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posted by takyon on Friday December 08 2017, @11:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the Mein-cyberbullying-Kampf dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by nitehawk214 on Friday December 08 2017, @03:13PM (9 children)

    by nitehawk214 (1304) on Friday December 08 2017, @03:13PM (#607210)

    He either said the thing or did not. What does bias have to do with anything?

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  • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 08 2017, @03:59PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 08 2017, @03:59PM (#607237)

    Fatphil thinks there is a conspiracy against anyone who doesn't like immigrants and feels personally attacked when a neo Nazi is accused of, well, anything.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 08 2017, @08:45PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 08 2017, @08:45PM (#607407)

      Or, he knows who the AC submitter actually is!

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 08 2017, @10:39PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 08 2017, @10:39PM (#607474)

        Who could it be? (lol)

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 09 2017, @09:34AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 09 2017, @09:34AM (#607664)

          I suspect TMB, just stirring shit. Couldn't have been the regular right with no humor, like jmorris, khallow, VLM, or frojack. Too meta for Runaway. That leaves, gweg_? Takyon? Bradley15? Hmm, just like a Swiss Misster. So I think, in the bowels of my consternation, that it was cubancigar11, mostly because of the number, and the fact that coincidences do not lie.

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday December 09 2017, @10:00AM (3 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday December 09 2017, @10:00AM (#607672) Journal

    What does bias have to do with anything?

    It's a traditional media ideal as is "balance". Daily Storm is a media source far from these ideals even by the skimpy standards of modern yellow journalism.

    • (Score: 2) by Immerman on Saturday December 09 2017, @09:06PM (2 children)

      by Immerman (3985) on Saturday December 09 2017, @09:06PM (#607791)

      No, the ideal you're thinking of is "objective", as in verifiable or provable rather than mere opinion.

      "Balanced" is inherently in almost every instance, and was popularized as a "standard" by propaganda outlets such as Fox "news".

      • (Score: 2) by Immerman on Saturday December 09 2017, @09:09PM

        by Immerman (3985) on Saturday December 09 2017, @09:09PM (#607793)

        that should have been
        "Balanced" is inherently _dishonest_ in almost every instance.

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday December 09 2017, @11:46PM

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday December 09 2017, @11:46PM (#607838) Journal

        No, the ideal

        There are numerous ideals. The phrase in question was "unbiased and balanced write-up".

  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Sunday December 10 2017, @09:20PM

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Sunday December 10 2017, @09:20PM (#608059) Homepage
    You appear to be reading into my post something that I did not say.

    Nothing I said contradicts "He either said the thing or did not.", and therefore "He either said the thing or did not." does not contradict anything I said.
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