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The idea of suing a website might seem abhorrent to advocates of free speech on the internet, but maybe one case shows that it can be justified?
Whitefish Woman's Lawsuit Over 'Daily Stormer' Harassment Proceeding
The Missoulian is reporting [archive] that a Whitefish woman's lawsuit against a Nazi website is going forward.
Montana Public Radio reports that Andrew Anglin, publisher of The Daily Stormer, is being sued by an individual the website targeted because of the mother of Richard Spencer:
The Daily Stormer called for readers to harass her and her family over her dealings with the mother of white nationalist Richard Spencer.
Image of part of the complaint (PDF).
Northwestern Montana, however, has had some experience in dealing with neo-Nazis in the neighborhood.
(Score: 0, Troll) by jmorris on Friday December 08 2017, @03:58PM (6 children)
Yes, there is. And a hint of the actual situation is right there in the summary. This bitch was going after Richard Spencer's -MOTHER- in real life for the crime of being Richard Spencer's mother. So Anglin called in an troll strike on the bitch. Spencer and Anglin are semi-allies, sometimes working together, sometimes arguing. But Spencer had no way to defend himself against such an attack and Anglin is an Internet Troll of great repute and can call up more of his kind so he did.
So make your call everyone and pick a side. Side A is lowlife losers who will locate and harass your mother if you say the wrong thing in the public space and Side B is a bunch of trolls who LARP as Nazis. Which one is more dangerous to the body politic? Which side seems to have the ear of those holding the levers of power? Which side can kill your domain hosting so many times it can't be easily counted, in a dozen countries?
And a meta criticism. Why did Soylent link to wikipedia? DailyStormer [dailystormer.red] is still up, it just moves every few weeks. Click the link. Yes it is awful, he is a troll; if the content today doesn't offend you it means he hasn't done his job. But is it truly worse than some of the stuff that has had no problems keeping a domain name? Which btw, includes every site that isn't named dailystormer since no other destination on the Internet has been so banned? Not counting outright illegal ISIS snuff stuff, outright crime, etc. I'm talking being banned for being outrageous or politically incorrect. The guy is the Weekly World News of Nazi sites, is making him the most banned website in the history of the Internet shutting him up or making him an underground hero?
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday December 08 2017, @04:37PM
You answered your dumb criticism in the next sentence. Notice that Wikipedia has the latest link.
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(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 08 2017, @05:51PM
Run your fingers through a blender please, a finger milkshake would at least provide some nutrition to a pack of rabid dogs instead of bringing negative value to the world.
(Score: 0, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 08 2017, @06:50PM
You bitch, jmorris!!! NEVER, ever, again attack my mother! You cretin! You neo-nazi sympathizing and collaborating scum! Do you not think it is White Dick Spencer's mom's fault that her boy grew up to be a Hitler-wanna-be? If you could go back in time, and couldn't land on the right temporal co-ordinates to kill Hitler, but you could take out his mom, before she ever ovulated, would it be the ethical thing to do? Thirty million lives, and that is only counting the Greater Whitefish area.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday December 09 2017, @03:45AM (1 child)
I think that you, jmorris, are more hated than I am by the wingnuts. But, you pretty much nailed it with that post. The other side approves of hunting down some guy's mother, because they think he's a Nazi. I, of course, don't agree with everything you say, but you simply nailed it here. Left handed wingnuts can't understand that they are very much like the Nazis that they claim to hate. Actually, it's a love-hate relationship. They hate the Nazi's goals, but they love the Nazi's methods.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 10 2017, @09:58AM
Do not attempt to flatter yourself, Runaway! It is unbecoming. Kind of like trying to suck your own *jmorris*.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Saturday December 09 2017, @03:47AM
I'm confused. Based on the information I've seen (if you have additional information, I'd love to look at it), Spencer's mother contacted Gersh and asked her to go to her property and make some recommendations.
She apparently did so, and even negotiated a smaller commission for herself, after being asked by Spencer's mother to sell the property for her.
So how exactly was it that "This bitch was going after Richard Spencer's -MOTHER-"?
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