# How does Milo Yiannopoulos exist, exactly? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 19, 2016, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298 "2016-07-19T08:46:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298/321 "2017-02-20T20:38:05Z")
I started a longer post about this earlier but got sidetracked. I think I finally have all the attributions correct. > **[Video surfaces of Milo Yiannopoulos defending pedophilia, ACU board...](https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/19/video-surfaces-of-milo-yiannopoulos-defending-pedophilia-acu-board-reportedly-not-consulted-on-cpac-invite)** > > The American Conservative Union, which hosts the annual gathering of conservatives called "CPAC," announced over the weekend that alt-Right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos would be this year's keynote speaker. > > Many criticized the move because... > [@Blaze article](#): > > “In the homosexual world, particularly, some of those relationships between younger boys and older men — the sort of ‘coming of age’ relationship — those relationships in which those older men help those young boys discover who they are and give them security and safety and provide them with love and a reliable, sort of rock, where they can’t speak to their parents,” he added. > > “It sounds like molestation to me,” an unnamed person tells Yiannopoulos in reply, likely an interviewer. “It sounds like Catholic priest molestation to me.” > > “But you know what? I’m grateful for Father Michael. I wouldn’t give nearly such good head if it wasn’t for him,” Yiannopoulos replied, using a euphemism for male oral sex. Milo’s big concern here is that people are confusing this with child abuse and shutting down consenting adults. > [@Blaze article](#): > > “We get hung up on this sort of child abuse stuff,” Yiannopoulos is heard saying in a video, acknowledging that he has a controversial point of view, “to the point where we are heavily policing consensual adults.” Milo posted a response on Facebook, claiming that he is not in favor of pedophilia, but I’m sure he thinks he’s saying something clever about ephebophilia. He insists that he’s not talking about sex with pre-pubescent children but kids 13 and up who are sexually mature. [https://www.facebook.com/myiannopoulos/posts/851263248344905](https://www.facebook.com/myiannopoulos/posts/851263248344905) He goes on claim that he was using gallows humor to talk about his own sex abuse > [@Milo via Facebook](#): > > 1. 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. But in a different interview with Joe Rogan, he again defended his relationship with Father Michael, which he says started when he was 14-ish. Milo also defends the general concept that having sex with young teens is perfectly reasonable because they’re hot. > [@Blaze article linked up top](#): > > During the interview, he even tried to normalize pedophilia. > “So you’re saying you’ve never seen a 15-year-old girl, at any point in your life, that you thought was hot?” Yiannopoulos asked. > “Yeah, when I was 15!” Rogan replied. “I’m not retarded dude.” > “No, when you were 25 or 30, you’ve never seen girls you thought were hot?” Yiannopoulos asked again. > “No, I thought they were little kids!” Rogan said. > Later, Rogan called “Father Michael” a “terrible person” for allegedly having a sexual relationship with Yiannopoulos when he was a young teenager, but Yiannopoulos tried to downplay it. > “It wasn’t molestation,” he alleged > “That’s absolutely molestation,” Rogan shot back. You can watch this video here - [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oJhHwspZGcg/hqdefault.jpg "Milo Yiannopoulos defends pedophilia and pedophiles.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJhHwspZGcg) Milo … sigh. I’m not even sure what to say here except that Milo is a badly damaged person. ---
**Author:** ![Blinkyandpinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Blinkyandpinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blinkyandpinky)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298/322 "2017-02-20T20:51:29Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > Milo … sigh. I’m not even sure what to say here except that Milo is a badly damaged person. Not as badly damaged as the Hillary voting Never Trumpers and cucks that are against him. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298/323 "2017-02-20T20:52:56Z")
> [@Blinkyandpinky](#): > > Not as badly damaged as the Hillary voting Never Trumpers and cucks that are against him. Beautiful! I knew Milo would still have his supporters! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298/324 "2017-02-20T20:59:12Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > Milo … sigh. I’m not even sure what to say here except that Milo is a badly damaged person. It’s glaringly obvious the guy is a sad and broken little toy. Watching him, it occurred to me that we’ll be reading about his suicide in the not too distant future. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298/325 "2017-02-20T21:00:33Z")
[QUOTE=Blinkyandpinky] … [/QUOTE] How many more times?.. fuck off. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298/326 "2017-02-20T21:19:52Z")
> [@Blinkyandpinky](#): > > Not as badly damaged as the Hillary voting Never Trumpers and cucks that are against him. You should really get that looked at. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298/327 "2017-02-20T21:21:59Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > You should really get that looked at. The use of that word in his post is a 100% reliable indicator that he is an alt-right troll. I suggest you put him on ignore or otherwise don’t bother responding to him. There’s nothing of value to be gained and he isn’t going to grow up. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298/328 "2017-02-20T21:30:49Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > The use of that word in his post is a 100% reliable indicator that he is an alt-right troll. I suggest you put him on ignore or otherwise don’t bother responding to him. There’s nothing of value to be gained and he isn’t going to grow up. The list of reasons to use “cuck” in an earnest fashion is about as long as the list of reasons to use “nigger” in an earnest fashion: That was it. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298/329 "2017-02-20T22:12:04Z")
I’ve seen liberals here and there call Republicans class cucks, though it hasn’t really caught on. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298/330 "2017-02-20T22:24:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Sanchez](#): > > Milo came off as an unserious troll. Maher came off well because he actually treated him like an unserious troll. Jeremy Scahill came off as a histrionic crybaby, which is quite impressive since he didn’t even show up. Larry Wilmore came off as peevish, everyone on the internet pulling their hair out because they think Milo is literally Hitler come off worst of all. The guy’s a buffoon, not Goebbels. Chill out. Yiannopoulos strikes me as an equal-opportunity troll, deriving matching enjoyment out of: 1. Announcing to a bunch of homosexuals that "I’m one of you, _and also a conservative!"_ 2. Announcing to a bunch of conservatives that “I’m one of you, _and also a homosexual!_” I may be wrong, but I’m not interested in researching the guy enough to find out. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298/331 "2017-02-20T22:30:46Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > C’mon, where’s your need for brave, conservative standard-bearers now? Where’s your respect for free speech? Don’t you value a free, open exchange of ideas, CPAC? I confidently await the overwhelming condemnation of CPAC from the conservative posters here who have been whining about “anti free speech” “oppression” from liberals who, like CPAC, object to the inclusion of Yiannopoulos among speakers at their institutions. Or is “silencing” Yiannopoulos one of those many things that conservatives are just fine with as long as it’s conservatives doing it, although they freak right out over the moon if liberals do? ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298/332 "2017-02-20T23:04:35Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > I’ve seen liberals here and there call Republicans class cucks, though it hasn’t really caught on. I don’t think they did that independently and outside the context of right wing troll usage. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298/333 "2017-02-20T23:05:51Z")
Well _shit_, if all his comments about transwomen being criminal monsters and gays being incapable of holding down steady jobs weren’t enough to scare them away, I fail to see why _this_ should be the straw that breaks the camel’s absurdly strong back. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298/334 "2017-02-21T00:01:49Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Well _shit_, if all his comments about transwomen being criminal monsters and gays being incapable of holding down steady jobs weren’t enough to scare them away, I fail to see why _this_ should be the straw that breaks the camel’s absurdly strong back. 😕 Whoosh? Of course, right-wingers are generally not bothered by transphobic and homophobic slurs. But the party of [Dennis Hastert](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/04/27/ex-speaker-dennis-hastert-faces-sentencing-chicago/83584440/), [Buz Lukens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_%22Buz%22_Lukens#Sex_scandals_and_resignation), [Philip Giordano](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Giordano), etc. etc. etc., gets very nervous about any suggestions that it’s okay to get jiggy with the kiddiwiddies. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298/335 "2017-02-21T00:21:25Z")
> [@Rick\_Sanchez](#): > > Milo came off as an unserious troll. Maher came off well because he actually treated him like an unserious troll. Jeremy Scahill came off as a histrionic crybaby, which is quite impressive since he didn’t even show up. Larry Wilmore came off as peevish, everyone on the internet pulling their hair out because they think Milo is literally Hitler come off worst of all. The guy’s a buffoon, not Goebbels. Chill out. He’s just a pathetic little troll. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298/336 "2017-02-21T00:29:27Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > I confidently await the overwhelming condemnation of CPAC from the conservative posters here who have been whining about “anti free speech” “oppression” from liberals who, like CPAC, object to the inclusion of Yiannopoulos among speakers at their institutions. > > Or is “silencing” Yiannopoulos one of those many things that conservatives are just fine with as long as it’s conservatives doing it, although they freak right out over the moon if liberals do? Apples and grapes. In other words you are presenting a faulty analogy. If CPAC had a room Milo and his supporters were free to rent and he chose to rent it and then they violently prevented him from speaking you’d have a point. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298/337 "2017-02-21T00:31:26Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > How many more times?.. fuck off. Do you have that phrase macroed on your World of Warcraft keyboard? Repetitive potty mouth. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298/338 "2017-02-21T00:37:07Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Apples and grapes. In other words you are presenting a faulty analogy. If CPAC had a room Milo and his supporters were free to rent and he chose to rent it and then they violently prevented him from speaking you’d have a point. IIRC, you have criticized universities and other organizations for cancelling/rescinding invitations to speakers due to protests, when there was no violence present among the protests. Do you no longer feel this way, or is my memory faulty? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298/339 "2017-02-21T00:48:45Z")
Supposedly the idiot troll has some people at Breibart so upset they are threatening to quit, if he isn’t fired. How bad do you have to be, for a bunch of lying shit stirring fascists and Nazis to want you thrown off their shit rag of a so called “publication”? Oh yeah, according to our troll, now the Breitbart guys will probably be horrible too, for trying to stifle Milo the Meat Head. Or something equally fucking stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298/340 "2017-02-21T01:09:02Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Apples and grapes. In other words you are presenting a faulty analogy. If CPAC had a room Milo and his supporters were free to rent and he chose to rent it and then they violently prevented him from speaking you’d have a point. Oh, shit, man, I thought it was free speech you were concerned about, and that was the relevant part of the comparison. All along, you’ve just been worried about renter’s rights, you don’t get a wet fuck about speech! I super duper apologize for misunderstanding you all this time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-milo-yiannopoulos-exist-exactly/760298.md?page=18)