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[–]AccidentetSickness 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Much like with what happened to Pewdiepie, the MSM has put out a hit piece on Milo and have taken many things out of context. Milo is himself a victim of underage abuse and one of the ways he deals with it is through humor.

In an interview, where he agrees with consent laws, he explained that in one instance HE sought out sexual actions and that shouldn't be considered wrong. https://twitter.com/TheSwogBlog/status/833547728907096065

[–]V2Blasttotally loopy 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/20/us/politics/cpac-milo-yiannopoulos.html

Milo Yiannopoulos, a polemical Breitbart editor and unapologetic defender of the alt-right, tested the limits of how far his provocations could go after the publication of a video in which he condones sexual relations with boys as young as 13 and laughs off the seriousness of pedophilia by Roman Catholic priests.

On Monday, the organizers of the Conservative Political Action Conference rescinded their invitation for him to speak this week. Simon & Schuster said it was canceling publication of “Dangerous” after standing by him through weeks of criticism of the deal. And Breitbart itself was reportedly reconsidering his role amid calls online for it to sever ties with him.

Mr. Yiannopoulos’s comments, which quickly created an uproar online over the weekend, put many conservatives in a deeply uncomfortable position. They have long defended Mr. Yiannopoulos’s attention-seeking stunts and racially charged antics on the grounds that the left had tried to hypocritically censor his right to free speech.

But endorsing pedophilia, it seemed, was more than they could tolerate. The board of the American Conservative Union, which includes veterans of the conservative movement like Grover Norquist and Morton Blackwell, made the decision to revoke Mr. Yiannopoulos’s speaking slot and condemn his comments on Monday.

“We initially extended the invitation knowing that the free speech issue on college campuses is a battlefield where we need brave, conservative standard-bearers,” Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, said in a written statement.

Regarding Mr. Yiannopoulos’s comments, Mr. Schlapp called them “disturbing” and said Mr. Yiannopoulos’s explanation of them was insufficient.

Late Monday, Mr. Yiannopoulos said that he would hold a news conference on Tuesday to discuss his statements.

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After the video was leaked on Twitter by a conservative group called the Reagan Battalion, Mr. Yiannopoulos denied that he had ever condoned child sexual abuse, noting that he was a victim himself. He blamed his “British sarcasm” and “deceptive editing” for leading to a misunderstanding.

But in the tape, the fast-talking polemicist is clear that he has no problem with older men abusing children as young as 13, which he then conflates with relationships between older and younger gay men who are of consenting age.

“No, no, no. You’re misunderstanding what pedophilia means,” Mr. Yiannopoulos says on the tape, in which he is talking to radio hosts in a video chat. “Pedophilia is not a sexual attraction to somebody 13 years old who is sexually mature. Pedophilia is attraction to children who have not reached puberty,” he adds, dismissing the fact that 13-year-olds are children.

The notion of consent, he says, is “arbitrary and oppressive.”

At one point in the video, an unknown speaker says that the behavior being defended by Mr. Yiannopoulos is akin to molestation by Catholic priests. Mr. Yiannopoulos responds, in an ironic tone, by crediting a priest for having helped develop his sexual technique.

[–]avecousansvous 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Tapes of him describing relationships between older men and younger men surfaced recently; in the tapes, he skirts around the age of consent and argues some people, including himself, could have given consent at much earlier ages before delving into sexual experiences he had as a child/teenager with older men, including a Catholic priest. Here's the transcript of the conversation.

Of course this, with Milo being the polarizing attention grabber he is, made headlines and Milo's invitation to speak at CPAC, a conservative conference that will be headlined by folks such as Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, was revoked, along with his book deal. On top of that, some Breitbart workers are threatening to walk out if Yiannopoulos isn't fired.

EDIT: Grammar

[–]elinordash -1 ポイント0 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Milo Yiannopoulos’s Pedophilia Comments Cost Him CPAC Role and Book Deal (NYT)

On Monday, the organizers of the Conservative Political Action Conference rescinded their invitation for him to speak this week. Simon & Schuster said it was canceling publication of “Dangerous” after standing by him through weeks of criticism of the deal. And Breitbart itself was reportedly reconsidering his role amid calls online for it to sever ties with him.

The rough timeline of how things have been going for Milo since Trump has been elected (dates are approximate):

December 29- It is announced that Milo has a $250,000 book deal with a conservative imprint of Simon & Schuster.

January 23- After getting a lot of grief about Milo's book deal, Simon & Schuster defend their choice to publish and say that he won't use any hate speech in his book.

January 25- Noted feminist Roxanne Gay decides to withdraw her book from Simon & Schuster because she feels she shouldn't work with a company who would profit of Milo's behavior.

February 1- Berkeley Cancels Milo Yiannopoulos Speech, and Donald Trump Tweets Outrage

February 15- Guests refuse to appear on Bill Maher's show with Milo

February 17- Milo appears on Bill Maher and it does not go well, Bill Maher gets a lot of grief for giving Milo a platform

February 20- Milo's pedophilia comments blow up. He loses speaking engagements and Breitbart employees want him fired.

Personally, I think this might be the end of Milo. He's been creeping around the alt-right for a while and the Leslie Jones thing raised his profile, but now he is trying to get real mainstream attention and mainstream audiences don't like him. It isn't just about politics. Newt Gingrich isn't a choir boy, but he doesn't get this kind of hate because he is capable of making reasoned points and not just trolling.