By: Greg Mitchell (Commentary) In all of the press coverage of the murder at the Holocaust Museum today, much was properly made of the white supremacist writings of the alleged killer, James Von Brunn, and his arrest for a previous domestic terrorism action. But little appeared on the reaction to the tragic shooting within far-right circles.
To find out the answer to that question, I visited, for the first time (trust me) the site of Stormfront, the major white nationalist/white supremacist -- some say, neo-Nazi -- hate site. You can do the same, if you wish. It may take a while, as traffic overload is an issue today, for obvious reasons.
Actually, it is disconcerting to see that the site gets plenty of traffic every day, judging from the number of threads and posts and the purported number of new registrants last month (over 10,000).
One problem today reading the reactions there: The main thread drew dozens of responses but was shut down and is now locked. Other threads are now active as I write this. One of them is somewhat buried, as it follows on years-old tributes to the alleged killer.
The postings in that thread were mainly critical of his actions, in terms of hurting the cause. Some were neutral. One, from a moderator, explains why the earlier thread was taken down -- because commenters were TOO supportive of the shooting. Someone posted some artwork by the killer.
A later thread has been kicked off with: "James W. Von Brunn victim of Jewish extremism." Another member posted this: "Our entire race is a victim of jewish extremism, hate and genocidal policies. Examples of this are many and can be easily found throughout this site. The jews are anything but the victim's that they claim to be. They are the ultimate destroyers." A third: "von Brunn was trying to send a powerful and courageous message." And one more: "Heroes refuse to go out with a whimper. An example to all of us."
A couple of other toxic threads have also now appeared.
Here's some of the flavor from the first, more critical, thread.
From Lexander: "I dont know what he was thinking today. Does anyone know if he had Altzheimers? Possibly simple dementia?:
From Velmontura: "I am watching the media try to pull to heart strings of white Americans who are watching. Remember if you ever question whats going around you you'll eventually be lead to psychotic acts of violence."
From New Pagan: "What a Jackass move. This accomplished less than nothing and was just stupid and senseless all around. At least if he had targeted some people directly responsible for the financial collapse I could understand that."
Messiah: "Most know the source of our problems are Jews and their desires to control the whole earth and all that is within it. They're using our American government, and our money to accomplish that. Now that being said, shooting up the Holocaust Museum will not change that."
Nordic Heathen Vinlader: "So it appears the media and Mr. Von Braun will do some recruiting for us ..."
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