If anyone here feels the need to defend Milo Yiannaopoulos here....

[Tommy_Carcetti]

....do us a favor and fuck off.

He's a racist, sexist piece of Breitbart excrement with a serious case of Backpfeifengesicht and willfully attracts the very worst elements of society, and no, him getting barred from social media is not a violation of the First Amendment.


Some background for those not in the know:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/20/technology/twitter-bars-milo-yiannopoulos-in-crackdown-on-abusive-comments.html

[whistler162]

1. ??????? Who

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. The co-patron saint of the alt-right (the other being Trump).

Backpfeifengesicht.

He claims to be gay, but that's neither here nor there. He's an asshole first and foremost.

He's a huge asshole who spurs the fascist dregs of the internet to do disgusting deeds. He was recently booted off of Twitter for encouraging his legions of Orcs to make racist attacks online against actress Leslie Jones.

A few people here got their underwear in a bundle because they thought it was an attack on "free speech" by Twitter.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Seems like a lot of people don't understand what "free speech" really means.

The First Amendment protects speech from being controlled or suppressed by the government. Twitter isn't an agency or arm of the government; it's a private enterprise that can control how people use it and what they can say - just like DU. So good for Twitter for shutting this asshole down. He can spew his rants on Breitbart.

[1StrongBlackMan]

30. No ... They don't. In just about every instance I have seen ...

where someone made this (dis)argument, it was merely an attempt to defend/excuse being an ass.

[NBachers]

38. Backpfeifengesicht

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Backpfeifengesicht


Urban Dictionary
German compound word for a 'face that should be slapped'

[backscatter712]

2. Not sorry to see Twitter tell that Aunt Phyllis to get lost...

He can rant from a street corner with the other crazies.

[hrmjustin]

4. Someone defended that bigot here?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. Yeah, apparently. nt

[ChisolmTrailDem]

11. Link it please. nt

[salin]

17. See the GD thread on dude's banning from twitter.

It's toward the bottom of the thread.

Apparently Yanni has a fan among us - who minds not a bit the vile harassment Yanni visits upon others via his large knuckledragging followers.

[kcr]

14. Ugh. Not surprising n/t

[NaturalHigh]

6. I don't know WTF he is.

[tenderfoot]

8. Oh but he's so witty! Why so serious?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

10. And eloquent.

Because apparently riling up neo-fascists is witty and eloquent.

[tenderfoot]

13. “I Went Gay So I Didn’t Have To Deal With Nutty Broads”

you got that right!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

21. Sadly, a real quote from him.

He's not witty or eloquent, but he certainly is a troll.

[bullwinkle428]

36. That "witty and eloquent troll" comment sounded completely aspirational.

Just saying.

[GusBob]

9. Put me in the camp of have no idea who he or she is

so forget it

[Paladin]

25. His association with Breitbart is all I need to know about him. (nt)

[fleabiscuit]

35. +1 pretty much!

[ChisolmTrailDem]

12. Please link to any post defending this piece of shit. nt

[kcr]

20. You claiming it's totally made up?

I've seen the posts. I'm not going back to find them and link them. Others have said they see them, too. But you can go on thinking everyone's just lying about it if it makes you feel better.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

22. Wow, that's not what I said at all. You're the one making shit up...

I wanted to know who was defending that piece of shit. That's all. But you just keep on being you. I guess.

[tammywammy]

24. There was post yesterday where someone called him witty.

And something else, they were defending him, but I can't remember what thread it was.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

26. Unbelievable. nt

[tammywammy]

27. Found it!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028029727

[LanternWaste]

16. I'd thought that was kind of wonky until I saw the post count and history

I'd thought that was kind of wonky until I saw the post count and history. So really... no real surprise.

[Nye Bevan]

18. Banning someone from Twitter is equivalent to banning someone from DU.

A privately owned website or forum can ban whoever they like, and it seems that this guy was pretty obnoxious.

[AlbertCat]

19. If anyone here feels the need to defend Milo Yiannaopoulos here....

Such sentiments can be dealt with at the site of the defending post.

Explaining the "freedom of speech" thing...and the fact no one has been silenced really.... is much more productive.

I think preemptive calls for people here to "fuck off" are much more damaging to DU. Who wants blanket "fuck offs" posted on here?

[fleabiscuit]

37. Some of DU's ground rules are based on blanket "fuck offs." nt

[Saviolo]

23. A tweet I saw today:

https://twitter.com/Quinnae_Moon/status/755599209227624449

Katherine Cross ?@Quinnae_Moon The shift from "lol SJWs are such crybabies" to "MOM TOOK MY TWITTER AWAY! THIS IS A WAR CRIME!"


Milo can go piss up a rope. I'm so disappointed anyone here would attempt to defend him.

[liberalmuse]

28. Free Speech stops at Incendiary Hate Speech

He and his evil minions can go jump off a cliff.

[Onyrleft]

29. Just learned who he is through the Leslie Jones page.

Did any of his defenders see her page? I think she may have a liable suit over the fake tweets posted in her name.

[mwrguy]

31. fuck that Islamophobic piece of shit

He should not be allowed into the country

[wolfie001]

32. Asshole really got worked up by that new Ghostbuster movie!

He's a piece of shit.

[Blue_Tires]

33. Who's defending that piece of shit?

I plan to ignore whoever is...

[Spitfire of ATJ]

34. Anti-social conservatives don't fit in on social media.

[RAFisher]

39. Who the fuck is this guy? Sounds like an asshole who constantly violated Twitter's ToS.

The Alt-Right (a movement named after a button on the keyboard...) apparently loves this guy.

[Squinch]

40. It looks like there was a single post that defended him and that was removed.

[Skittles]

41. I APPROVE OF THIS MESSAGE

YES INDEED

[tritsofme]

42. I likely don't agree with anything he has to say. But I will always defend his right to say it.

But that doesn't mean he has a right to say it on Twitter. As a private entity they have every right to cleanse themselves of such filth and choose their own membership.

I thought conservatives liked private property and free markets?