Someone claiming to be white supremacist leader Tom Metzger weighed in this morning in the comments on my piece in this week’s best of 1988 issue, about the beating to death of Mulugeta Seraw. Here’s what he had to say:

Here we go again! first of all Morris Dees is the cleverest of cons. He has built a large fortune conning the PCIDIOTS. he made 7 million alone off my civil trial. check his IRS records. Most honest liberals have him pegged but he is still at it. Seraws family got peanuts.

Fact:I didn’t hire a lawyer because the few that would take my case demanded $100k up front. That was impossible to do.

Fact: It was not a Federal Trial and it was not a criminal trial. it was a Civil trial. If it had been criminal I would have beat it hands down.

Fact: David Mazella, Dees star witness was on a get even mission since he was given a beating in Southern California for being the cowardly liar he is .
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Mazella was paid hundreds of dollars a month for his perjury. He was not reformed like he testified. He was recruiting for the American Klan at the same time he was lying about Tom and John Metzger.

Fact: Tom and John never went bankrupt. Never stopped publishing a newspaper or appearing on National TV.

Fact: Mazella in an amusing twist is a youth pastor at a small church not far from Medford. As an aledged Christian I wonder if he has ever confessed his sins against Tom and John Metzger? resist.com

I’m glad he read it, and I’m glad he commented. Although it does feel a little creepy, to be honest.

Matt Davis was news editor of the Mercury from 2009 to May 2010.

8 replies on “Tom Metzger Weighs In”

  3. Tom Metzger got a raw deal on that case. why should he be held responsible because some drunk guy kills some other guy? you might not like his politics, but the case was absolute bullshit

  4. I appreciate your coverage of this, Matt.
    This is one of those areas of local history where many writers find themselves unable to write about it without cranking out anything more than a summary paragraph of PC drivel.
    That said, I must concur with Mr. Levenson’s comment above. Having known 2 of the 3 individuals convicted in the death of Mr. Seraw for several years leading up to this particular incident, I’ve got to say that, in my view, certain members of ESWP were on a trajectory to kill somebody at some point in time regardless of anything Mr. Metzger said or did.
    The fact that this tragic event in reality stemmed from homegrown circumstances and characters I think was fairly accurately reflected in Elinor Langer’s book.
    This is a view that is controversial because there were, and are, many here in PDX who would like to think that nothing like this could ever happen here, thus the largely erroneous conclusion that this event had to have been the product of outside forces.
    In the wake of this incident, the twisted views of Mr. Metzger regarding Race and Reason made him a very easy scapegoat.

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  7. “You like white meat? I got something for you to lick, you fucking throwback slug. Lick it, and ignore the dark splotches, and you will get some white pretty soon.

    You a cocksucker? Tom? You must be.”

    LOL!!LOL!!!

    Well I guess you told him!

    haha………

  8. Sir Al M:

    Pardon my remission in contacting you about your invitation for lunch. Unfortunately, the Arlington Club does not allow members no matter how well connected to bring in guests from second tier colleges.

    Hope you understand.

    I remain your humble servant,

    Jacomus

    P.S. The phrases “throw back” and “cock sucker” are two words. In addition, your comments are somewhat obscure in meaning, especially whether you are agreeing with or disagreeing with someone, and it’s not clear who.

    It appears you have no particular point of view on anything. You mostly enjoy seeing your name in print. Nes pas?

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