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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat do Micheal Page and Michelle Malkin have in common? They visited Stormfront
Today, a volunteer human-rights group called Responsible for Equality And Liberty (REAL) linked the gunman, Wade Michael Page, and his band, End Apathy, to Stormfront, a white supremacist website run by a West Palm Beach man.
Don Black has been running Stormfront from his home since about 1995, records show. The site is a forum with posts varying from the foundations for white nationalism to health and fitness.
The website greets visitors with this message:
We are a community of White Nationalists. There are thousands of organizations promoting the interests, values and heritage of non-Whites. We promote ours. You are welcome to browse our seven million posts, but you must register before you can post to any forum except those designated as open to guests.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/activists-tie-sikh-temple-gunman-with-white-suprem/nQB9q/
If the police leaks seem familiar, from the dozens of times America has attempted to exorcise its demons in the course of a single criminal investigation, so should the half-baked investigation undertaken by Wagist.com and widely disseminated by eager skeptics. The blog's conclusion based on a photo of Martin's friend throwing a sign, a comment from a friend who "need[s] a plant," a reference to "[swinging] on a bus driver" is that Martin was a drug dealer involved in gang life. (They also write several paragraphs about his tattoos: "Sabrina," his mother's name, on his wrist, and a larger piece on his arm which says, as far as I can tell, "Nana." The one thing you can say in favor of Wagist.com's investigation is that it confined itself to the internet life of the real Trayvon Martin. Michelle Malkin's bizarre Twitter news site Twitchy posted an image macro over the weekend featuring a photo of the wrong Trayvon Martin. (The same image was featured on white supremacy message board Stormfront, where Business Insider picked it up.)
http://gawker.com/5896490
It's worth noting that nay of Malkin's articles are cited by Stormfront posters.
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t521188/
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Yes, went there...
They were on decon 1, serious.
MissMarple
(9,656 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)never finished, a novel involving the radical right. I went and read a lot of this crap, and have not stopped ever since. They are dangerous. But yesterday, and TODAY... ooohhh boy.
As to my IPAD... one reason why I like the mac and would not dream of doing this with a WIN machine... viruses and trojans, don't know what it is with RW groups and porn, but computer safety like lack of these things, is not in their priority list.
RZM
(8,556 posts)You have to be careful there. For example, a lot of images that come up on searches for terms related to the Ukrainian famine in the 1930s link back to that site. They are real pictures and some of them are actually quite well-known, but you have to pay attention to the URL so you can avoid giving them any traffic.
realcourage
(3 posts)Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) has further links on Stormfront to Wade Michael Page's End Apathy, which had a Stormfront account out of Milwaukee, WI since 2008, which Page used to promote his band at other racist events. Some Stormfront supporters praised the killings and Stormfront "Chief of Staff" "Jack Boot" wrote that "they're asking for it."
See our links and screen shots before Stormfront deletes them.
http://www.realcourage.org/2012/08/wisconsin-terrorist-attack/
Stormfront members have been convicted for past terrorist plots, including a plot to kill 88 African Americans and Barack Obama. I urge the news media to continue to research the Stormfront links of individuals actively praising and promoting terrorist violence. This is NOT the first time.
http://www.realcourage.org/category/stormfront/
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/daniel-cowart-pleads-guilty/
There is a long history of Stormfront members involved with and promoting terrorism.
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/daniel-cowart-pleads-guilty/
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/04/pittsburgh-more/
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/stormfront-bedell/
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/02/stormfront-members-praise-terrorism/
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/nazis-eulogize-terrorist-von-brunn-praise-his-actions/