Now that the right-wing blogosphere has resorted to advocating violence toward their opponents and their opponents children, they have crossed the line of moral decency and can no longer claim that their vitriol is all in good sport or "a joke."
Now that all their cards are on the table, we have a weapon with which to silence them, to keep them from spreading their hate: the decency of the companies providing their online services.
All online companies have a basic Terms of Service agreement, which those who are advocating violence are in clear violation of.
UPDATED with Web Host Data
Blogger is Google's free blogging service. All blogspot.com blogs are hosted by Google. The terms of service are quite clear:
Section 4:
You agree to not use the Service to: (a) upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; (b) harm minors in any way;
If you are a Blogger member you can complain to Blogger here: http://www.blogger.com/...
If not try Google general: http://www.google.com/...
If the offending party hosts its site on with a commercial web hosting company, you can be sure that their terms of service are similar to this (from hostgator.com):
Examples of unacceptable material include:
IRC Bots, Proxy Scripts / Anonymizers, Pirated Software / Warez, ".img" / image hosting only sites that do not host an actual domain name, Escrow, High-Yield Interest Programs(HYIP), Bank Debentures, Bank Debenture Trading Programs, and Prime Banks Programs, lottery sites, muds / rpg's, hate sites, hacker focused sites/archives/programs, sites promoting illegal activities -emphasis added
Finally, there's the actual ISP, the company the provides the actual internet connect to our offending parties. Like the the above, their terms are likely to be like this (bellsouth.net):
CONTENT AND RELATED USER CONDUCT
You understand that you are responsible for any content that you post or transmit on or through our Site.
You agree to use our Site in a manner consistent with all applicable laws and regulations. Specifically, you will not use our Site to distribute, link to, or solicit content that:
is harmful to minors, threatening, harassing, abusive, defamatory, vulgar, gratuitously violent, obscene, pornographic, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, or racially, ethnically or otherwise offensive;
infringes someone else's intellectual property or other rights;
advocates or solicits violence or criminal conduct;
specifically advertises firearms or ammunition, tobacco, alcohol, illegal drugs, or other contraband;
constitutes unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, junk or bulk e-mail, chain letters, or any other unsolicited commercial communication;
contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs that are designed or intended to disrupt, damage, or limit the functioning of any software, hardware, or communications systems or equipment.
-emphasis added
So there you have it. Clearly those who advocate the "hunting down" of a person and their children are in violation of multiple terms of service. Every company is handled differently, but a good rule of thumb is to report abuse to abuse@example.com. Or check the company's "Contact Us."
Now lets take them down!
Have any other suggestions?
UPDATE
some searching reveals that redstate is hosted by DNSmadeeasy. TOS for DNSmadeeasy include
Customer agrees not to transmit through the service any unlawful, harassing, libelous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene or otherwise objectionable material of any kind or nature. Customer further agrees not to transmit any material that encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law or regulation.
formal complaints can be filed here: http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/...
NewsMax is hosted by Host.net. Acceptable Use Policy:
When users place information on the Internet, they have the same liability as other authors for copyright infringement, defamation, and other harmful speech.
Defamatory or Abusive Language -- Using Host.net's network as a means to transmit or post defamatory, harassing, abusive, or threatening language.
Report abuse to: abuse@host.net.
MicheleMalkin is hosted by
rackspace. Terms include
Offensive Content
You may not publish or transmit via Rackspace's network and equipment any content or links to any content that Rackspace reasonably believes:
* Constitutes, fosters, or promotes child pornography;
* is excessively violent, incites violence, threatens violence, or contains harassing content or hate speech;
* is unfair or deceptive under the consumer protection laws of any jurisdiction, including chain letters and pyramid schemes;
* is defamatory or violates a person's privacy;
* creates a risk to a person's safety or health, creates a risk to public safety or health, compromises national security, or interferes with a investigation by law enforcement;
Inquires should be sent to abuse@rackspace.com.
As for Powerline, my search returned HMDNSGROUP.COM, which doesn't bring up any information. Maybe someone with better internet mojo can track that one down.