[Lazamataz]

That said, this is a political website. His comments were, at their core, political, if offensive.

One cannot plaster posters of, say, diseased vulvas on a Republican physical bulletin board, can one? No, that is criminal defacement. So is this.

[SJackson]

What you're dealing with is the different between a hoax and "credible threat", as well as the specificity of the threat. Personally I consider a "Kill the Jews (among others ) sent to me by screename specific, whether a court would agree I don't know. I believe one of the early successful prosecutions in this area was of an individual who was EMailing Asians with a "kill the Asian", as opposed to a Kill SJackson or Kill Laz threat.

BTW, ironic to see freepers suddenly supportive of hate crime laws, isn't it?

OSCE Meeting on the Relationship Between Racist, Xenophobic and Anti-Semitic Propaganda on the Internet and Hate Crimes

Frequently Asked Questions About Extremist Speech Online By the Anti-Defamation League

Abusing Electronic Communication and the First Amendment: Combating Electronic Harassment, Threats and Cyberstalking

[Robert A Cook PE]

Done with deliberate intent to disgust the reader, not to inform or discuss anything.