Last week, I wrote two articles on Jeremy Christian, the “white supremacist” or “terrorist” “Trump supporter” from Portland who was none of these things.

In the second of my two essays, I quoted from the affidavit for this case and Christian’s own Facebook history to show that the standard leftist spin on this event was false.  I won’t rehash the details, but they can be found here.

Christian, however, was indeed “vermin,” as I described him, who was guilty of stabbing three people, three white men, murdering two of them. For this, I expressly said, he deserves nothing less than the ultimate penalty, death.  His victims, I added, deserve our sympathy.

I received some emails.  By now, I’m all too familiar with “hate mail.” Most of what I have received, admittedly, has never actually risen to the level of genuine hate. Most of what I have received from those on the left is more accurately labeled “arrogance,” “ignorance,” or “idiocy” mail.  But last week, I received a genuine hate mail.   I reproduce it here:

“Hey,

Just read your in depth analysis of the Jeremy Christian article.  I would like you to know that you’re an absolute piece of f**king sh**.

YOU are no more than Jeremy Christian. Your ‘sympathy’ towards the end is complete bulls**t.  You are ignorant, out of touch, and simply do not understand what the f**k goes on around you or in this country for that matter. I’m not even 21 and I can see through your fake bulls**t.

I hope you die a brutal death someday and have it be reported, blurred and relayed with the same transparent, bulls**t you are giving those victims who did more for a fellow human (with active human rights) than you’ll ever do for anybody.  I hope you family experiences this too. F**k you a**hole.  Rot in f**king hell.”

The person did not sign his name.  Ordinarily, I simply discard imbecilic emails from disgruntled “progressives” and the like. But the raw hatred and irrationality embodied here provoked me to take a different course of action.

First, I googled the address of the person from which this email was sent. The person who I found does indeed appear to be under 21 years of age.  If he is the same person as the hate-filled emailer in question, then he attends a college in Connecticut where he plays on a sports team.  I found as well that he takes an interest in, among other things, “human rights.” I tracked down this punk’s work history and located his professional aspirations.

Now, to be sure, the name of the person in the email address of the sender was an unusual one. At first I suspected that it was a fake name. It is not—however uncommon it is in the English speaking world. So, when, upon googling this name, I immediately found a match and the person’s profile revealed him to be of college age, i.e. “not even 21,” I felt confident that the person in the profile and the hate emailer were one and the same.

Still, I can’t be 100% certain that this is the case. And this is why I took the next step that I did:

I showed the piece of hate mail to the local police and had officers read it. The police explained that if I wanted to file a complaint that I could.  But a subpoena would first have to be issued to Google in order to determine with absolute certainty the identity of the person who owns the email account from which the hate mail was sent.

As things stood at the present moment, the content of the email warranted a “disorderly persons” charge.  No subpoena would be forthcoming for such a charge.  Given the vile content enclosed, however, the police suggested the possibility of going after the sender on a “terroristic threats” charge.  The only challenge with this last route is that the emailer didn’t directly threaten me or my family.

If, though, he sent me any follow up emails of this kind, then he would expose himself to a “harassment” charge, in which case Google could be subpoenaed.

Third, I decided that, for now, I would not pursue any charges.  Several people suggested that I send his email to the administrators of the institution that he attends, the coaches of the athletic team for which he plays, and his connections on Linkedin.  Admittedly, I was tempted to take some, if not all, of these measures.  The unreasonableness and toxicity of his emails, including and especially the mentioning of my family, made me see red.  But I chose, for now, what I think is a higher road.

I decided that I wouldn’t even reply to the hater directly, for fear that I would inflate this pathetic little person’s ego further than it undoubtedly already is. Instead, I would share his email with this substantial audience and hold it up as the proverbial textbook illustration of the raw hatred and irrationality that has made civil disagreement impossible and that stems overwhelmingly from the left.

I add something else: “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”   This is a quotation from Warren Buffett, a person with whom this hater seems to have some acquaintance.

Yet this punk hasn’t learned a thing, for if he had, he wouldn’t have come as dangerously close as he did to trashing his reputation overnight.  Had he sent his poisonous email to someone lacking my patience and Christian desire to love, not hate, he would have ruined himself.  This, though, is a warning, for if I hear from him again, then his email(s) with his name will be made available and criminal charges filed.

Evil shall not be permitted to prevail.