CPAC disinvites Milo

[goldfly]

a bunch of snowflakes bowing to PC culture i am sure, right?

[sturg33]

Seems that way

[goldfly]

CPAC has no problem with any of his other trolling and other vile **** but talk about ****ing 13 year old boys and they suddenly don't really care to promote free speech i guess

[Krgrecw]

CPAC has no problem with any of his other trolling and other vile **** but talk about ****ing 13 year old boys and they suddenly don't really care to promote free speech i guess

so talking **** and talking about ****ing 13 year olds are on the same level to you?

[Hawk]

Milo does himself no favors. That being said, I listened to the whole interview for context, and he's actually trying to make a fairly nuanced contribution to the 'group discussion' about the arbitrary nature of the age of consent (and cross-generational relationship stereotypes) before the fat guy in a mask interjects with a retort about Catholic priests and it kind of sets Yiannopoulos off on a tangent that he doesn't articulate very well.

The PC culture in this country is really nauseating, and 'progressives' that are rubber-stamping this kind of belief persecution should consider joining the Republican party.

[jpx7]

Milo does himself no favors. That being said, I listened to the whole interview for context, and he's actually trying to make a fairly nuanced contribution to the 'group discussion' about the arbitrary nature of the age of consent (and cross-generational relationship stereotypes) before the fat guy in a mask interjects with a retort about Catholic priests and it kind of sets Yiannopoulos off on a tangent that he doesn't articulate very well.

The PC culture in this country is really nauseating, and 'progressives' that are rubber-stamping this kind of belief persecution should consider joining the Republican party.

Both the "'progressives' that are rubber-stamping this kind of belief persecution" and today's establishment Republicans are essentially neoliberals anyways, so the shoe fits.

[Runnin]

The PC culture in this country is really nauseating, and 'progressives' that are rubber-stamping this kind of belief persecution should consider joining the Republican party.

I hope you include Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, which acts as host of CPAC in that group of nauseating PC progressives.

[Hawk]

I hope you include Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, which acts as host of CPAC in that group of nauseating PC progressives.

I'll bite: why might you hope so?

[Runnin]

I'll bite: why might you hope so?

Isn't he the one who disinvited Milo from the CPAC?

American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp said in a statement announcing the decision that Yiannopoulos's efforts to address the video clip have fallen short, calling the remarks "disturbing."

"We realize that Mr. Yiannopoulos has responded on Facebook, but it is insufficient," Schlapp said in a statement. "It is up to him to answer the tough questions and we urge him to immediately further address these disturbing comments."

He had the option to not be PC.

[Runnin]

Bill Maher interview about the Milo booking.

[Krgrecw]

Milo just lost his book deal and people from breitbart want him out.

[Runnin]

Before seeing this guy I didn't think it was possible to be more obnoxious and inflammatory than Ann Coulter.

[weso1]

I'm not sure if Milo is good for conservatism or not, but for all his faults he's a legit weapon against the regressive left. Whether to support Milo in total or not is complicated, but I fully support his battle against the regressive left. For that reason I hope he survives this seeming tragic ending.

[acesfull86]

I'm not sure if Milo is good for conservatism or not, but for all his faults he's a legit weapon against the regressive left. Whether to support Milo in total or not is complicated, but I fully support his battle against the regressive left. For that reason I hope he survives this seeming tragic ending.

**In before someone questions who you mean by "the left"**

[mqt]

Live by the pointlessly inflammatory statements, die by the pointlessly inflammatory statements.

[jpx7]

**In before someone questions who you mean by "the left"**

It's an entirely fair distinction, and I don't intend to quit making it.

Meanwhile, though I've stated I'm against a lot of this over-correcting of speech in the culture, to some extent, and at universities, especially, I also think it's entirely fair to maintain that Milo Yiannopoulos is an incompetent, attention-whoring, pointlessly trolling, thin-skinned, idea-less dung-beetle, whose fall from "grace" elicits no sympathy from me.

[chop2chip]

So Bill Maher said something on his show a while back that was pretty similar to what Milo said.

I saw that. Granted it was at least 15 years ago, but I would be curious to hear his response to that given that he's commented on Milo.

FWIW, I really like Maher and could careless about Milo.

[cajunrevenge]

Since when did we start taking females having sex with under age boys seriously? Whenever it is it will be news to me.

[weso1]