fawkes-mask-sweatshop.png|center]] | [[File:Martha-gill-lying-on-twitter-about-anonymous-guy-fawkes-mask-sweatshop.png|center]] | ||
[[File:Guy Fawkes mask factory.jpeg|thumb|The rat infested sweatshop with suicidal workers Ms Gill imagines]] | [[File:Guy Fawkes mask factory.jpeg|thumb|The rat infested sweatshop with suicidal workers Ms Gill imagines]] | ||
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The Million Mask March, aka Guy Fawkes Day, aka Occupy Wall Street Part II Electric Boogaloo was a multi-city protest by Anonymous that took place in 450 cities worldwide. Despite Anonymous' desire to have a million people participate in the protest, it is not yet clear how many participated. Some cities had a large turnout numbering into the thousands, while most cities experienced this result:
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Martha Gill

Despite Anonymous's attempt to draw a million people, several thousand came, but an old media blogger by the name of Martha Gill was exposed as an idiot and a poor journalist. After deciding that an image of Brazilians producing Guy Fawkes masks could only depict sweatshop conditions, Ms Gill found herself on the receiving end of the wrath of Anonymous.


—Martha Gill, starting off poorly | ||
Ms Gill's refusal to adhere to even the most basic of journalistic standards infuriated Anonymous, starting with the first line of her crappy blog. In this opening refrain, she claims that Anonymous is best known for their choice of "headgear".