Why "Robin Hoods"? Why not Minutemen? I don't know the complete story of Robin Hood, but I always feel a tinge of class warfare from people who invoke his name.
This has nothing to do with class. It has to do with unwarranted and unprovoked aggression by political elites. I don't condone what these hackers did, but there's little to disagree with in that letter. Our behemoth government and its fascist relationship with big business spits in the face of our founding principles: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Something will need to change, or (pardon the cliché) we're gonna end up like Greece.
Robin Hood has stood for a lot of things depending on which poem one reads and which people in which century's opinion of him is being counted. One of the most popular traditions of Robin Hood is of him as monarchist supporting the true king, Richard, and opposing Richard's brother, John (the one defeated at Runnymeade. By the way, this is over 500 years old, not invented in the 19th century as some think.) You can think of Anonymous in the same way -- they are opposing an illegitimate regime and would happily stand down should the excesses of the FBI et al be ended by the government.
Robin Hood did not "rob from the rich and give to the poor". He attacked oppressors and protected the oppressed (only rarely giving them money). While the oppressors tended to be rich and the oppressed tended to be poor, there were exceptions. IIRC, there is even a tale where Robin protects a wealthy knight from peasants who are trying to rob him.
This has nothing to do with class. It has to do with unwarranted and unprovoked aggression by political elites. I don't condone what these hackers did, but there's little to disagree with in that letter. Our behemoth government and its fascist relationship with big business spits in the face of our founding principles: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Something will need to change, or (pardon the cliché) we're gonna end up like Greece.