Twitter bans Milo for directing racial harassment

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/20/technology/twitter-bars-milo-yiannopoulos-in-crackdown-on-abusive-comments.html?_r=0

Good, enough is enough. Will more of the internet start to rise up against the alt-right scum?

[quote]The ban against Mr. Yiannopoulos, a technology editor at the conservative news site Breitbart and known by his Twitter handle, @Nero, follows a campaign of prolonged abuse against Leslie Jones, a comedian and co-star of the recently released “Ghostbusters” movie. The film and its stars have come under fire from various parts of the internet for months, after it was first revealed that the reboot of the 1984 film would feature an all-female cast.

Ms. Jones in particular has borne the brunt of the online abuse in recent days, especially since the release of “Ghostbusters” in the United States on Friday. Hundreds of anonymous Twitter commenters hurled racist and sexist remarks at the star’s Twitter account, rallied and directed by Mr. Yiannopoulos this week. The news media picked up on the abuse after Ms. Jones began retweeting screenshots of the litany of comments sent to her over the past few days.

On Monday evening, Ms. Jones quit using Twitter with a final message of exasperation after days of near-nonstop abuse. “I leave Twitter tonight with tears and a very sad heart,” Ms. Jones tweeted. “All this cause I did a movie.”[quote]

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Good riddance. Milo might be the most conceited, unlikable son of a b--ch there is.

[Green Line]

What an ass.  Leslie Jones is great!

[Mike Thick]

I never really understood Milo's appeal, but that's probably just because I'm a cuckservative

[Pandaguineapig]

This will probably make him even more popular

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Frankly, even if I agreed with Milo on the issues, I'd still probably hate that obnoxious whiner. I also wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't even believe what he's saying; it seems somewhat likely that he just jumped on the Gamergate bandwagon and rode it to fame.

[heatcharger]

Attention is like oxygen to this guy. He loves being a victim so he can whine about it to his neo-nazi fanbase.

[Pandaguineapig]

Attention is like oxygen to this guy. He loves being a victim so he can whine about it to his neo-nazi fanbase.

That's what I'm saying, if you want him to go away stop sending triggly puff and blm goons to his events

[afleitch]

He's an obnoxious f......

I mean; come on. He's taking the absolute piss here. It's performance art, but he now can't control it.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Tough choice! I don't know which comedienne like more :/

[Antonio the Sixth]

Everything I learn about this guy leads me to the conclusion that he's the personification of everything that's wrong with humanity.

[I Will Not Be Wrong]

What did he say?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

He gets banned once a month. He'll be back.

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Ha!

[Santander]

#FreeMilo

[Wells]

#FreeMilo

No. Twitter is infinitely better without him.

[Joe Republic]

Can somebody please explain this "alt-right" business to me?  I'm confused as hell.

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Can somebody please explain this "alt-right" business to me?  I'm confused as hell.

A few people realized there's a world outside their parents' basements.

[Zioneer]

Can somebody please explain this "alt-right" business to me?  I'm confused as hell.

Neo-Nazis, white nationalists, "men's rights activists", neo-feudalists (seriously), reactionaries, all sorts of nasty folks who used to keep their opinions to themselves, but now have found a voice for their interests online and with certain "celebrities".

[dead0man]

Attention is like oxygen to this guy. He loves being a victim so he can whine about it to his neo-nazi fanbase.

That's what I'm saying, if you want him to go away stop sending triggly puff and blm goons to his events

Indeed, nobody would know who he was if the left didn't keep advertising for him.  Is there a name for that kind of thing?  Like the Streisand Affect, but not.

I don't know if Milo should be banned, but the assholes attacking Leslie Jones (who I find very funny) on Twitter should be banned from everyplace, on the internet and real life.  They are 10 times worse than college students afraid of chalk and statues of guys named Lynch.

[Higgs]

#FreeMilo

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

#FreeMilo

You guys approve of racial harassment?

[Kingpoleon]

Milo, delete your account.

[Higgs]

#FreeMilo

You guys approve of racial harassment?

I honestly don't even know what he did, but judging from his past bans I doubt he racially harassed anyone. Does somebody want to explain exactly what he did? Sorry to bother.

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And, of course, it's time, as always, for Breitbart Speaks. It seems like the racists are all out today:

"twitter is owned by a bunch of paranoid jews who fear a Nationalist uprising and an end to their New World Order" - Donald Trumpovitz

"I'm willing to bet twatter wont ban all the terroristic threats made by #BlackLIESmatter folks against the police or white people. Just another day in socialist land. Its like we live in China or Russia.

#boycotttwitter #freemilo" - Maddox

"And yet! Terrorists, New Black Panthers, BLM and Dems vilifying Repubs can all use Facebook and Twitter at will! So much for Free Speech! It is free for all except those they oppose." - Marines1969

"Jews hate freedom of speech because it exposes them as paranoid freaks trying to destroy whole countries and races for their New World Order." - Donald Trumpovitz again

"If you're conservative and using Facebook and Twitter, you're aiding and financing the enemy - DZ-015, M. D.

"Koko the Gorilla is a homophobe...who knew..." - SW44