The Man Who Perfected Online Threats Against Abortion Providers Just Died

[KamaAina]

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2015/05/neal_horsley_of_nuremberg_files_died_true_threats_case_reconsidered_by_supreme.html

Neal Horsley died last month at the age of 70. You may not recognize his name, but chances are you’ve heard of how he terrorized abortion providers and made them fear for their lives. His tactics, still in effect today, continue to threaten abortion providers across the country.

Horsley was the anti-abortion extremist responsible for assembling the infamous “Nuremberg Files” website. The website was ultimately the subject of a lengthy legal battle testing the line between free speech and a true threat, a legal boundary the Supreme Court is currently reconsidering.

Horsley’s website, created in 1997, listed roughly 200, as the website called them, “abortionists.” These abortion providers were listed in three different fonts, as described by the site’s legend: “Black font (working); Greyed-out Name (wounded); Strikethrough (fatality).” In addition to this list, the website included the abortion providers’ personal information, such as their home addresses, phone numbers, and photographs.

The website, donned with blood-dripping graphics, both celebrated providers’ deaths and, with a wink and a nod, encouraged others to harm the remaining providers on the list so that more names could be crossed off.

De mortuis nil nisi bonum. End of post.

[hobbit709]

1. "I have never killed a man, but I have read many an obituary with great satisfaction"

[hifiguy]

20. A Clarence Darrow quote.

[Blue_Tires]

2. I remember him

Once in awhile I had to hold my nose and glance at his site to make sure my father's name and address weren't on there...

[LiberalArkie]

3. K&R

[Hell Hath No Fury]

4. Good riddance.

I remember this terrorist well. On days like today I wish I believed in Hell....

[Brickbat]

5. He died in April, but it's never a bad time to revisit this.

[world wide wally]

6. The lines between anti-abortion activists and ISIS have definitely been blurred

[smirkymonkey]

7. Good.

One down.

[Solly Mack]

8. He died in April. I thought then and I still think now...

That POS lived far too long.

[Freddie]

9. Hope he's dressed light

Hot where he's going.

[backscatter712]

10. To quote Mark Twain...

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent the family a nice letter saying I approved of it.

[kairos12]

13. Very good.

[Spider Jerusalem]

11. "One owes respect to the living; to the dead, one owes only the truth."

One hopes he suffered.

[Iggo]

12. Was that the sound of no tears being shed?

I think it was.

[Paladin]

14. The world's now a better place. (nt)

[liberaltrucker]

15. Id ille mortuus bonum .

nt

[Orrex]

16. I would very much like to shit on his grave repeatedly

To help the flowers grow, of course.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

17. the dead should be better people when they are living, if they don't want to be criticized after

[H2O Man]

18. May he rust in pieces.

[hifiguy]

19. So the ol' mule fucker kicked the bucket.

A small net gain for humanity.

Not kidding about the mule:

I forgot to post about this last week. You may remember Neal Horsley when he famously admitted his love of farm animals with Alan Colmes a few years ago.

"Is it true?" Colmes asked.

"Hey, Alan, if you want to accuse me of having sex when I was a fool, I did everything that crossed my mind that looked like I..."

AC: "You had sex with animals?"

NH: "Absolutely. I was a fool. When you grow up on a farm in Georgia, your first girlfriend is a mule."

AC: "I'm not so sure that that is so."

See http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/neal-horsley-mule-loving-republican-can