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posted by martyb on Tuesday July 16 2019, @10:57PM   Printer-friendly
from the Being-a-Nazi-is-not-cheap dept.

According to The New York Times, Andrew Anglin, whereabouts unknown, could be on the hook for a bit of cash.

The publisher of a neo-Nazi website should pay more than $14 million in damages for encouraging "an online anti-Semitic harassment and intimidation campaign" against a woman in 2016, a federal magistrate judge in Montana recommended on Monday.

In his opinion, the judge, Jeremiah Lynch, also recommended that the publisher, Andrew Anglin, be made to remove all blog posts from the website, The Daily Stormer, that encouraged readers to contact the woman, Tanya Gersh, and her family.

Within months of Mr. Anglin's call for a "troll storm" against them, Ms. Gersh and her family had received more than 700 vulgar and hateful messages, many referring to the Holocaust. They temporarily fled their home.

Mr. Anglin did not appear in court, and his location is unknown. He did not respond to an email on Monday requesting comment on the lawsuit. And it was not clear how much money if any could ever be collected from him.

Nice that Andrew has gone back to where he's from, allegedly Thailand.


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  • (Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 17 2019, @12:22AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 17 2019, @12:22AM (#867772)

    This is so fucking weak sauce.

    Chart: Gun permit data accessibility in all 50 states [rcfp.org]

    You knew that, tho, right? Oh who the fuck am I kidding. Operation Jade Helm and concentration camps and suddenly all that blabla muh tree of liberty is nowhere to be seen. Actually the "blood of patriots" is even more hilarious when factoring in regular menstruation. Once again we see that killing all men is the only way forward.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 17 2019, @05:15AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 17 2019, @05:15AM (#867851)

    Apparently in most states, license info/concealed carry info is not publicly available. Runnaway pointed to an article that was incredibly poorly thought out because it was basically a "here's where to rob" list. You think that's a good idea?

    • (Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 17 2019, @09:34AM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 17 2019, @09:34AM (#867926)

      it was basically a "here's where to rob" list. You think that's a good idea?

      Hell, ya! I say publish it all, especially the coward who conceal-carry. Cowardly sneaks. But here is the real deal: so you have a "where to rob" list, of people who have guns? One: do you think they just leave them laying around, so you can steal them? Two, and here's the clincher, people who own guns, at least the wacko 2a types, just live for the day that they can defend their sovereign castle and their guns by using their guns to foil a gun robbery! How is is the not a win-win? The criminals have a fair chance of a good take, high value easily transported loot, and the homeowner has a chance to vindicate their obsession with firearms! Possibly they could both make out like bandits!

      • (Score: 2) by Knowledge Troll on Wednesday July 17 2019, @03:20PM (1 child)

        by Knowledge Troll (5948) on Wednesday July 17 2019, @03:20PM (#868023) Homepage Journal

        do you think they just leave them laying around, so you can steal them?

        Even when locked up they can still rather easily be stolen. First, they may not be locked up. Second, if they are stored with trigger locks the entire gun walks away pretty easily. The trigger lock prevents unauthorized use but not unauthorized possession. Third even if the guns are stored in a locked cabinet or safe you just steal the entire safe.

        When perimeter/building security is breached it is only a mater of time until access controls are subverted. Always. Only a mater of time. How much time is what you get to define. Just like a computer.

        live for the day that they can defend their sovereign castle and their guns by using their guns to foil a gun robbery! How is is the not a win-win?

        Please don't do things that actively encourage them to do that. Might as well go poke a bear in the face with a stick.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 17 2019, @05:30PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 17 2019, @05:30PM (#868104)

          Only a mater of time.

          Leave your mother out of this. Or, learn to spell.