When we are publicly responsible as citizens of humanity for our universal shared human rights, the most powerful action is to be responsible as ourselves, with real names, real faces, and a real sense of personal responsibility.  Such genuine supporters of our shared human rights fight hundreds of diverse battles in defense of human rights and dignity for people of different identity groups, ethnic groups, races, nationalities, genders, religions, and beliefs – as part of a shared commitment to our Universal Human Rights.

We don’t wear masks to hide behind.  We walk in the streets, unashamed, unafraid, and honest with our names, our identities, and our shared values of human rights and dignity for all.  We are Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.), volunteers helping many different human rights causes around the world.

This is very different than the planned “Anonymous” hacker extremist group.  It is understandable that some frustrated people may think that people like “Anonymous” might make a difference with their hacker campaigns.  But their are misled and misguided – because the difference the “Anonymous” hacker group really seeks to make is a negative difference – one to promote hatred and contempt.  R.E.A.L. rejects the idea that hate will defeat hate, as we have stated in our response regarding the misguided “Anonymous” campaign against racist members of the Ku Klux Klan which has targeted innocent people, and which undermines efforts by human rights groups that seek to gain public rejection of racist ideologies of hate.

But what really identifies the corruption in the extremist group “Anonymous” is their promise to “Do Evil,” as part of the Anonymous slogan “EVILdoneEVILdo.”

Where in our shared Universal Human Rights, do we have a “right” to “Do Evil”?  What human rights group bases its public awareness campaigns and efforts to challenge and defy extremists on a slogan to “Do Evil”?

For those Responsible for Equality And Liberty – we will FEAR NO EVIL – not from the racist Ku Klux Klan, not from Anonymous, and not from any extremist group.

Of course, we all know the answers to this.  Members of Anonymous have written to R.E.A.L. stating, “there’s so many racists. You’re not doing a good job.”  We have and we will continue to defy racist hatred and extremist ideologies.  But we have no illusions over the long struggle against racism and hatred.  It will continue in corners, despite our best near-term efforts.  The struggle against racism is not in one short-term, sweeping victory.  That can’t and won’t happen.  Any adult knows this.  Our long-term efforts will continue to challenge those who defy our shared human rights – from any area.

For that, we need to respect human rights ourselves.  For that, we cannot fight hate with hate, or evil with evil.  A human rights crusade can never be based on “evil,” because when it does – it is not a human  rights crusade at all.

We don’t need masks.  We don’t need to be “Anonymous.”

We have nothing to hide or be ashamed of.  We are openly and publicly, Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.)