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Rec.music.white-power newsgroup vote
The '''''rec.music.white-power'' newsgroup vote''' took place in [[February]] of [[1996]].  The [[newsgroup]] was proposed by Milton Kleim, a person known as one of the most vocal online proponents of the [[white supremacist]] movement, and a person who had started a number of vicious flame wars on various newsgroups.  His original proposal for the newsgroup stated that it would be a forum for "discussion of [[white supremacist|White Power]] music."(contracted; show full)

During the voting period, an unmoderated newsgroup entitled ''alt.music.white-power'' was created, but it failed to generate any discussions other than [[flame wars]].

The newsgroup vote for ''rec.music.white-power'' is remembered as one of the low points in the history of [[Usenet]].


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*[http://www.sub-rosa.com/white-power/ ''rec.music.white-power'' rumor control page]
*[http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=833851386.24895%40uunet.uu.net&rnum=1 Statement by the vote moderator on the violent opposition to the newsgroup]
*[http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&th=edfc70e029e6b424&seekm=31C6A022.1919%40twics.com&frame=off Statement by Milton Kleim on ''rec.music.white-power'']