Posted on 02/22/2017 9:35:50 AM PST by servo1969
Did you listen to the tape? He clearly said it on that. He wasn’t advocating that the age be lowered, but he said that for mature boys such relationships for boys below the legal age could be positive instead of negative.
Why don’t you do your research before getting all worked up with a slew of rhetorical questions.
And FWIW I’ve worked with the same population in the same location. That is correct and Milo addressed that as well. He just crossed the line in saying it could be a good thing for younger boys too.
It seems that the public is being inoculated against something.
Not having read his statement I can’t comment.
What I do know is he absolutely infuriated the left. Must have been a good messenger even though perhaps flawed.
I appreciate your valiant attempt here. In general I would agree, this is a classic leftist hit job, but carried out by the right for the most part. CPAC’s failure to get their story straight with the gay issue goes back way beyond this, and it’s appalling that yet again, they fall into a controversy over it.
That said, I do understand the difficulty of making a full-throated defense of Milo here. I would actually say that this is Exhibit A of why in my opinion, the conservative position is not so much pro- or anti-gay, but just a recognition that some parts of the human experience are fundamentally private, and while technically legal in this case, still not really fit for public consumption.
I don’t support his thoughts on that matter at all. But I cannot discount other efforts at calling out the left and what damage they are doing to our society. Maybe someday he will also find out that his path on a personal level has been wrong also. I don’t know. But I’m not in a mood to cast stones right now.
We, and Trump, have a country to save and rebuild.
Great article, thanks.
"[I hate] this one-size-fits-all policing of culture. This arbitrary and oppressive idea of consent, which totally destroys, you know, the understanding that many of us have, of the complexities, subtleties and complicated nature of many relationships." - Milo Yiannopoulos (discussing underage sodomy)
I like Milo. I can even say I love him. However he quite clearly crafted a poison-tipped sword and then provided it to our enemies to use against both himself and us.
He is a gifted and conflicted man engaged in full-bodied naked wrestling with his own conscience. For his sake, and all of ours as well, I pray his conscience will win.
That's what I would pray for anyone.
Milo Yiannopoulos got punished despite having done nothing wrong!
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Ya know. There are good arguments for and again Milo. But this is stupid. “Nothing wrong”?
Not even the most rabid buttsecks lovin’ prohomo, sex before eight or it’s too late, creepy pervert can honestly say Milo has done “nothing wrong”.
Now. Shall I read the article or just assume it only gets worse than the headline?
Oh, well, alrighty then.
>>>a year , maybe two at most. Agreeing with Milo’s lifestyle would have been unthinkable on FR. I have absolute Truths that I live by. They will not and cannot change, because they are based on God’s Word.<<<
God’s Word is quickly becoming anathema among many of our FReeper brethren. And like many prophets of old, Bible believers are becoming their enemies.
People like Milo are not conservatives . . . they are grifters that talk the talk only. When it serves him better he will go to the other side - and likely blame ‘Christians’ for it - as will many FReepers (I’ve already heard some say it).
sfl
Did you listen to the tape?
Milo was a victim, who evidently does not want to be seen as a victim. What a terrible crime he has committed!
I told people 20 years ago that allowing the left to conflate pedophilia and hebephilia would have consequences.
But noooo, people were too smart for that, to believe that it is an important distinction.
“Why? Because people jump to conclusions and then they like to virtue signal”
People jump to conclusions, and then they like to virtue signal. Words to remember.
“Openly endorsing pedophilia is doing plenty wrong.”
Okay. Now show where he did that.
Milo is kinda like a clown in a traveling circus. You see him in the big top and you smile, laugh and are entertained throughout the show until he disappears behind the curtain. Then, after the show, by chance, you walk back behind the circus tent and find him drinking a beer and taking a smoke break with all the other carnies and circus performers.
You knew all along who he was. But suddenly, beyond the lights and glamour of the midway, that cheerful clown isn’t quite as entertaining as he once was.
Of course, the same could be said for one reason or another about the vast majority of us, but I digress...
“I dont approve of that, but they are consenting adult.”
Same-sex attraction disorder is a mental disorder. Those who suffer from it are not competent to consent, any more than children or the severely retarded.
Takei tickles tiny tacos?
It is funny that this long article makes a point of explaining away Milo’s use of the term “boys” without ever noting that he repeatedly modified “boys” by saying “younger boys” and “young boys”. The author would have use believe that in the gay world, ‘young boys’ and ‘younger boys’ refers to adult men. IDK about that, nor do I want to know about that.
You don’t have to agree with his lifestyle to agree with him on other points, such as he strong defense of FREE SPEECH.
I found Milo a too extreme for my tastes, but one has to keep in mind he is a professional provocateur in the service of free speech. So he acts outrageous and says outrageous things ... in order to make a point about FREE SPEECH.
I think he is a perfect spokesperson for FREE SPEECH because he embodies what so many on the left claim to support and yet they don’t support free speech if it is coming from someone that is either conservative or perceived to be conservative .... even a little bit conservative.
He shows up their hypocrisy on FREE SPEECH over and over and over again ... and that is work that needs to be done by someone.
If you are a person who, like me, thinks FREE SPEECH (and free thought) is our most important right, then you want all the spokespersons you can get, with the highest profile you can get, to be constantly pounding the media, the elites and the left on FREE SPEECH.
Combatting the homosexual agenda is a different cause, and one that will not be possible if we do not have FREE SPEECH rights. And make no mistake, our free speech rights are under attack 24/7 by the left who want to control our speech, our thoughts and dictate to us what our motives are at all times (eg tell us we are racists, homophobic, etc).
The ONLY way we can combat this onslaught is to fight for FREE SPEECH. We must be ever vigilant on FREE SPEECH. We cannot take our eye off of the ball here. Sure, there are other issues but FREE SPEECH is paramount to them all. Without that we have no rights at all.
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