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Can you explain to me how Milo is dangerous? I can see the case for Alex Jones, who spreads the kind of misinformation that leads certain individuals to "take a

Can you explain to me how Milo is dangerous? I can see the case for Alex Jones, who spreads the kind of misinformation that leads certain individuals to "take action". But Milo? He's basically a clown.

ilikehurdles 8y ago
Speaking at universities with his clearly anti-trans message while projecting the photos and identities of trans students at those universities during his speeches is clearly dangerous.
- gridlockd 8y ago
  I had to look up the context for this and as expected it's not quite the way you make it sound. You use the word "trans students" in the plural, but it was only a single student. The photo shown was a screen grab from an interview that this person themself chose to give to local television, in which their name and university association is displayed. It's not like Milo "outed" anyone here. The speech in question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t1ufzttyUM&feature=youtu.be&t=2959 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t1ufzttyUM&feature=youtu.be... If this passes the threshold of "dangerous", that's a very low threshold.
ehsankia 8y ago
At the surface he mind seem harmless, but he uses very similar tactics to Alex Jones behind the scenes. He will often make insane statements, and once he's called out on it, he pulls the "I was obviously joking, were you stupid enough to think I actually meant that" card. The issue is that his followers most definitely take him seriously, and that's exactly how he's dangerous.
- vixen99 8y ago
  How about giving chapter and verse when you want to criticise people instead of making these woolly assertions as in 'he will make insane statements'? Example? I'm neither arguing for or againt Milo, merely irritated by this cheap rhetorical trick of making ex-cathedra announcements as if everyone agrees they're truisms. They are not, at least not in a group of folk with diverse opinions.

ilikehurdles 8y ago

Speaking at universities with his clearly anti-trans message while projecting the photos and identities of trans students at those universities during his speeches is clearly dangerous.

gridlockd 8y ago
I had to look up the context for this and as expected it's not quite the way you make it sound. You use the word "trans students" in the plural, but it was only a single student. The photo shown was a screen grab from an interview that this person themself chose to give to local television, in which their name and university association is displayed. It's not like Milo "outed" anyone here. The speech in question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t1ufzttyUM&feature=youtu.be&t=2959 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t1ufzttyUM&feature=youtu.be... If this passes the threshold of "dangerous", that's a very low threshold.

ehsankia 8y ago

At the surface he mind seem harmless, but he uses very similar tactics to Alex Jones behind the scenes. He will often make insane statements, and once he's called out on it, he pulls the "I was obviously joking, were you stupid enough to think I actually meant that" card. The issue is that his followers most definitely take him seriously, and that's exactly how he's dangerous.

vixen99 8y ago
How about giving chapter and verse when you want to criticise people instead of making these woolly assertions as in 'he will make insane statements'? Example? I'm neither arguing for or againt Milo, merely irritated by this cheap rhetorical trick of making ex-cathedra announcements as if everyone agrees they're truisms. They are not, at least not in a group of folk with diverse opinions.