As someone who been called a "Nazi" and a "fascist" endless times for the most banal, mainstream positions, I'm still shocked to hear about the direct threats that Lunduke and others have encountered. Completely unacceptable, dangerous, and deranged.

I really did want to believe that all this endless agitation for violence from the folks who see Nazis and fascists everywhere was just bluster. But after Kirk's assassination, and the cheers it got, I must own that this was naive.

This makes it all the more important that we don't let open source be defined by these violence-loving nut jobs. And work on alternatives that route around the ideologically-damaged choke points. I'm happy to do exactly that every day.