The Trib reports that some of the white supremacist message boards are filled with glee over the Lefcow killing and Bill Dennis tells an amusing story about seeking out some of that
Stormfront demonstrates some of the obnoxiousness that makes them so beloved:
It would of course be unbelievably, transcendentally, stupid for any WN to express in public the opinion that this was a good thing.
It is good to know that I am not going to have to remoderate any one.
The moderator expressed the view that saying these deaths were a good thing, was inappropriate. You mistakenly extrapolated from that and felt obliged to say that these occurrences were misguided. Saying that these events were unfortunate, in public, is also unnecessary/inappropriate, IMO.
What this clown seems to be not condoning, but condoning includes this from Kass:
They were each shot in the head, or so we’re told, and Tribune reporters learned that Humphrey, who needed canes or a walker to get around, was in the basement and the canes were upstairs, indicating she had been dragged down there at the end.
Yeah. No reason to not think that is awful.
Of course, the idiots might also think a bit about Hale’s apparent motivation for originally wanting to kill Judge Lefcow. As Eric Zorn points out, Judge Lefcow ruled in favor of him, but was overruled by the Appeals Court and was enforcing their decision.
Did I mention Hale has a law degree?
Little Matt isn’t one of the sharper knives in the drawer–which should only make you think about those who follow him. But he had to demonize her and had a fictional story about her background to help him think of her as less than human. One part of that fictional story was that Lefcow’s husband was Jewish. In fact, Lefcow was a practicing Episcopalian as Zorn and Charles Madigan point out.
IOW, Matt Hale targeted a woman who ruled in his favor and who married a WASP. What more could Matt Hale want out of this woman?
While I think it is a grave mistake to equate Hale with conservatism , I think it is important to point out where some particular people who masquerade as conservatives spend their time. If you go to Stormfront for Kids, you see that Stormfront
1) has a Kids section which is deeply depressing in itself
2) Sports a pic of a Council of Conservative Citizens event
The code in the text captioning the picture is cute:
The rally raises money for buses for a local private schools,
Local segregationist academies is what they really mean. Yes, local segregated academies in 2005. One can even be seen from the road if you take 55 to New Orleans. The Governor of Mississippi attended a fundraiser to pay for school bus service for people who think their kids going to schools with black kids is wrong. Now, I’m sure Haley Barbour will give you a shuck and jive about how he’s all against killing federal judges and I’m sure he is, but he certainly hangs out with some folks who hold odious views and yet, seems to be respected by many around the country.
The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Mark Potok follows these groups and reports on their interconnections in The Intelligence Report. It’s a good resource.