“Most of this talk would have got me arrested in Europe.”

— Milo Yiannopoulos in Orlando, June 15, 2016

Milo Yiannopoulos (@nero on Twitter) has emerged in the past two years as one of the most controversial figures in New Media. When he appears on college campuses, students erupt in riotous protests. So where are the profile features by the New York Times, Esquire, Vanity Fair, GQ? Where is the TV news coverage of Milo’s campus speaking tour? Why isn’t Milo being interviewed by Stephen Colbert or Anderson Cooper?

The news industry seems intent on pretending Milo does not exist.

This is called “no platforming” — effectively marginalizing opposition to progressivism by denying opponents access to audiences. This practice has been used, for example, to prevent Christians from defending their faith against atheists, to prevent pro-lifers from debating abortion advocates, and to marginalize critics of global warming theory. In recent years, radical feminists who oppose the transgender cult have been “no platformed” by the National Union of Students in Great Britain.

On Wednesday, Milo was briefly suspended from Twitter — where he has 300,000 followers — on the same day he gave a news conference at the site of the massacre in Orlando. Milo is a very “out” homosexual, and you might suppose that his appearance at the Pulse nightclub would be considered newsworthy, except for three minor problems:

Milo is pro-Second Amendment. Milo is pro-Donald Trump;

and Milo is warning about the danger of radical Islam.

He is an un-person, from the perspective of the New York Times, CNN and other propaganda organs of the Democrat Party.

Video of Milo’s press conference (skip to the 12-minute mark):

You see why the media is determined to ignore Milo. The Left’s worldview requires not only the exclusion of facts and logic, but also the exclusion of people who don’t fit the stereotypes of the Left’s opponents.

Milo in Orlando: Gays, Like Jews, Should Say 'Never Again!' https://t.co/cYDyykBw58 — Milo Yiannopoulos ? (@Nero) June 16, 2016

Milo on Islam: His Best Statements https://t.co/zgKz19bLLk — Milo Yiannopoulos ? (@Nero) June 16, 2016

UPDATE: The latest headline via Memeorandum:

Milo Yiannopoulos Slams Twitter

For Being ‘Sharia-Compliant,’

Credits Drudge With Reinstatement

The mainstream media will nevertheless ignore this.





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