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Any examples of Milo making a racist remark? Afaik his criticism is mainly towards certain cultures. Not races.

threeseed 7y ago
Given that there is such a high correlation between religion, race and cultural background I don't think it's always possible to say that racism is fine but bigotry and xenophobia aren't. They are all inextricably linked.
- colordrops 7y ago
  We need to be able to criticize cultures, as they are choices and not unchangeable traits at birth, and some cultural behaviors are absolutely unhealthy. Your premise opens up certain cultures to be immune to criticism, which is a terrible thing.
- bartimus 7y ago
  You choose your beliefs. Not your genes. That's the problem with racism. Genes are not a thing you can hold someone accountable for.
- tathougies 7y ago
  In America, there isn't really. For the most part, immigrant groups have adopted a culture completely or substantially different than the one from which their ancestors came.
kevincrane 7y ago
The reason he was (finally) banned from Twitter was for encouraging his racist supporters to harass Leslie Jones and send her gorilla memes (a wildly racist trope, as you know). So yes, he's racist.
- maximus1983 7y ago
  He didn't encourage any of his fans to harass Leslie Jones. That is misinformation. Leslie Jones was making quite a number of remarks about people that were criticising the Ghostbuster movie trailer. Milo made one comment saying she looked like a dude (which is quite rude). Most of the other comments towards her were made hours before he retweeted her.
- tastygreenapple 7y ago
  Proof? I've always heard it insinuated that the instructured his followers to send her gorilla memes but the only thing I've seen Milo say about Leslie Jones was that she looks like a former male sex partner of Milo's.
breakbread 7y ago
He's married to a black man...
- duskwuff 7y ago
  That doesn't make him not racist. If it means anything at all, it's that he's a hypocrite as well.
- smrtinsert 7y ago
  If someone is married to a woman they can't be a misogynist?
  - tastygreenapple 7y ago
    Can an anti-Semite marry a Jewish person? Can a black supremacist marry a white person?
    - cm2012 7y ago
      Yes to both
      - tastygreenapple 7y ago
        then how serious is their hatred?
microwavecamera 7y ago
So that whole pedophilia thing is ok? "Some of those relationships between younger boys and older men, the sort of coming of age relationships, the relationships in which those older men help those young boys to discover who they are, and give them security and safety and provide them with love and a reliable and sort of a rock where they can’t speak to their parents." -Milo Yiannopoulos
thatoneuser 7y ago
All the responses to you below that fail to give you any examples let's you know all you need to know

Given that there is such a high correlation between religion, race and cultural background I don't think it's always possible to say that racism is fine but bigotry and xenophobia aren't. They are all inextricably linked.

colordrops 7y ago
We need to be able to criticize cultures, as they are choices and not unchangeable traits at birth, and some cultural behaviors are absolutely unhealthy. Your premise opens up certain cultures to be immune to criticism, which is a terrible thing.
bartimus 7y ago
You choose your beliefs. Not your genes. That's the problem with racism. Genes are not a thing you can hold someone accountable for.
tathougies 7y ago
In America, there isn't really. For the most part, immigrant groups have adopted a culture completely or substantially different than the one from which their ancestors came.

kevincrane 7y ago

The reason he was (finally) banned from Twitter was for encouraging his racist supporters to harass Leslie Jones and send her gorilla memes (a wildly racist trope, as you know). So yes, he's racist.

maximus1983 7y ago
He didn't encourage any of his fans to harass Leslie Jones. That is misinformation. Leslie Jones was making quite a number of remarks about people that were criticising the Ghostbuster movie trailer. Milo made one comment saying she looked like a dude (which is quite rude). Most of the other comments towards her were made hours before he retweeted her.
tastygreenapple 7y ago
Proof? I've always heard it insinuated that the instructured his followers to send her gorilla memes but the only thing I've seen Milo say about Leslie Jones was that she looks like a former male sex partner of Milo's.

breakbread 7y ago

He's married to a black man...

duskwuff 7y ago
That doesn't make him not racist. If it means anything at all, it's that he's a hypocrite as well.
smrtinsert 7y ago
If someone is married to a woman they can't be a misogynist?
- tastygreenapple 7y ago
  Can an anti-Semite marry a Jewish person? Can a black supremacist marry a white person?
  - cm2012 7y ago
    Yes to both
    - tastygreenapple 7y ago
      then how serious is their hatred?

microwavecamera 7y ago

So that whole pedophilia thing is ok? "Some of those relationships between younger boys and older men, the sort of coming of age relationships, the relationships in which those older men help those young boys to discover who they are, and give them security and safety and provide them with love and a reliable and sort of a rock where they can’t speak to their parents." -Milo Yiannopoulos

thatoneuser 7y ago

All the responses to you below that fail to give you any examples let's you know all you need to know