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G_j

(40,367 posts)
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 10:36 AM Apr 2014

More than 100 hate-crime murders linked to single website, report finds

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/18/hate-crime-murders-website-stormfront-report

• Southern Poverty Law Center singles out Stormfront.org
• Report says users disproportionately linked to major killings

Amanda Holpuch in New York
theguardian.com, Friday 18 April 2014 08.16 ED

People charged with the murders of almost 100 people can be linked to a single far-right website, according to a new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).

The White Nationalist web forum Stormfront.org says it promotes values of “the embattled white minority,” and its users include Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a 2011 massacre in Norway, and Wade Michael Page, who shot and killed six people at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin in 2012.

After a two-year investigation, the SPLC said (pdf) that since Stormfront became one of the first hate sites on the internet in 1995, its registered users have been disproportionately responsible for major killings. The report was released a month early after white supremacist Frazier Glenn Miller, also known as Frazier Glenn Cross, was accused of killing three people at a Jewish center in Kansas City on Sunday.

“We know that the people who are going to commit the kinds of crimes, like the kinds of crimes Miller committed last weekend, this is where they live,” said Heidi Beirich, report author and a director at the SPLC’s Intelligence Project. The report, released on Thursday, calls Stormfront the “largest hate site in the world” and “a magnet and breeding ground for the deadly and deranged.”

Of the site’s more than 286,000 users, only a small sliver are highly active, the report found, with fewer than 1,800 people logging in each day. While the SPLC only identified 10 murderers out of this large user base, researchers think the murderers’ connection to the site is important because it shows how the website offers a community for people who commit these crimes.



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More than 100 hate-crime murders linked to single website, report finds (Original Post) G_j Apr 2014 OP
Nothing to see here randys1 Apr 2014 #1
And people pretend there's no such thing as White Privilege in this country. (nt) Paladin Apr 2014 #3
Yes.... And people pretend. Actually I have only seen white men pretend. seabeyond Apr 2014 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Paladin Apr 2014 #6
That is really too hard for you to understand? Lol. Ya seabeyond Apr 2014 #7
Congradulations! That is the most pathetic response I've seen on DU. jeff47 Apr 2014 #12
A response from you is an award, in and of itself. Paladin Apr 2014 #19
Well, that was ridiculous Amaril Apr 2014 #20
A happy Good Friday to all my loyal readers. (nt) Paladin Apr 2014 #25
You don't possess the ability to comprehend what she wrote... NCTraveler Apr 2014 #30
Well....yeah. Thanks for pointing out the obvious, hope it helps somebody. ,(nt) Paladin Apr 2014 #33
Just letting you know... NCTraveler Apr 2014 #35
Stop, you're making me blush. (nt) Paladin Apr 2014 #36
That was uncalled for. Wake up on the wrong side of the cave today, dear? Squinch Apr 2014 #56
I self-deleted that post, since everybody was hemorrhaging over it. Paladin Apr 2014 #57
No one was hemorrhaging. They were just pointing out that it was gratuitously nasty. Squinch Apr 2014 #67
you deleted it because it was silly. nt seabeyond Apr 2014 #68
I made that deletion with the intention of moving on. Paladin Apr 2014 #69
as we all will, when you quit making posts that leaves open a desire to respond. seabeyond Apr 2014 #70
This message was self-deleted by its author heaven05 Apr 2014 #16
what dont i get? why is it sad? and what makes it bad for me? nt seabeyond Apr 2014 #17
aren't you saying, heaven05 Apr 2014 #22
And people pretend there's no such thing as White Privilege in this country. seabeyond Apr 2014 #27
yep, as the kids say, heaven05 Apr 2014 #29
I think they're mis understanding each other. notadmblnd Apr 2014 #52
I don't think that was aimed at you. Jackpine Radical Apr 2014 #23
that is cute. seabeyond Apr 2014 #28
I think Clarence Thomas pretends fasttense Apr 2014 #65
you are right. lol. there are a few, women, african american men, that can pretend also. seabeyond Apr 2014 #66
No they don't upaloopa Apr 2014 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author Paladin Apr 2014 #38
Compliment. Mr. Master Speller Flying Squirrel Apr 2014 #54
Zing. nt awoke_in_2003 Apr 2014 #55
Zap! Paulie Apr 2014 #59
Zoom! Number23 Apr 2014 #60
lol I don't have one either Flying Squirrel Apr 2014 #62
Remember, homeless man gets 25 years for stealing 4 cookies antiquie Apr 2014 #13
Yet, the Wall Street bankers can steal millions, and get a slap on their platinum, diamond encrusted Dark n Stormy Knight Apr 2014 #47
That guy was a repeat offender.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2014 #63
Just as the RW tries to block government study of gun violence, tracking gun owners, Dark n Stormy Knight Apr 2014 #48
... and let that black person be caught with a little pot and they'll give him life. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2014 #51
Ron & Rand Paul are connected to Stormfront.org SkyDaddy7 Apr 2014 #64
April 4, 2009: Stormfront member Richard Poplawski slays three Pittsburgh policemen with firearms. John1956PA Apr 2014 #2
Thinly veiled front for gop.org. nt onehandle Apr 2014 #4
Yes randys1 Apr 2014 #8
TYT is showing a Stormfront video supporting Bundy. jwirr Apr 2014 #9
Can you imagine if there was a similar *Muslim* site? MannyGoldstein Apr 2014 #10
+1001. closeupready Apr 2014 #44
K&R Solly Mack Apr 2014 #11
Kevin Alfred Strom, a close associate mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2014 #14
It's OK - We know the US Gov is monitoring the situation... erronis Apr 2014 #15
yep heaven05 Apr 2014 #18
would like to hope that they are.... dembotoz Apr 2014 #24
B R O K E N randys1 Apr 2014 #21
'white minority'......the poor victims spanone Apr 2014 #26
the REAL thugs and gangsters in America. alp227 Apr 2014 #31
But but but malaise Apr 2014 #34
LOL.... but they are often portrayed a such in our Media. bvar22 Apr 2014 #39
so convenient a term G_j Apr 2014 #74
White racists lol, why is this even a thread? playthegame Apr 2014 #37
All of these upstanding billh58 Apr 2014 #40
I have an account there. I was going to spy on them, but I never bothered. kestrel91316 Apr 2014 #41
Stormfront, the website that makes Freeperville look like a beacon of tolerance. NuclearDem Apr 2014 #42
I've peeked at Stormfront a few times. backscatter712 Apr 2014 #43
"In 2009: DHS warned white supremacy is the biggest threat for domestic terror" redqueen Apr 2014 #45
I think it's the biggest threat, period YoungDemCA Apr 2014 #72
Which ties in with... Behind the Aegis Apr 2014 #46
Extremist bigot hate website attracts extremist bigoted haters LadyHawkAZ Apr 2014 #49
I made the mistake of visiting that vile site a few years back in the name of knowing thy enemy. Dark n Stormy Knight Apr 2014 #50
Violence and Hate Culture libodem Apr 2014 #53
Evidence the NSA spying has done little to stop terrorism. grahamhgreen Apr 2014 #58
How many here knew it was going to be stormfront before opening? Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2014 #61
Imagine if a black supremacist website had the same track record YoungDemCA Apr 2014 #71
Or if they had anything Muslim libodem Apr 2014 #73

randys1

(16,286 posts)
1. Nothing to see here
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 10:39 AM
Apr 2014

Move along...

White men, hundreds of them, armed to the teeth, can point weapons at Federal agents and nothing will happen, ever.

Black person steals can of beer, will spend a year in prison.

And, we are not allowed to say there is a rightwing terror problem, we are not allowed to study it, follow it, prepare for it because it pisses off the rightwing terrorists who get special treatment in this white racist country.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
5. Yes.... And people pretend. Actually I have only seen white men pretend.
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 11:10 AM
Apr 2014

Have you heard any other people pretend? I do not think I have even seen any white woman pretend. Interesting. Thanks

Response to seabeyond (Reply #5)

jeff47

(26,549 posts)
12. Congradulations! That is the most pathetic response I've seen on DU.
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 12:06 PM
Apr 2014

We really should have some sort of award for it.

Paladin

(28,261 posts)
19. A response from you is an award, in and of itself.
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 12:29 PM
Apr 2014

And the proper spelling of the word is "congratulations." You're welcome.

Amaril

(1,267 posts)
20. Well, that was ridiculous
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 12:36 PM
Apr 2014

What Sea wrote was perfectly coherent. How terribly clever and witty you are; jumping on the bandwagon of posters who bully her for her writing style instead of responding to the point she raised.

Not nice.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
30. You don't possess the ability to comprehend what she wrote...
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 01:03 PM
Apr 2014

yet you will correct someone's spelling?

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
35. Just letting you know...
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 01:11 PM
Apr 2014

If you can't comprehend very simple things, you might not want to immediately go on to correct someone's spelling. Probably one of the first times I have ever seen where one cannot comprehend simple words yet is a master speller. Very unique you are.

Paladin

(28,261 posts)
57. I self-deleted that post, since everybody was hemorrhaging over it.
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 08:37 PM
Apr 2014

I could have used a better choice of words.

Response to seabeyond (Reply #5)

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
22. aren't you saying,
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 12:42 PM
Apr 2014

intimating that there is no such thing or never has been such a thing as white privilege and feelings of entitlement that is surreptitiously denied to other based on race? That some get preferential treatment based on race only? That some skate around prison sentences based on race and financial status only? Just wondering what you mean by "pretend". on edit: I think I have misunderstood you I retract my post in response to you. I didn't get it.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
27. And people pretend there's no such thing as White Privilege in this country.
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 12:57 PM
Apr 2014

i was responding to this comment. the poster said and people pretend.

i was agreeing with post.

and people pretend. yes.

then i started thinking about it. it really is not people that pretend. i have only seen white men pretend. i have never seen anyone else pretend there is not white privilege. so we do not need to use "people". it is not "people" in general. it is white men pretending.

and ya... i didnt get you not getting me heaven, cause though i do not know for sure, seems like you and i are pretty much on the same page with most things.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
28. that is cute.
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 12:58 PM
Apr 2014

took me to

owed beer and travel money

never did get that.

i thought i was clear on that post. complete sentences and all. i guess not.

 

fasttense

(17,301 posts)
65. I think Clarence Thomas pretends
Sat Apr 19, 2014, 09:46 AM
Apr 2014

I think Sandra Day O'Connor pretended.

I think Condi Rice pretended.

Money can always buy a traitor or 2 or 3 or 100...

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
66. you are right. lol. there are a few, women, african american men, that can pretend also.
Sat Apr 19, 2014, 09:55 AM
Apr 2014

i was going thru my mind on du, in the many threads of male and white privilege, if i recalled any women. and of course, not remembering anyone but white men may not be totally accurate. i think i would be accurate to say the vast majority are white men.

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
32. No they don't
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 01:07 PM
Apr 2014

These people are hateful racists and we know it. Privilege or no privilege has nothing to do with it other than you hijacking this tread for your pet rant.
No need to reply your going on my ignore list

Response to upaloopa (Reply #32)

Number23

(24,544 posts)
60. Zoom!
Sat Apr 19, 2014, 02:33 AM
Apr 2014

(I don't really have a dog in this fight I was just trying to keep the cute "z" thing in the post titles going)

 

antiquie

(4,299 posts)
13. Remember, homeless man gets 25 years for stealing 4 cookies
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 12:08 PM
Apr 2014
An appeals court has upheld the 25-years-to-life prison sentence a homeless parolee received under California's three-strikes law for stealing four cookies during a restaurant break-in.

Court Upholds 3-Strikes Term for Cookie Thief

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
47. Yet, the Wall Street bankers can steal millions, and get a slap on their platinum, diamond encrusted
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 03:19 PM
Apr 2014

Rolex-clad wrists. WTF??!!! We need to rise up, people.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
48. Just as the RW tries to block government study of gun violence, tracking gun owners,
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 03:25 PM
Apr 2014

etc. It's tyranny and all, ya know.

SkyDaddy7

(6,045 posts)
64. Ron & Rand Paul are connected to Stormfront.org
Sat Apr 19, 2014, 05:28 AM
Apr 2014

There are pictures of Ron Paul with the Founder of Stormfront.org Don Black & they bundle campaign donations for both Ron & Rand Paul!!

John1956PA

(2,654 posts)
2. April 4, 2009: Stormfront member Richard Poplawski slays three Pittsburgh policemen with firearms.
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 10:56 AM
Apr 2014

Poplawski was 'Braced for Fate' in days leading to attack

April 6, 2009 11:15 AM
By Dennis B. Roddy Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

. . .

An account kept on Stormfront, a gathering place for racial extremists and others from the far-right show Mr. Poplawski's increasing belief in a coming economic and political collapse in the days leading up to the time of the deadly standoff in which he is charged with killing three Pittsburgh police officers.

. . .

More at http://www.post-gazette.com/local/breaking/2009/04/06/Poplawski-was-Braced-for-Fate-in-days-leading-to-attack/stories/200904060195




 

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
10. Can you imagine if there was a similar *Muslim* site?
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 11:51 AM
Apr 2014

We'd hear of nothing else on TV for the next six months and in 24 hours there'd be a huge appropriations bill in Congress to buy a gagillion drones.

erronis

(15,260 posts)
15. It's OK - We know the US Gov is monitoring the situation...
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 12:21 PM
Apr 2014

Since our various intelligence (sic) agencies are tapping into all of these nasties we have nothing to worry about, right?

Well, unless they are too busy monitoring pubescent selfies.

Or they find nothing actionable/bothersome about some weirdos saying that they want to whack someone (unless the weirdo has a non-Jewish but middle-eastern name.)

It's OK since we are sinking untold billions of our $s into these black-budget agencies --- all for unknowable benefits. We're not allowed to look at the input$ or reward$ and especially not allowed to look at how the corporate vulture$ are stealing taxpayer's money (and shipping it out of reach of the tax-collector.)

So continue on, citizen, nothing to see here.

dembotoz

(16,806 posts)
24. would like to hope that they are....
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 12:45 PM
Apr 2014

kind of curious about going to the site-sorta like looking at a car crash curious and lord know it is good to know what the thugs are up to.....
but if they are being monitored i just don't want my address associated in any way with it....

alp227

(32,025 posts)
31. the REAL thugs and gangsters in America.
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 01:05 PM
Apr 2014

But but but...KNOCKOUT GAME TRAYVON MARTIN BLACK ON WHITE CRIME DERRRRRRRP

playthegame

(11 posts)
37. White racists lol, why is this even a thread?
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 01:16 PM
Apr 2014

Is this supposed to enlighten us to something new going on in the world??

billh58

(6,635 posts)
40. All of these upstanding
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 01:25 PM
Apr 2014

citizens are responsible right-wing gun owners who passed background checks and everything.

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
41. I have an account there. I was going to spy on them, but I never bothered.
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 02:30 PM
Apr 2014

Besides, I don't want their evil stench on me.

redqueen

(115,103 posts)
45. "In 2009: DHS warned white supremacy is the biggest threat for domestic terror"
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 03:07 PM
Apr 2014
In 2009 Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned white supremacy is the biggest threat for domestic terrorism.

Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment

CBS News: The “Key Findings” section of the report opens with these words: “The DHS/Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) has no specific information that domestic rightwing* terrorists are currently planning acts of violence, but rightwing extremists may be gaining new recruits by playing on their fears about several emergent issues. The economic downturn and the election of the first African American president present unique drivers for rightwing radicalization and recruitment.”

Republican John Boehner blasted the report and criticized Janet Napolitano for not focusing more on the REAL threat.. Islamic terrorists.

...

http://3chicspolitico.com/2014/04/15/in-2009-dhs-warned-white-supremacy-is-the-biggest-threat-for-domestic-terror/
 

YoungDemCA

(5,714 posts)
72. I think it's the biggest threat, period
Sat Apr 19, 2014, 11:30 AM
Apr 2014

Also:

Republican John Boehner blasted the report and criticized Janet Napolitano for not focusing more on the REAL threat.. Islamic terrorists


Fucking figures.

LadyHawkAZ

(6,199 posts)
49. Extremist bigot hate website attracts extremist bigoted haters
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 03:38 PM
Apr 2014

In other news, water is wet and the sky is blue.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
50. I made the mistake of visiting that vile site a few years back in the name of knowing thy enemy.
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 04:12 PM
Apr 2014

I felt like I needed about 100 showers to wash off the filth. However, since then, online comments, especially on Yahoo.com, have become just as obvious and horrible. The RW and their propaganda support team (FoxNoise, Rush Slimeball, etc.) have done an impressive job of making racism OK by denying it's racism at all. In fact, if you say it's racist, that just proves you're a racist.

Ugh!

libodem

(19,288 posts)
53. Violence and Hate Culture
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 04:21 PM
Apr 2014

Includes war culture and the rape culture. Dominate through threats and violence. Not very evolved or what I would consider Christian.

Hope the NRA culture is proud of themselves for spreading this evil in America.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
61. How many here knew it was going to be stormfront before opening?
Sat Apr 19, 2014, 03:26 AM
Apr 2014

Meanwhile DU is responsible for over 100 zigzag papers being burned.

 

YoungDemCA

(5,714 posts)
71. Imagine if a black supremacist website had the same track record
Sat Apr 19, 2014, 11:29 AM
Apr 2014

No you can't imagine that, because it would be shut down by the legal authorities long before 100+ murders were carried out.

libodem

(19,288 posts)
73. Or if they had anything Muslim
Sat Apr 19, 2014, 02:53 PM
Apr 2014

In their title. It would be secretly infiltrated, immediately. And entrapment would ensue.

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