Comments on: On Third Try, Prosecutors Convict Neo-Nazi Blogger of Threats

By: Ruslan Amirkhanov

Ruslan Amirkhanov — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:15:50 +0000

Something seems to be missing here. This guy was an FBI asset for some time. The FBI had to know about the rhetoric he was preaching and what-not. Surely they encouraged this to get him to bring nutcases out of the woodwork. But what if some nutcase was encouraged by his rhetoric, and decided to go “lone wolf”? One might say the FBI is acting really irresponsibly if they use informants in this way.

By: Mike Magruder

Mike Magruder — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:48:58 +0000

All I have to do is recall what happened to California Judge Harold Haley in 1970 and I want to see Turner in a rubber room permanently. It’s hard to believe that one of my favorite public school teachers and the captain of the Lusitania were named Turner. Maybe this character should have moved to one of those foreign countries where the local rich criminals own judges and tell them what to do on the bench. Turner’s “free speech” baloney is asinine. If these jokers knew where I’m writing this they’d probably stash explosives in my underpants.

By: daemonesslisa

daemonesslisa — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:44:10 +0000

People have been whining about ‘entrapment’ and ‘free speech’ as it regards Hal Turner for a while now. The thing about entrapment, however, is that they take the bait willfully. No one makes them do it, they just do whatever the hell they want. And as far as free speech goes; not only does free speech work both ways, but free speech ends when you threaten elected officials. It’s the law, deal with it.

Hal Turner got exactly what was coming to him for a very long time. And so did Bill White. The only problem I have with that, is that they won’t be in jail long enough.

By: MM

MM — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:38:59 +0000

Wow, John, hyperbole much? Nazi comparison four posts in? Really?

And what’s with this try, try again. He wasn’t acquitted; hung juries often lead to retrials.

And I really don’t see this as entrapment. He posted these things voluntarily; that law enforcement might have encouraged him before doesn’t mean that he was forced to do this. He did this all by himself; he can now face the consequences.

But I guess none of this makes a difference, does it? They’re all really out to get you.

By: JohnLloydScharf

JohnLloydScharf — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:18:45 +0000

This sounds more like entrapment than justice. It is a sure sign of how pathetic, if not dangerous, the FBI has become.

On the other hand, it seems if the government does not like the trial outcome, they can try, try, again until they get the verdict they want.

This government has more in common with Nazi justice than the “daemonesslisas” of the would can admit. It is like the Reichstag fire’s show trials in Nazi Germany.

By: jenwren

jenwren — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:16:52 +0000

I feel that the last jurors’ decision was correct. We can’t have a culture in which federal judges are exposed to thugs and hitmen, no matter how the FBI uses hatemongers against each other.
I do not envy this man his prison experience, and yet I do hope he ends up soaking up some of the larger reality of life while he has the time. It’s never too late!

By: Shea Justice

Shea Justice — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:28:38 +0000

I wonder how his buddy Sean Hannity feels about this.

By: daemonesslisa

daemonesslisa — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:15:20 +0000

One down, thousands to go!