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Milo Yiannoupoulis banned!

A protest at UC Berkeley over a scheduled appearance by right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos turned fiery and violent Wednesday night, prompting police to cancel the event and hustle the Breitbart News editor off campus.

But even after the event’s cancellation, hundreds of protesters spilled off campus into the city streets, where the violence continued as they confronted drivers, engaged in fights, smashed storefront windows and set fires.

Protesters decried President Trump’s policies as much as they did the visit by Yiannopoulos, a gay conservative who has been making the rounds at college campuses across the country with his “Dangerous Faggot” talks, specializing in remarks meant to insult, offend and disgust liberals who disagree with his ideas.

The trouble began around 6 p.m., two hours before Yiannopoulos was to begin his speech inside the student union building on Sproul Plaza. Protesters outside the building began throwing fireworks and pulling down the metal barricades police set up to keep protesters from rushing inside. Windows were smashed and fires were set outside the building as masked protesters stormed it. Police quickly evacuated Yiannopoulos for his own safety.


UC Berkeley cancels right-wing provocateur’s talk amid violent protest

That didn't take long. For his part I'm sure he's already counting the money he'll make running around pretending to be a victim of the left.
 
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3000 dollars per month: Lift off! At this level of support I've got a hell of a lot more freedom to maneuver. I won't have to juggle two or three writing jobs to keep the lights on while making the work I really care about. That means I can do a lot more writing on here, a lot more research- just a lot more, and more thoroughly. There are a lot of possibilities and if we make it this far I'll be canvassing all of you for ideas!

I can see why she and 'Milo' get on so well. Both are soulless grifters with few actual beliefs. Both are also very successful at using their own, endlessly elastic, identities to con ignorant people out of money.
 
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I can see why she and 'Milo' get on so well. Both are soulless grifters with few actual beliefs. Both are also very successful at using their own, endlessly elastic, identities to con ignorant people out of money.

She was getting gutted by some US activists on Twitter earlier for that, although I didn't see any response from her. Also saw the Patreon thing the other day, really takes the piss for someone who has connections and easy access to well paid, high profile jobs anyway.

Odd thing is I don't even follow her, and I can't imagine Americans knew who she was before, just noticing waves of disdain rippling out.
 
She was getting gutted by some US activists on Twitter earlier for that, although I didn't see any response from her. Also saw the Patreon thing the other day, really takes the piss for someone who has connections and easy access to well paid, high profile jobs anyway

The only thing that makes me not that angry about the patreon situation is that all of the people donating must surely have mountains of cash to burn.
 
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