Anyone who suspects the kids who hang out on chan boards are above this and somehow it was a Scientology plot must be really new to the 'lulz' thing. You have a collection of young adults who all encourage and egg each other on to abuse others and really no one ever says 'stop' or 'no' until well after the fact, where they then blame a 'few people' for 'ruining it for everyone else'. Except this is a cycle that repeats again and again and has all the way back to the SomethingAwful forums and similar sites. No matter how you spin it, these sites all pretty much are the same demographic.

I distinctly remember the two weeks in 2002 that members of the SomethingAwful website spent prank calling a relay center for the deaf that I worked at briefly. (You might recall that Nigerian scammers have a penchant for these centers as well). Beyond their desire to make the operators scream catchphrases and sexually harass the female operators, they also managed to make several people quit. This did not stop until Lowtax, the owner of SomethingAwful, was pretty much begged to stop it by several of the operators working there. Meanwhile several forum admins, moderators, etc. were all participating in this.

Look up the term 'An hero' and other such 'entertainment'. Really, it's internet nihilism at its finest from the 'lulz' crowd. There was a time years ago where I tried to defend that sort of humor and antics, but I've long since given up. Not having to hear the same stale catchphrases for years is an added bonus.

It's one thing to be against Scientology, but you really shouldn't assume the enemy of your enemy are your friends. Collectively, most of these folks are already seemingly bored with their anti-CoS game, anyway. For all those who discovered the fight against Scientology with these recent antics, my suggestion to you is perhaps to organize elsewhere and disassociate yourselves away from a culture with a very long, ugly track record. It makes you look like less of an ass when you don't have to defend yourself against trying to harm epileptics.