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Michael Brutsch, Troll Behind Reddit’s ‘Jailbait’ and ‘Creepshots’ Sections

Posted on | October 13, 2012 | 16 Comments

A couple of quick points up front:

  • I’ve never used Reddit, and had no idea that it rivaled Twitter and Facebook in terms of viral online distribution.
  • Adrian Chen and Gawker are vile scum.

Nevertheless, there is a car-wreck-on-the-highway factor in Chen’s article about Michael “Violentacrez” Brutsch that makes you stare with ghastly fascination at this seamy underside of the Web. Perhaps the grimmest part is when Brutsch begs for mercy:

When I called Brutsch that Wednesday afternoon and told him I knew who he was . . . he pleaded with me in an affectless monotone not to reveal his name.
“My wife is disabled. I got a home and a mortgage, and if this hits the fan, I believe this will affect negatively on my employment,” he said. “I do my job, go home watch TV, and go on the internet. I just like riling people up in my spare time.” . . .
The problem was, he explained, that if his identity got out, his many enemies would start attaching lies to his name because they simply don’t like his views. They would say he was a child pornographer, when all he had done was spearhead the distribution of thousands of legal photos of underage girls. . . .They would Google-bomb his name and the word “pedophile” along with his publicly-traded company’s name. . . .
He needed to keep his anonymity to protect his ability to express things many people think but hardly anyone says. With Violentacrez, “I got the freedom to talk about my personal life, my personal feelings… I’m sure there’s more than one person in this building who’s a pervert,” he said, referring his office building.
He asked a number of times if there was anything he could do to keep me from outing him.

This is the stage of Kübler-Ross called “bargaining.” And as Dr. Phil might say, “How’s that workin’ out for ya, Mike?”

Of course, Chen had made up his mind to “dox” Brutsch, a 49-year-old resident of Arlington, Texas, before he ever contacted him, and you’d have to be a sadist to enjoy reading Brutsch’s desperate attempt to avoid the consequences of his exposure, despite the fact that Brutsch is a vile sociopathic monster undeserving of sympathy.

What do I mean by “vile sociopathic monster”? Brutsch created (and was a sort of online cheerleader for) some of the worst possible stuff on Reddit, most especially the “Jailbait” section:

His speciality is distributing images of scantily-clad underage girls . . .
Violentacrez decided to create a safe space for people sexually attracted to underage girls to share their photo stashes. . . .
Jailbait was the online equivalent of systematized street harassment. Users posted snapshots of tween and teenage girls, often in bikinis and skirts. Many of these were lifted from their Facebook accounts and thrown in front of Jailbait’s 20,000 horny subscribers.
Violentacrez and his fellow moderators worked hard to make sure every girl on jailbait was underage, diligently deleting any photos whose subjects seemed older than 16 or 17. Violentacrez himself posted hundreds of photos. Jailbait became one of Reddit’s most popular subreddits, generating millions of pageviews a month. “Jailbait” was for a time the second biggest search term bringing traffic to Reddit . . .

Yeeeesshh. “Millions of pageviews a month.”

His name is Michael Brutsch — that’s B-R-U-T-S-C-H — and he lives in Arlington, Texas, and if he should suffer brutal violence at the hands of a mob of enraged parents who descend on his home, brandishing baseball bats and tire irons, well, that would probably be illegal.

Far be it from me to condone reckless vigilantism.

In his defense, perhaps, some might protest that this was all just harmless online fun, and that IRL (in real life), Brutsch is an honest, decent, responsible, law-abiding citizen. However . . .

In 2010, Violentacrez hosted a legendary “Ask Me Anything” thread” . . . He was asked what was the creepiest thing he’d done “IRL” . . . . “That’d be a tough call,” Violentacrez wrote, “Perhaps oral sex with my 19-year-old stepdaughter.” It was completely consensual, he claimed in the post, and went on to brag about how awesome it had been in graphic detail.
This happened over ten years ago, Violentacrez claimed. When his then-wife, the girl’s mother, found out, she “got mad, then got over it,” Violentacrez wrote.

OK, either (a) he was lying, or else (b) he’s a complete monster. And even if he was lying, what kind of monster would tell such a lie?

Chen says he was tipped to to Brutsch’s identity by “a former online friend . . . [who] had become disgusted with his obsession with underage girls.” Brutsch was responsible for a lot of other offensive content at Reddit, but “Jailbait . . . apparently sprung from a sincere interest.”

An “obsession with underage girls”? A “sincere interest”? And Brutsch — again, that’s B-R-U-T-S-C-H, of Arlington, Texas — boasted “in graphic detail” about the “awesome” sex he had with his stepdaughter?

Probably nothing to it. Just harmless Internet shenanigans.

On the other hand, lots of folks in Texas have guns. Maybe some of those gun-toting Texans will notice the part of Chen’s article excerpted by Britton Peele of the Dallas Morning News:

The Gawker story contains quotes from both Brutsch and others who have interacted with him, including one user who once visited him while on business in Arlington. ”He’s a really a good guy,” she said. “He has the manners of a Southern gentleman. A bunch of neighborhood kids were over playing at his house.”

Reckon he has a “sincere interest” in those “neighborhood kids”?

B-R-U-T-S-C-H . . .

Category: Uncategorized

NMA Animators Rock The VP Debate

Posted on | October 13, 2012 | 3 Comments

by Smitty

This is laugh out loud funny:

The real loser here is SNL, who simply cannot top this. Add being funny to the list of jobs that Progress has outsourced to China.

via The Blaze

Category: Election 2012, humor, Video

World’s Youngest Blogger: Not That Ryan Isn’t Tough, But I Could Take Joey B.

Posted on | October 12, 2012 | 16 Comments

And, as for Ms. Raddatz. . .

Category: World's Youngest Blogger

Four Score And Five Interruptions Ago. . .

Posted on | October 12, 2012 | 14 Comments

by Smitty

Four score and five interruptions ago our zany uncle brought forth on this continent a new indignation, conceived in contempt for liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created to serve the state.

Now we are engaged in a soft civil war, testing whether that indignation, or any indignation, so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great debate-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a blog post for he who here gave 90 minutes of his life that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should blog this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. The brave man, living not dead, who struggled here, has consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what he did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which he who fought that gasbag has thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from this honored candidate we take increased devotion to that cause for which he gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that this candidate shall not have felt like he died, devoured by a vast, shark-like maw,  in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

via Breitbart

Update: good linkage from Stacy on the Right, The Daley Gator, and the American Catholic

Category: GOP

Further Proof That Chicks Dig Mitt UPDATE: @Tawny_Kitaen, Too? OMG!

Posted on | October 12, 2012 | 49 Comments

The so-called “gender gap” is caused by ugly women who feel rejected by successful men, whereas the really smart, sexy, confident chicks are wild about the Mittser:

Four years ago, Lindsay Lohan referred to Obama’s Presidential victory as “amazing,” but cut to 2012, and it seems the “Mean Girls” star has had a serious change of heart.
“I think unemployment is very important for now, so as of now I think (my vote) is Mitt Romney,” Lohan told reporters, including FOX411’s Pop Tarts, at the Mr. Pink Ginseng Drink Launch Party Los Angeles on Thursday night.
Lohan also hinted at mysterious underlying motives for supporting the GOP candidate and turning her back on Obama under wraps. . . .
“It’s a long story, but you’re going to have to wait for that,” she remarked . . .
Last month, the troubled actress went as far as to tweet the President requesting he “cut taxes for those who need it: middle-class families, small businesses” as well as “those that are listed on Forbes as ‘millionaires’.”

(Via Memeorandum.) Of course, I understand that some readers may be puzzled by this: Hitherto, this blog has treated Lindsay Lohan as just another celebrity bimbo, a troubled starlet whose personal foibles (and impressive cleavage) were fodder for humorous jibes. This is admittedly true — but she just endorsed Mitt Romney, so now she’s our celebrity bimbo, and that makes all the difference in the world.

We love you, Lindsay, and we hope you’ll help persuade other sexy starlets to see the light. “Rule 5: Hollywood Hotties for Mitt”!

Readers may want to hit my tip-jar, so I can get some on-the-scene coverage of this Important New Development in the 2012 campaign. IYKWIMAITYD.

 




 

UPDATE: Folks, I think we’ve got a trend happening:

Udpdate II (Smitty): welcome, Instapundit readers!

Category: Celebrities, Election 2012, Hollywood, Mitt Romney, Rule 5

LIVE AT FIVE: 10.12.12

Posted on | October 12, 2012 | 4 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Joe Biden Channels The Joker

Y SO SERIOUS?

“…between contemptuous and deranged…”
Democrat base seems to have liked it, though


Shuttle Endeavour Makes Last Journey Through Streets Of LA
City annoys businessmen along route by encouraging people to stay home



Mayor’s Pick To Head Chicago Public Schools Resigns
CEO Jean Claude Brizard leaving “by mutual agreement”



POLITICS
SecDef Warns Of Potential For “Cyber-Pearl Harbor”

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta

Calls For Congress to enact new standards for cybersecurity of infrastructure

Judge To Sentence Fugitive Indiana Doctor Who Hid For Five Years 

Sherman-Berman Debate Almost Gets Physical

Romney: Obama Would Rather Save Big Bird Than The American Family

Colorado, Oregon, Washington Initiatives Could Legalize Marijuana In Defiance Of Federal Law

Rand Paul PAC Runs Ads Against Democrats In Florida, Ohio, West Virginia

After Fiery Florida Rally, Obama Focuses On Debate Prep

Romney: Libya Attack A Valid Campaign Issue



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Continued Tension In Syria, North Sea Rig Maintenance Drives Oil Up: NYMEX $92.25, Brent $115.46
Foreclosures Hit Five-Year Low
Dollar Rises As Spain Sparks Caution
Infosys Under Pressure, Brokerages Cautious On Stock
Sprint Confirms Talks With Japan’s Softbank
US Trade Deficit Widens As Exports Fall
Drought Cuts US Crops Below Demand For First Time In 38 Years
AMD: Third Quarter Unravels Amid Weak Demand, Excess Inventory
Samsung Galaxy S III Mini: Big Compromise In A Small Package
Amazon Launches Kindle Paperwhite, Lending Library In UK
US Appeals Court Overturns Ban On Samsung Phone
September US Retail Video Game Sales Down 24%



SPORTS
Fun While It Lasted: A’s Fall To Tigers 6-0

Oakland fans cheer their A’s

Verlander dominates in game 5 shutout

Hardy Clutch As O’s Force Game 5

Giants Oust Reds, Advance To Pennant Series

Earnhardt Sidelined After Second Concussion In A Month

ESPN College Guru Beano Cook Dies, 81

Wallach, Ausmus On Deck For Red Sox

Indiana Reaches WNBA Finals

Hasselbeck, Titans Pull Off Upset Over Steelers

Detwiler, Werth Rise To The Occasion For Nationals In Game 4 Also, Teddy wins again after getting Nats fired up



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Lindsay Lohan Comes Out For Romney

Lindsay Lohan

Predictable abuse erupts in article comments
Also, “My Mom’s Not On Coke!”

Bobbi Kristina Announces Engagement To Nick Gordon

Justin Bieber: That’s Not My Junk In That Nude Photo

Colton Haynes Leaving “Teen Wolf” After Two Seasons


Cops Raid Nelly’s Tour Bus, Seize Heroin And Massive Quantity Of Weed

Fox #1 With 18-49 Demographic, CBS Wins With Total Viewers

Liz Taylor’s Affairs With JFK, Reagan Exposed In Tell-All

NBC To Air Munsters Reboot As Halloween Special

Taylor Swift Smoulders On “Rolling Stone” Cover, Denies Cheating Charges



FOREIGNERS
Threat Looms Over Bali Bombing 10th Anniversary
Turks Remove ECM Gear, Other Military Electronics From Detained Syrian Plane; Russians Demand Explanation
Taliban’s Shooting Of 14-Year-Old Sparks Outrage In Pakistan
France Uncovers Jihadi Bomb Plot, “Biggest In Years”
Yemeni Security Chief At US Embassy Killed In Sanaa
Hezbollah Admits Flying Drone Over Israel
No Credible Opposition To Netanyahu In General Election?
Putin Defends Decision To Send Remaining Two Pussy Riot Members To Siberian Prison Camp



BLOGS & STUFF
WyBlog: Obamabot Desperation Time – Disgusting Anti-Mormon Bigotry Circulating On Facebook
NRO Corner: First Post-Debate Impression? Biden Behaving Badly
AmSpecBlog: Biden’s Goal The Wrong One
Lonely Conservative: Joe Biden Thinks It’s All A Big Joke
Breitbart: Media Hammers Joe Biden – “Stop Smirking!” “Weird” “Jerk”
Allahpundit: Angry Old Man Yells At Paul Ryan For 90 Minutes
Power Line: Biden’s Libya Dodges
Maggie’s Farm: Rude Biden Turns Off Many Independents
Protein Wisdom: Stephanie Cutter Claims Benghazi Attack Only An Issue “Because Of Romney And Ryan”
Gateway Pundit: Stephanie Cutter, Bret Baier Clash On Fox
Weasel Zippers: Leg Thrill Alert – New FL Poll Finds Romney Up 51-44, Beating Obama Among Hispanic Voters
NewsBusters: NYT Ignored Libya Hearings “Because There Were Six Better Stories”
Legal Insurrection: PPP Finds Warren Rising – Or Is That Just The Increase In Sample’s Party Spread?
Zero Hedge: Data Massaging Continues
Beltway Confidential: Obama Campaign Refers To Liberal Bloggers As “Tinfoil Hat Crowd”

Category: Live at Five

PAUL RYAN SCORES CRUSHING VICTORY OVER BIDEN IN DEBATE

Posted on | October 11, 2012 | 117 Comments

UPDATED 10:22 p.m. ET: Headline from John Nolte:

MEDIA HAMMERS BIDEN:
‘STOP SMIRKING!’ ‘WEIRD,’ ‘JERK’

UPDATED 10:19 p.m. ET: A few more thoughts from Twitter:

I’m going to have to start putting together my column for the American Spectator.

UPDATED 10:03 p.m. ET: It’s clear that Biden was advised to be aggressive, to bulldoze, interrupt and filibuster, to treat Ryan with contempt. The astonishing thing (or, maybe not) is how moderator Martha Raddatz is enabling that strategy.

UPDATED 9:39 p.m. ET: VodkaPundit is drunkblogging. Biden is drunkdebating.

UPDATED 9:35 p.m. ET:

UPDATED 9:12 p.m. ET: Biden interrupted Ryan’s second answer to accuse Ryan of “malarkey” — because Joe’s an expert on “malarkey”!

* * PREVIOUSLY 8:30 p.m. ET * *

This is rather a bold headline, consdiering that it’s now 8:30 p.m. ET and the debate in Danville, Ky., doesn’t even begin for another half-hour, but I’ve been saying for the past week that Ryan would make mincemeat of Biden, so there’s little additional risk in going all-out balls-to-the-wall with my headline.

Ace, on the other hand, is trying to tamp down expectations for reasons that are entirely factual and logical, which is OK, if that’s how you roll.

Me, I’ve got no problem going big. Dave Weigel asks, “Can Joe Biden Save Barack Obama?” And I say, “RAAAAACIST! How dare you say Obama needs a white man to save him?”

Anyway, consider this your Official Vice Presidential Debate Thread. There’s an NFL game on tonight, if you’d rather watch that, then check back here later to see exactly how Ryan stomped Biden.

EXPECT UPDATES . . . .

Category: Debates, Election 2012, Joe Biden, Paul Ryan

@StefCutter Triples Down on Libya

Posted on | October 11, 2012 | 5 Comments

Katie Pavlich caught Obama spokespuppet Stephanie Cutter on her way into tonight’s debate arena, and Cutter refused to back off her “Blame Mitt” defense of the Benghazi debacle:

Let me predict a Downfall video parody in Ms. Cutter’s future.

Category: Libya
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