Censorship? CPAC axes Milo from speaking

[Garnier Fructis]

Censorship has absolutely nothing to do with rights.
People censor stuff, and themselves, all the time.

This seems like you're working on technicalities that miss the point.

[Beazy]

He legit is justifying pedophilia

oOOOOooooo hes going to wish he didnt say that. Thats one thing Republicans do not play games about. Milo is going to need a new job pretty soon.

[Spectral]

CPAC is a notoriously hyper-Christian organization. Milo doesn't make sense as a speaker for their audience. There's no real upside to them just flatly trolling themselves. This isn't like he's Hitch or something where he can engage them meaningfully.

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They are not suppressing him, merely saying they are not going to pay for, and provide a venue for his speech.

They're preventing the dissemination of his speech on their platform. Yes, they're supervising his conduct and morals, and censoring it.

[Tijuana]

He legit is justifying pedophilia

At age 17???

[Garnier Fructis]

oOOOOooooo hes going to wish he didnt say that. Thats one thing Republicans do not play games about. Milo is going to need a new job pretty soon.

Anything is possible after the last 3 months.

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What happens when someone trolls a bridge too far? will the American Conservative Union stand by disinviting Milo, or might they eventually cave?

American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp said in a statement announcing the decision that Yiannopoulos' 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."

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Censorship means that you're not allowed to say what you want. Milo can say what he want at any time, which he frequently does. He's in no way censored, he's only denied their platform to do so.

[Deleted]

This is not a free speech issue. They don't have to let ANYONE use THEIR platform to talk.

Just trolling.

Think people should go read this thread and play spot the retards again : http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...hlight=berkley

[alexw]

I haven't heard of the pedophilia thing associated with him.... anyone have the deets?

There's a much worse clip out there where he goes full on defense of pedo's. It's utterly sickening -

[Espe]

Typical conservatives no platforming milo because they don't believe in free speech.

When will right-wingers learn they can't go around denying free speech to anyone they disagree with???

Can I get an "Explain it to me like I'm five" of the controversy now.

Oh Theo, always good for a laugh.

[Deleted]

This seems like you're working on technicalities that miss the point.

I made the point very clear myself: the speech is unacceptable and nobody needs to go with it.

What is seems is you have a bit of a boner for the partisan insufferable blockade on "free speech is when government something something", against "nu uh, free speech is a concept".
I don't care about your partisan inanity.

[Machismo]

They're preventing the dissemination of his speech on their platform. Yes, they're supervising his conduct and morals, and censoring it.

No, they are not censoring him, they are simply opting to not offer their platform for him to talk. he sstill allowed to talk, and they are not silencing him. they are simply choosing to not host him. Otherwise, I would be censoring every other human from speaking, since nobody is talking in my house right now.

[NED funded]

At age 17???

He said he was 14 at the time.

[Deleted]

So this guy is not just a hypocrite but also supporting pedophiles.

Really, america, the alt-right is sick enough. But this is the top 1 of sickness.

[Deleted]

No, they are not censoring him, they are simply opting to not offer their platform for him to talk.

Same thing. Learn to English.

[Machismo]

I made the point very clear myself: the speech is unacceptable and nobody needs to go with it.

What is seems is you have a bit of a boner for the partisan insufferable blockade on "free speech is when government something something", against "nu uh, free speech is a concept".
I don't care about your partisan inanity.

he still has free speech, he was not censored. If he had spoken at CPAC, and they cut words out, then they would be censoring him.

[Skandulous]

They likely agree with him on all fronts. They only disagree with the manner in which he presents his views, and are afraid (rightfully) of the backlash that would tie them to everything Milo says. The pedo thing is a ruse.

a ruse lmao you must have missed the vidoe

[Mad_Murdock]

Can I get an "Explain it to me like I'm five" of the controversy now. Milo is involved in so many I cannot keep track.

Milo on Joe Rogan, basically says he had sex with a priest at 14, and refuses to out said priest. He then mentions LA parties he attended in which there were young boys and refuses to name who party he was at. CPAC sees this video and ask for Milo to explain, he explains on a Facebook post, but they don't find that answer satisfactory enough, and so this uninvited him to speak at least until he better explains what he was saying.

There may be others videos, that's the only one I know of

[zenkai]

*Note Not defending the guy (I haven't watched the video yet) just providing his side of the story.

https://www.facebook.com/myiannopoul...51263248344905

Milo Yiannopoulos
17 hrs ·

A note for idiots (UPDATED):

I do not support pedophilia. Period. It is a vile and disgusting crime, perhaps the very worst. There are selectively edited videos doing the rounds, as part of a co-ordinated effort to discredit me from establishment Republicans, that suggest I am soft on the subject.

If it somehow comes across (through my own sloppy phrasing or through deceptive editing) that I meant any of the ugly things alleged, let me set the record straight: I am completely disgusted by the abuse of children.

Some facts to consider:

1. I have outed THREE pedophiles in my career as a journalist. That's three more than any of my critics and a peculiar strategy for a supposed pedophile apologist.

(a) Luke Bozier, former business partner of Louise Mensch
http://kernelmag.dailydot.com/…/mens...r-embroile…/
http://kernelmag.dailydot.com/…/…/37...zier-arrested/

(b) Nicholas Nyberg, anti-GamerGate activist who self-described as a pedophile and white nationalist
http://www.breitbart.com/…/leading-g...tic-sarah-…/

(c) Chris Leydon, a London photographer who has a rape trial starting March 13 thanks to my reporting.
http://www.breitbart.com/…/tech-city...is-leydon-…/

2. I have repeatedly expressed disgust at pedophiles in my journalism.
http://www.breitbart.com/…/heres-why...sive-left-…/

3. I have never defended and would never defend child abusers, as my reporting history shows. The world is messy and complicated, and I recognize it as such, as this furore demonstrates. But that is a red line for any decent person.

4. The videos do not show what people say they show. I *did* joke about giving better head as a result of clerical sexual abuse committed against me when I was a teen. If I choose to deal in an edgy way on an internet livestream with a crime I was the victim of that's my prerogative. It's no different to gallows humor from AIDS sufferers.

5. National Review, whose journalists are tweeting about this, published an article defending Salon for giving a pedophile a platform.

6. I did say that there are relationships between younger men and older men that can help a young gay man escape from a lack of support or understanding at home. That's perfectly true and every gay man knows it. But I was not talking about anything illegal and I was not referring to pre-pubescent boys.

7. I said in the same "Drunken Peasants" podcast from which the footage is taken that I agree with the current age of consent.

8. I shouldn't have used the word "boy" when I talked about those relationships between older men and younger gay men. (I was talking about my own relationship when I was 17 with a man who was 29. The age of consent in the UK is 16.) That was a mistake. Gay men often use the word "boy" when they refer to consenting adults. I understand that heterosexual people might not know that, so it was a sloppy choice of words that I regret.

9. This rush to judgment from establishment conservatives who hate Trump as much as they hate me, before I have had any chance to provide context or a response, is one of the big reasons gays vote Democrat.

10. In case there is any lingering doubt, here's me, in the same interview the other footage is taken from, affirming that the current legal age of consent is about right: "And I think the law is probably about right. It's probably roughly the right age. I think it's probably about ok. But there are certainly people who are capable of giving consent at a younger age. I certainly consider myself to be one of them, people who were sexually active younger. I think it particularly happens in the gay world, by the way."

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he still has free speech, he was not censored.

These two things are not a binary exclusive.