Justice Dept. subpoenas Reason Magazine to find anonymous commenters. Internet implodes

Hotair ^ | 06/10/2015 | Jazz Shaw

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Justice Department served subpoenas to Nick Gillespie’s Reason Magazine over comments left on their web site by anonymous readers.

Hmmm... I wonder if FR will be the next one...

[Falcon4.0]

Calling Tim Robins and Susan Saranwrap.
A Chill Wind is blowing across America.

[C. Edmund Wright]

The irony of this happening to Reason is not lost on us.....

[spodefly]

It’s only a “chill wind” when Republicans do it.

[cuban leaf]

I have a fake Facebook account from which I comment on these types of sites.

[GSWarrior]

whether the Justice Department attorneys are just stupid or possibly working in league with Rand Paul.

I vote for stupid.

[WayneS]

Taking any human life is evil...

I disagree.

[CGASMIA68]

sorry but if you post something “they” don’t like,”they” will find your fake butt

[rarestia]

Isn’t Reason magazine a leftist tome?

[WayneS]

Threatening to feed somebody into a wood chipper isn’t free speech.

True, but as the author reported, the "threat" in question was a suggestion that the target be fed in to a wood chipper, and that is not the same thing as saying "I am going to feed [target of vitriol] in to a wood chipper."

[WayneS]

Yes. But they still have rights.

[WayneS]

Does anyone know what “Silk Road” is?

[Sasparilla]

George Orwell nails Zer0 once more.

“In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”

[WayneS]

..in the context of this story.

I know what THE silk road was.

[rarestia]

Just doing a sanity check. I wanted to make sure, I wasn’t insinuating anything.

[Paladin2]

H! represents a larger threat to the US than some internet trolls. So does an open border. Heck, the current constitution of much of the Judiciary represents a larger threat.

[WayneS]

10-4

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: Susan Saranwrap ::

Oooooooo!
A Hollywood cougar in tight-fitting, clear plastic.
I’d bet Lazamataz is interested, too.

[CitizenUSA]

If someone posts a threat towards another person, that’s definitely asking for trouble. I don’t really have a problem with anonymous account info being released so long as probable cause exists and a warrant has been issued listing the specific information desired in relation to the issue—no fishing trips and no releases of information beyond what’s in the warrant.

I also agree that these types of comments i.e. threats, add absolutely nothing to the conversation. Actually, they detract from reasonable discourse and should be banned. Fortunately, FreeRepublic has rules against such comments.