More on the hate speech/death threat issue. Doc Searls received an email from someone, Alan Herrell, many think may have been involved in the ugliness.
I am no longer me. My main machine despite my best efforts has been hacked, my accounts compromised including my email. and has been disconnected from the internet
You need to read the entire thing on Doc's blog. This thing just gets spookier by the minute with more layers than an onion.
Also, Michelle Malkin weighs in with a point similar to one I made yesterday. While this may upset many in the tech blogging culture, this kind of thing is almost well worn in poetical circles.