Milo Yiannopoulos’s Pedophilia Comments Cost Him CPAC Role and Book Deal BREAKING NEWS, MILO RESIGNS FROM BREITBART NEWS
WASHINGTON — Milo Yiannopoulos, the provocateur and Breitbart News editor, was under pressure on several fronts Monday 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.
The organizers of the Conservative Political Action Conference rescinded their invitation for him to speak later this week. Simon & Schuster said it was canceling publication of his latest book, “Dangerous.” And there were calls online for Breitbart to sever ties with him.
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The episode, which unraveled quickly 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 his explanation of them was insufficient.
Mr. Yiannopoulos is a marquee contributor to Breitbart News, where he serves as senior editor and has amassed a fan base for his stunts and often-outrageous statements. But by Monday afternoon, his future at the website was being hotly debated by top management.
One Breitbart journalist, who requested anonymity to describe private deliberations, described divisions in the newsroom over whether Mr. Yiannopoulos could stay on. There was some consensus among staff members that his remarks were more extreme than his usual speech, the journalist said, and executives were discussing by telephone whether his apology was enough to preserve his position at the site.
A Breitbart representative declined to comment.
After the video leaked on Twitter from 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 as 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.”
Conservatives reacted with near unanimous disgust at the comments. Some expressed bewilderment that conference organizers would extend an invitation to Mr. Yiannopoulos in the first place, given his history of statements that have been offensive to blacks, Muslims and generally pushed the bounds of decency. Twitter has banned him.
“Colossal misjudgment,” Rich Lowry, editor of National Review, wrote on Twitter. “Now CPAC has put itself in the role of ‘censor.’ And for what? Some clicks and headlines?”
Guy Benson, the writer and radio host, who also happens to be gay, wrote on Twitter that Mr. Yiannopoulos seemed to have been “designed in a laboratory in order to perpetuate some of the ugliest stereotypes about gays and conservatives.”
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The toilet is being flushed on the great conservative hero, MILO.
Let's see if Breitbart drops him...
After the left-wing media trashed Milo Yiannopulos I knew Breitbart and the the spineless, weak conservative media and Republicans would cave in to the liberal press. They always do. If, Milo had been a left-wing liberal darling nothing would have been said. Other liberals have done much worse including one raping a 14 year old girl. Nothing was ever done to this animal, he even received an academy award. When will conservatives and Republicans learn never, never let liberals make your decisions for you??? Maybe never!!
Good to heart that you feel that conservatives are spineless and weak. Confirms many peoples opinion.
Damn snowflakes that they are.
Other Liberals Have Done Much Worse Including One Raping A 14 Year Old Girl. Nothing Was Ever Done To This Animal, He Even Received An Academy Award.
I am presuming you are talking about Roman Polanski. What were we supposed to do about him? He fled the country? He got 50 years here in the US.
Please Perrie, don't use facts...It's confusing to some.
Some breibart staffers threaten to walk unless site give Milo Yiannopiulos the boot.
I would think that it's a no brainer to dump Milo...Seems that to date, Breitbart can't make up it's mind.
You would think that this would be a no brainer. They guy thinks it's OK to have sexual relations with young teens. That's down right creepy.
BTW, that is not petophila. If it's under the age of 14, it's called Hebephilia. If it's 15-19 it's called ephebophilia. I am not clear as to what he thinks is appropriate, but in my books, an adult (more than 3 years difference in age) having sex with a kid, is just wrong, even when it's an older teen.
Still no word from Breitbart on Milo's status.
I would think that anyone who promotes pedophilia would have to be dismissed from his position on Breitbart... Then, that makes sense, and Breitbart makes no sense. Every minute that ticks by without him doing something, makes Breitbart look worse and worse....
"Give 'em enough rope and they'll hang themselves", sometimes doesn't work. As they said at NASA back in the 60s, sometimes the pooch is unscrewable.
"Give 'em enough rope and they'll hang themselves", sometimes doesn't work. As they said at NASA back in the 60s, sometimes the pooch is unscrewable.
LOL
BREAKING NEWS, MILO RESIGNS FROM BREITBART NEWS.
BREITBART SHOULD HAVE FIRED HIM. No balls Breitbart.
Man, they are just beating this poor guy down.
When does the suicide watch start?
Alex Jones is sticking by him.
BREAKING NEWS, MILO RESIGNS FROM BREITBART NEWS.
BREITBART SHOULD HAVE FIRED HIM. No balls Breitbart.
Kavika, that is what they do when they are going to fire you, but don't want to humiliate you more.. they give you a chance to resign. They must have been fond of him.
Good news! There is always Infowars!
Milo deserves all the humiliation that comes his way.
I hear that Alex Jones is going to hire him as a senior advisor.
I don't doubt it, that is about all that is left for Milo to fall back on.
Supposedly, Yiannopoulos told a press conference today that going bankrupt is worse than being an underage victim of sexual abuse.
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It wasn't pretty: When asked if he had a message to other victims of sexual abuse, Milo told the assembled press corps that other things — specifically, going bankrupt — are worse.
I just read where he resigned from Breitbart.
He was asked to leave...
Old news , it was on the radio yesterday afternoon.
Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy....
He was trying to excuse his statements like he simply mispoke. Right.
The ass was speaking about (and defending) having sex with children. There is no room on this planet for such as him...
The ass was speaking about (and defending) having sex with children. There is no room on this planet for such as him...
I couldn't agree more. People such as him need to be removed from society and humanity, permanently.
Not old news, the headline to the article reads.
Milo Yiannopoulos’s Pedophilia Comments Cost Him CPAC Role and Book Deal BREAKING NEWS, MILO RESIGNS FROM BREITBART NEWS
Posted yesterday.
I, along with Alex Jones and many, many others are standing with Milo Yiannopoulos. He has apologized for what he said. Now let's get on more important issues like radial Islam trying to take over our country.
Good to heart that you and Alex are standing by Milo.
Seems that many of your compatriots don't feel that way.
Carry on good solider.
I, along with Alex Jones and many, many others are standing with Milo Yiannopoulos.
Go ahead and stand with him. Just don't let him be alone near any of your children.
There's no need to shout...
Also "Radial Islam"? Like radial tires? Are they steel belted?
LOL, yup their steel belted, Dowser.