This is a rant. I’m so tired of people trying to act like Milo Yiannopoulos is someone that we should be standing up for and protecting his right to free speech. Point blank the man is a racist troll who’s actions incite the underbelly of the alt-right to go after and attack marginalized people.
Fuck him. Fuck what he has to say. Yes he has a right to say whatever the hell he wants to say but in that, he also needs to face up to the consequences of his words which is opposition.
If someone who was sympathetic to ISIS were trying to do the same thing that he’s doing right now by going to college campuses and speaking to people on their views, that person would be shut down immediately...likely by the same people speaking out for Milo now. And I would think they’d be right because you have to draw the line somewhere.
When are we going to draw the line on hate speech against women, gays, people of color, and other marginalized groups? When are we as Americans going to stand up and say the line has been crossed and when you troll marginalized people and incite hate and violence against them you’ve gone too far?
Milo is the epitome of white privilege. Because he is white and what he’s saying doesn’t harm white men it’s okay in America according to the current status quo.
If we want change in this world, we need to be the change and part of that is to shut down ALL hate speech not just the hate speech from brown people.
I am in no way condoning violence against Milo, but I do think more people do need to stand up to give him a strong message that his brand of hate is not to be tolerated.
Seriously, fuck him!