#Milo Yiannopoulus

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Has anyone noticed that people who start as mostly just fatphobic tend to quickly adopt other bigotries?

I tend to think back to a time when I wasted time arguing with horrible people, and I remember on another blog posting something about how dumb I thought fatphobia is and how no one is forcing anyone to find fat people attractive (which is usually what fatphobia comes down to...this entitled belief that fat people should change their bodies so they will find them more pleasing to look at), people just want to be able to exist in peace regardless of how their body appears, and this fatphobe commented with a hair-brained statement comparing existing as a fat person to being a streaker. Turns out, this person was spending their free time looking through the "fat positive" and "body positive" tags and commenting on pictures fat people posted of themselves with positive messages about feeling good about themselves. This person would comment with their unasked-for health "advice" and "nicely" let them know they needed to lose weight.

Now, I went back and forth with this person for a while (again, this was before I realized that talking to this kind of person brings nothing but grief as they tend to be hard-headed and don't like to be wrong), and in the beginning, this person labeled themselves a feminist and would acknowledge that she, as a white conventionally attractive young woman, was privileged. But it seemed during the course of our communication, she started to branch out from her fatphobia and started to pick up other phobias. She started reblogging some pretty gross anti-Isam shit and "all lives matter" bullshit. Then, she suddenly started to refuse to acknowledge her privileges. I knew this person completely lost it when she started unironically reblogging Milo Yiannopoulus videos. I stopped wasting my time.

And I still think about this...because this person started by just hating fat people. But when you really think about it, it makes sense. Fatphobia is rooted in misogyny and racism. Yes, there are fat white men who get shit for being fat, but you simply cannot strip that fact away. So, when you have a person who genuinely believes they are helping fat people (or has convinced themselves that's what they're doing instead of straight up hating), that person is probably going to follow similar-minded people, and THOSE people are likely going to at least have some racist and misogynistic tendencies because it's all connected. And eventually, because this is how it works, that person is going to be suggested some really vile blogs... straight-up racist, misogynistic, queerphobic, etc.-centered blogs.

And YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, and other apps work the same. Watch a few "weight loss transformation" videos, and you'll likely be guided to straight-up fatphobia content which will eventually lead to other content that centers on all the other bigotries.

So, when someone is fatphobic, I always assume that they're probably racist, misogynistic, queerphobic, etc., because it's never about health or compassion (if it was about health, these people would be sharing health advice that wasn't necessarily completely centered around weight loss). It's about controlling and policing other people's lives, which is what bigotry is all about.

Just a note: I'm not necessarily against a person's decision to lose weight. What I am against is the idea that you can assess someone's health without a license to practice medicine just by looking at them and making assumptions. And I am against the idea that weight loss is the only way to be healthy. I also think we should be talking about the other benefits of exercise such as how it can make us feel. I believe we should be teaching people that health comes in different sizes and it's really none of anyone's business anyway.

[chachomanopapa]

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The competition is on. A competition, not the World Cup. A competition to be a social influencer. From America, came Ye. And Milo. And Nick Fuentes. And yours truly, me. And from China there’s Presidents Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin. The big balls competition is on. In #twitterfiction, from America, competing are the former Kanye, Ye. And there’s Milo Yiannopoulus and Nick Fuentes. And…

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Devil's Advocate: TST sides with Church Militant

The Satanic Temple chooses to support anti-gay, ultra-conservative Catholic group in court battle

The Satanic Temple (Inc.) recently filed an amicus brief in support of St. Michael's Media Inc., otherwise known as "Church Militant". Wonder who that might be. Journalist Robert Allen, then of Detroit Free Press, please tell us.

Oh neat. They really hate gays and abortion.

(We had missed this one; h/t to @cwdefllc)

Church Militant broadcasts pro-life, anti-gay, anti-feminist, Islam-fearing, human-caused-climate-change-denying orthodox Catholic news on its website churchmiltant.com and through social media using high-tech, professional production studios that rival those at local TV news stations. It has 35 full-time employees (and is hiring more) who publish about 10 stories and three videos every weekday. Its leader, Michael Voris, has compared Trump with Constantine, the Roman emperor whom he says was "not a moral man" but a "power-hungry egomaniac," but who saw it desirable to end the persecution of Christians. He was a human vessel who elevated Catholicism to the state religion, Voris said.

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Many of Church Militant's headlines are similar to those on Breitbart News, the far-right news organization that White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon previously ran. Many of Breitbart's articles are cited on the Church Militant website. But unlike Breitbart, Church Militant is under a Christian, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. It's not affiliated with the Catholic Church, which has taken action to distance itself from Church Militant. And Voris said he doesn't think his organization's political statements are violating what he calls the "stupid" restriction on political campaign intervention for tax exemption from the Internal Revenue Service. Church and state have long been linked in this country, he said, and the combination of social media and Trump in the White House have altered the notion of mainstream media. "The entire established order has been thrown up into the air," Voris said. "What we say now has some credence. We're allowed into the discussion." Among the headlined stories on churchmiltant.com Friday were: "Bombshell: Priest at forefront of pushing birth control in Canada admits gay lifestyle," "Dismantling Obama's legacy," and "72 terrorists come to U.S. from seven banned Muslim-majority countries."

Now, given all the things there are to do in the world, why would The Satanic Temple give one of its limited number of fucks on something like this? Wouldn't you know it, Church Militant is represented by none other than lil ol' "free speech* lover" Marc Randazza.

Have we written about Marc Randazza before? We have. The most famous example of The Satanic Temple's collaboration with him was 2018, leading to the Great Schism that saw TST's most prominent local groups walk away then.

But for an explanation of why utilizing some lawyer in particular might matter to The Satanic Temple's leftist and otherwise antifascist members, please do read any of journalist Luke O'Brien's pieces on Marc Randazza

Anyway, here's the lower court docket.

And here is TST's amicus brief:

Feel free to read for yourself. (And to pester @RECAPtheLaw about getting an appeals court extension; until then, thanks again @cwdefllc).

Now, we know what The Satanic Temple will say: they just love free speech so much.

But ain't it funny how once again they're on the side of the likes of Randazza and Milo Yiannopoulus, as well as Donald Trump and Steve Bannon?

St. Michael's Media successfully signed a contract with a city vendor Thursday, hours after the appeals court announced its decision, according to the media outlet's attorney, Marc Randazza. "Baltimore hopefully learned a lesson in First Amendment law that its taxpayers now have to pay for," Randazza told the AP. St. Michael's has said its rally will include speeches by former President Donald Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon and far-right agitator Milo Yiannopoulos.

Ain't it funny how—despite claiming they just HAD to accept the pro bono help of Marc Randazza—they tried to raise $50,000(!!) for that same cause?

That's the same one where TST co-founder and owner Lucien Greaves compares himself to Laura Loomer and Richard Spencer, by the way.

Speaking of pro bono, presumably Matthew Kezahaya and his team didn't file this amicus brief for free. How much money did The Satanic Temple put in legal fees toward defending ultraconservative Catholic dominionists?

Surely that's an answerable question.

Pure principle and random chance that this keeps happening, huh?

Maybe Lucien Greaves will again claim he didn't bother to learn the views or circumstances behind his and Cevin Soling's decision to align with the interests of the ultra-right again That's what Lucien Greaves says about August Invictus being disinvited from a speaking panel (for inviting people to stab him at it)

By coincidence, August Sol Invictus is also a violent Neo-Nazi Satanist.

Also note the mention of The Satanic Temple's first "high priest" Brian Werner in that archived link.

Wonder why TST doesn't talk so much anymore about this guy who says he'd been close friends with Lucien Greaves for years?

"I'm not a fascist. I'm just willfully and repeatedly ignorant and constantly align myself with the interests of literal fascists" is certainly a defense Lucien Greaves could make. But at some point, it becomes a distinction without a difference, doesn't it? In any case, lovers of free speech that The Satanic Temple are, TST continues to sue us in federal court and still claim slander despite a judge disagreeing on explicitly First Amendment grounds. If you've learned anything new from this thread, please toss us a few bucks.

At the end we're left with two questions:

how many more amicus briefs in support of reactionaries like this are out there that The Satanic Temple isn't telling anyone about?

how much has it cost TST (or more really, their donors)?

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Larry Wilmore tells Milo Yiannopoulos "Go fuck yourself" for his transphobia and misogyny

After an appearance on Real Time With Bill Maher in which host Bill Maher mostly used kid gloves to handle him, Milo Yiannopoulos got a very different treatment on the aftershow Overtime With Bill Maher.

During his appearance on Overtime, Yiannopoulos and Maher began having a deeply transphobic conversation about transgender people, which Larry Wilmore had to shut down. Read more. (2/18/17, 12:14 PM)

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Marjorie Taylor Greene hires Milo Yiannopoulos to be an INTERN | Daily Mail Online

Funny how the same ppl who scream the left supports pedophiles r the ones actually supporting pedophiles

[korrasera]

It’s days like this I wish I knew more about topics like ‘criminal incitement to violence’.

nice try

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July 6, Washington DC - All Out DC on July 6th: Stop the Alt-right

Together we can stop the alt-right and put an end to Trump's white supremacist fantasies Calling for an #AllOutDC mobilization against white nationalism and the alt-right July 6th PROUD BOYS: FUCK Y'ALL Where the alt-right rallies with hundreds, or even dozens, it should be met with thousands On July 6th, two days after Donald Trump’s July 4th rally, the alt-right is planning a convergence in the DC at Freedom Plaza. #AlloutDC is calling on every one of good conscience to join us. Speakers includes Laura Loomer, a banned Twitter-personality notorious for promoting Islamophobia; Mike Cernovich, who speaks openly in favor of date rape; and Milo Yiannopoulus, who harassed trans women at AU, taught College Republicans to snitch on the undocumented, and sang America the Beautiful in front of Richard Spencer giving Hitler salutes. This rally isn’t about freedom of speech, it’s about protecting the promotion of hate and bigotry. Whether in bulletproof vests, police badges, MAGA hats, or in khakis, fascists thrive when we look the other way. Our movements brought down old symbols of racism. Confronted neo-nazi celeberties and pushed them out of the political mainstream. DC is not new to this. We remember the days before Unite the Right when Nazis brandished guns and Confederate flags in Southeast DC. When Richard Collins III was murdered at the hands of a local alt-right extremist. Where MPD resists implementing the NEAR act, for community accountability of police. And in the suburbs, we see white nationalist sheriffs working through 287(g) contracts to kidnap, imprison, and deport migrants. Right here DC, we saw the Clark brothers planning similar attacks to the Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue massacre. If we want to live in a world where black and brown people are not locked in cages, or killed by right-wing police; where public safety is community lead. Where people from Mexico, Honduras, and El Salvador are more free to move across borders than dirty fossil fuel corporations. Wherever state violence grows, we must support communities of resistance. Not only will we deny the alt-right a platform, but we will also build the capacity to undermine the border, prison system, and welcome the free movement of people. Our collective vision for a world based on solidarity, support, and autonomy begins with our collective resistance now. Together we can stop the alt-right and watch Trump’s white supremacist fantasies crumble once and for all. ### In DC Come out and support the coming #AlloutDC mobilization. Let us show why thousands of people greeted less than 20 scared nazis last year for Unite The Right 2. There are real alternatives in our community to xenophobia and white supremacy. Neighbors support neighbors at several Really Really Free Markets/free stores, communities bailing out black mothers, and communities welcoming newcomers. Our vision for a more free society where we share power and support each other is in direct conflict with the Proud Boys and fascists coming to DC. It should be met with communities willing to defend the most marginalized. Outside of DC Hold a solidarity demonstration against organized hate and white supremacy. Mobilize against a new jail, 287g contacts, or funding line of private prisons/ICE detention centers such as Wells Fargo, Suntrust, or Bank of America. Organize a benefit to bail out black mothers, mutual aid disaster relief, resistance on the borderlands, or show the values of mutual aid and solidarity. Occupy ICE headquarters or police stations. Each time a fascist shows up in one of our community lets show that community-led resistance and solidarity is a real alternative to authoritarianism, hate, and xenophobia.

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Facebook and Google increasingly influence Congress as the social media giants censor conservative and alternative voices, dominate the Internet, and violate Americans’ privacy.

Facebook announced on Thursday that they have banned several conservative personalities such as Infowars host Alex Jones, Infowars contributor and YouTube personality Paul Joseph Watson, journalist and activist Laura Loomer, and Milo Yiannopoulus. The social media giant also banned Louis Farrakhan from its platforms.

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The Abuse of Speech

Some things aren't worthy of acknowledgement

I used to believe in the saying “I don’t agree with what you are saying, but I’ll defend your right to say it.” Even in the case of the KKK spouting their hate about my race, I thought they should be able to freely express their ideas. The Freedom of Speech was inalienable and should be protected. It’s still absurd that the KKK literally protests black people. The First Amendment is one of the…

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Left-wing conspiracy nut job Robert Reich claim Milo responsible for his own attempted murder

Left-wing conspiracy nut job Robert Reich claim Milo responsible for his own attempted murder

The most recent absolutely unhinged insanity from the "nut task" Left sees Robert Reich declaring on CNN that Milo Yiannopoulos is somehow responsible for organizing the same violent anti-Trump bad guys who tried to murder him!

Reich (and CNN) has actually gone totally into mentally ill misconception land and probably has to be apprehended for psychiatric observation.

Stay informed at and

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[chachomanopapa]

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The competition is on. A competition, not the World Cup. A competition to be a social influencer. From America, came Ye. And Milo. And Nick Fuentes. And yours truly, me. And from China there’s Presidents Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin. The big balls competition is on. In #twitterfiction, from America, competing are the former Kanye, Ye. And there’s Milo Yiannopoulus and Nick Fuentes. And…

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[TikTok][Instagram]

if you have a following on TikTok, please let people know that The Satanic Temple cannot help you and does not deserve your support

because a TON of people want to believe, and there are not enough like @/satanxhousewife correcting them

Transcript:

@/satanxhousewife

Do not give any money to The Satanic Temple to fight for abortion rights. And before you get angry, peep the name: Satanic Housewife. OK? I'll post in the comments where you can find and verify everything that I'm going to tell you.

In a recent court case for something else TST that is involved in—who can keep up at this point—Lucien openly admitted to taking the money fundraised for court cases and for abortion rights advocacy and using it to pay for his personal bills instead.

Aside from everything else like The Satanic Temple suing former members to make them be quiet about the stuff they experience while in The Temple.

About one of their chapter leaders being accused of sexual assault and TST kicking the victim out of the chapter.

About how their head of Ministry is really good friends with alt right celebrities like Milo Yiannopoulus or however you say that fuck's name

Maybe about how some of their suggested reading have STRONG antisemitic themes.

We're not even going to touch on the "Might Is Right" podcast that Lucien did.

Don't give them your money.

If you want to help abortion access find a local abortion services provider and donate your time or money to them.

Get involved in local schools, and have sex education kept inside schools.

Stock up on Plan B even if you don’t need it.

Help people find, fund, and secure vasectomies and long-term birth control.

The biggest thing I’m gonna say is don’t try and reinvent the wheel. Whatever it is you’re thinking of creating, I guarantee you that org already exists and they could use your support rather than your accidental competition.

If you have questions about any of this I am very glad to have a conversation.

If you attacked me in the comments I’m very glad just to get rid of you and go on with my day.

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Tfw you define egalitarianism as an alt right movement led by milo yiannopoulus

[korrasera]

It didn't hit me until I read one of your posts that in my head I had somehow merged Milo Yiannopoulus and Richard Spencer into the exact same person.

I’ve never heard of anyone doing that before, but alt-righters do kinda act alike?

I mean, they like dressing the same, wearing the same haircut, repeating all of the same boring talking points about how men are better than women and white people are better than everyone else.

I don’t know why you’d get them mixed up. /sarcasm

Seriously though, yeah. They fear diversity and they fear inclusion. They want sameness because it makes them feel safe.

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If the guy he decked richard spencer gets charged, i will personally pay some money of he needs it to bail out of jail or for legal defense. it wont be a lot but i will pay some money for that man.

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Tell the Spy Museum to shutdown the alt-right

Hi, we are asking friends and supporters to call the Spy Museum to drop the VIP event organized by Demand Free Speech. Speakers during the rally, include Laura Loomer, a banned Twitter-personality notorious for promoting Islamophobia; Mike Cernovich, who speaks openly in favor of date rape; Milo Yiannopoulus, who harassed trans women at AU, taught College Republicans to snitch on the undocumented, and sang America the Beautiful in front of Richard Spencer giving Hitler salutes; Gavin McInnes founder of the Proud Boys; Roger Stone who helped steal an election; Proud boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio; Jack Posobiec who created the Pizza Gate conspiracy. This rally/event isn’t about freedom of speech, it’s about protecting the promotion of hate and bigotry. Whether in bulletproof vests, police badges, MAGA hats, or in khakis, fascists thrive when we look the other way. Please call 202.393.7798 for their mainline or directly to the people in charge of booking: JULIE LEBO - SALES ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE - 202.654.0942 STEPHANIE WOOD - SALES ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE - 202.654.0992 Call-in-script: "Hello my name is ______, I'm calling you in concern to the July 6th event featuring prominent members of the alt-right. Speakers like Gavin McGinnes, who founded the far-right organization the Proud Boys, have brought violence and bigotry to wherever they organize. We are asking you to keep DC safe from right-wing violence and please drop this contract. This rally/event isn’t about freedom of speech, it’s about protecting the promotion of hate and bigotry. Thank you" For the mobilization during the day: https://www.facebook.com/events/1841643212604509/