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Blogger Who Revealed GOP Leader's KKK Ties Had Home Internet Lines Cut

Posted by timothy on from the coud-be-coincidence dept.

blottsie writes Last month, Lamar White, Jr. set off a firestorm in Washington when a post on his personal blog revealed that House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, the third most powerful Republican in the House of Representatives, was a featured speaker at a white nationalist conference put on by former Klu Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke. Then someone climbed in his back yard and severed his Internet cables.

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  1. Censorship? by gcnaddict · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Gee, they fight for their second amendment rights but stop someone else from using their rights under the first.

    "My rights are for me and me alone."

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    1. Re:Censorship? by B1 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I think this is more about intimidation than censorship.

      By cutting his cable, they may be silencing him temporarily, but more importantly they are sending him a message. "We know where you live."

    2. Re:Censorship? by phantomfive · · Score: 5, Insightful
      Indeed. Even the blogger who had his lines cut is (surprisingly) calm about it. He says:

      "It might not be the Klan or the white nationalists, it could just be a random person who found my address and didn't like what I was posting," he said. "I understand my address is public record. If someone wants to find where you live, they can find where you live, no matter who you are. I'm really not intimidated by that."

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    3. Re:Censorship? by SternisheFan · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Back when my email address was listed with my /. name I posted an anti-Bush comment, got sent a creepy picture of an old tombstone. Intimidation has always been a favorite tactic of bullying types.

    4. Re:Censorship? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      >> progressives are a great deal more curious about the world around them, while conservatives already know how everything
      >
      > I'm sure you'd like to believe this, but it isn't true. There are introspective people from all walks and everywhere on the spectrum,

      What you wrote is true in the binary sense, but it does not address the numbers of such people. It is part of the definition of conservatism to be satisified with the status quo and conversely, progressivism has a central tenant that change is necessary. And while there are certainly conservatives who believe change is necessary, that very fact makes them less conservative than those who think progress is unnecessary.

  2. Re:Telecom sabotage - what's the penalty? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Given the state of net neutrality today, it seems to be a Senate seat.

  3. Re:Telecom sabotage - what's the penalty? by Fx.Dr · · Score: 5, Funny

    $200 Billion in tax breaks.

  4. Police State! by __aagmrb7289 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clearly, this was done by the thugs at the NASA at the behest of the United State Government, in the person of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise - a Republican, of course. This just goes to show how evil and corrupt our government has become - after all, even the leadership in China would never do anything like this. Government sponsored censorship is on the rise in this country!

    Wait, why is this even a story? Someone vandalized someone else's house because they didn't like something they wrote and published on the Internet?

  5. Re:Internet cables? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, and now the guy's back yard is full of cats.

  6. Re:Steve Scalise did NOT speak to KKK group by Doitroygsbre · · Score: 5, Informative

    Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), the House majority whip, acknowledged Monday that he spoke at a gathering hosted by white-supremacist leaders while serving as a state representative in 2002

    So he confirmed he spoke to a group, but didn't know they were founded by Duke and didn't know they were racist. Where is the lie?

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  7. Re:Steve Scalise did NOT speak to KKK group by sjames · · Score: 5, Informative

    Nonsense.. Even Scalise doesn't believe that.

  8. Re:His ties to the KKK? by andydread · · Score: 5, Interesting

    this is the same guy that said he's David Duke without the baggage were talking about here.

  9. Re:Steve Scalise did NOT speak to KKK group by dywolf · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The hypocrisy is thick alright.
    About as thick as that pile of BS you just spouted.

    The dude admitted he spoke to them.
    That's your narrative.
    Case closed.

    As for Robert Byrd, he repeatedly said he quit and left, and repeatedly apologized for the year he was a member, and repeatedly spoke against discrimination and in favor or tolerance. Yes, you got him: he started a local chapter and though it was a good thing, for about a year. And then spent the rest of his life apologizing for and denouncing it.

    But as you said, the narrative has been set, and the facts don't matter.
    The only think you left out is that you were speaking about yourself.

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  10. Re:His ties to the KKK? by orgelspieler · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's David fucking Duke. You can't be a politician from Louisiana and NOT know who he is. How do you go speak at a group and not do even a little bit of research on what they stand for? He may not be a neo-Nazi, but he's completely ignorant when it comes to political appearances. How does a guy like that make it to a leadership position in the Republican party?

  11. Standard cop tactic in the USA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I think this is more about intimidation than censorship. [...] they are sending him a message. "We know where you live."

    I am a witness in a court case against a local city cop who has been running an illegal dumping ring with the assistance of corrupt members of the state environmental protection agency and the county cops.

    I got a 2am visit from the state cops and a county cop. They said that a neighbor had his car broken into and some of my mail (stolen from my mailbox) was found in the car. They accused me of getting drunk, breaking into the neighbor's car, and accidentally leaving my mail there. After harassing me and my neighbor (also a witness) for a couple of hours they left. At no point did my neighbor accuse me of breaking into his car and everybody present knew exactly what was going on - the cops were saying "all cops are brothers, and we will break the law to protect our brothers, and we know who you two guys are".

    They were really hoping one of us would get noisy or do something aggressive so they could just shoot us, of course. Because every cop knows now that they can shoot an unarmed man on camera and get away with it. Cops are above the law, just like the ultra-rich are.

    Pissed me right off, I can tell you. But I stayed calm and addressed them as "Sir" so I'm still alive to testify....

    1. Re:Standard cop tactic in the USA by jklovanc · · Score: 5, Informative

      Did you report it to any of the following; local police board, state police board, prosecutor in the case? The prosecutor would be your best bet as they usually get pissed off when their witnesses are messed with. The prosecutor could charge the officers with witness tampering. Did you politely ask for the case number so you could refer to the incident later?