A Byline Of His Own: John Ellis of Occidental Dissent 鈥楧oxes鈥� Reporters
Earlier this week, the home addresses and telephone numbers of two reporters for The New York Times聽and a CNN correspondent appeared across a spectrum a racist websites鈥攁n apparent response to the Times publishing the personal information of Darren Wilson, the police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown.
Known as 鈥渄oxing,鈥� Michael Carothers, the username for Michael Weaver, who has been affiliated with several neo-Nazi groups and , posted the journalists鈥� personal information on Stormfront, the Internet鈥檚 largest racist message board. But very soon afterward, the information appeared elsewhere, on Occidental Dissent, in a piece written by a contributor pseudonymously known as 鈥淛ack Ryan.鈥�
鈥淎 new low in anti-White gutter journalism was reached this week,鈥� Ryan wrote. 鈥淭he New York Times published the home address of Officer Darren Wilson with the clear intent of aiding and abetting black lynch mobs to make good on their threat to attack and possibly murder Wilson and his new wife."
In truth, the Times did not include the home address of Wilson, only the neighborhood and street name of Wilson鈥檚 home鈥攊nformation that was widely circulated in other media outlets including Yahoo News, USA Today, The Washington Post and others.
Still, 鈥淛ack Ryan鈥� went ahead and 鈥渄oxed鈥� the three journalists who publish using genuine bylines, while hiding behind the name he has used for years to publish racist commentary across a wide swath of the white supremacist web.
鈥淥f course it would be wrong to threaten or harrass [sic] these folks,鈥� Ryan wrote. 鈥淸B]ut there鈥檚 nothing that says you can鈥檛 drop them a card or phone them to wish them happy holidays, or simply to let their neighbors and local law enforcement know how displeased you are with their unprofessional actions.鈥�
It was a tongue-in-cheek disclaimer, surely. As far as racist web portals go, Stormfront remains among the worst. As the Southern Poverty Law Center , Stormfront users have been disproportionately responsible for some of the most lethal hate crimes and mass killings since the site was put up in 1995. In the past five years alone, Stormfront members have murdered close to 100 people. It鈥檚 not the kind of place one wants personal information posted.
So who is this Jack Ryan?
A Hatewatch investigation under way at the time of the doxing鈥攊ncluding examining his extensive posting history on white nationalist sites like , , Alternative Right, and Occidental Dissent鈥攆ound that 鈥淛ack Ryan鈥� is actually John V. Ellis of Hyde Park, Chicago. An active supporter of the (LOS), a hate group, Ellis first came to our attention after appearing at a demonstration in Murfreesboro, Tenn., last year.聽 His vicious comments online almost immediately caught the attention of Hatewatch.
鈥淏lacks are fairly predictable once you get to know the breed. Here are some tips: Never show fear, indecision. Blacks can smell this, same as dogs,鈥� Ellis wrote on the American Renaissance website. 鈥淎lways have some weapon that isn鈥檛 a gun. I highly recommend canemaster [sic] canes, $12 Target T Ball bat鈥攃arry in a gym bag along with ball and glove.鈥�
In another article from Alternative Right, Ellis made some ugly statements about Muslims. 鈥淭hese Arab Muslim mobs are savage, barbarians. 鈥� I have a beautiful 23 year old White Daughter, I don鈥檛 want any of these filthy, urine colored Arab Muslim savages anywhere near my daughter.鈥�
Ellis, who could not be reached for comment, claims to have have attended Vanderbilt University before completing an MBA at New York University's Stern School of Business. Interestingly, however, he says he works for a painting company in Chicago. He also claims to have frequented many white nationalist conferences, including the 2013 American Renaissance national conference and most recently the VDARE Christmas party in New York City .
Most recently, Ellis says he attended the VDARE Christmas party in New York City where he and featured guest Ann Coulter apparently didn鈥檛 get along. 鈥淢ean, disrespectful, didn鈥檛 recognize Occidental Dissent,鈥� wrote Ellis after the event. 鈥淚 was very, very close to stripping off her clothes and spanking her bare ass right there.鈥� (Hatewatch could not confirm Ellis鈥�, nor Coulter鈥檚 attendance. A telephone message聽left with Coulters' publicist today was not returned, and Peter Brimelow, who runs VDARE, would not comment. )
Although Coulter didn鈥檛 recognize Ellis and the bigotry he spews at Occidental Dissent, hopefully others will now. He鈥檚 been long due for a real byline.
