Description: For more than 20 years, Arnie Lerma was the source of false propaganda about the Church of Scientology. And he was a copyright anarchist, with two civil…
For more than 20 years, Arnie Lerma was the source of false propaganda about the Church of Scientology. And he was a copyright anarchist, with two civil judgments against him for copyright infringement.
Lerma was one of those ultra-right-wing conspiracy theorists who populate the fringes of the internet. He aligned himself with everything from Holocaust deniers and neo-Nazis to the cyberterrorist group Anonymous.
His history included attacking religions on the internet, harassing and intimidating Church of Scientology parishioners with hate mail, and planning and participating in antireligious demonstrations that often became violent. He also ran a private underground channel on the internet where antireligious extremists still gather to spread hatred and plan acts of aggression against the Church of Scientology and its parishioners.