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speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#258901: Oct 26th 2018 at 10:15:03 AM

I said "Well of COURSE!" when I saw his Twitter feed had lots of macros about how diabolical George Soros is.

Edited by speedyboris on Oct 26th 2018 at 12:15:24 PM

Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#258902: Oct 26th 2018 at 10:21:13 AM

Parodies no longer exist.

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#258903: Oct 26th 2018 at 10:28:45 AM

The little bullseye on Hillary sickened me.

I see these kind of vans all the time.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#258905: Oct 26th 2018 at 10:32:10 AM

[up][up][up] It’s like they are villains out of a Saturday Morning Cartoon, which now that I think about it, is actually rather fitting.

Edited by megaeliz on Oct 26th 2018 at 1:35:22 PM

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#258906: Oct 26th 2018 at 10:32:13 AM

I feel a strange comfort that Milo has regained his former position. It's like having Takhashis, Sauron, or Bane as the God of Evil.

You'd rather them that 1000 little imitators.

(the above was Joking Mode)

Edited by CharlesPhipps on Oct 26th 2018 at 10:32:32 AM

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#258907: Oct 26th 2018 at 10:33:16 AM

Hey it's that guy who got banned from Twitter,maybe they should ban him from Instagram too

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
Friendperson Since: May, 2018
#258908: Oct 26th 2018 at 10:34:05 AM

Who gives a fuck about that gay jackass?

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#258909: Oct 26th 2018 at 10:38:20 AM

An army of entitled hypocritical white supremacist manchildren.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#258910: Oct 26th 2018 at 10:39:04 AM

Milo Yiannopoulos is immensely transparent. He is aching in his lack of the spotlight. He is screaming "pay me attention" again. Let him rot in the obscurity he has so richly earned.

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#258911: Oct 26th 2018 at 10:44:15 AM

I, Sincerity Mode, like him around for the fact of knowing what the psychopaths are thinking and doing.

It also keeps me from thinking the "next generation" doesn't have its share of monsters.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#258912: Oct 26th 2018 at 10:45:30 AM

Milo doesn't just provide an avenue for that. He is a genuinely cruel person who uses his platform to swindle and to invoke harassment against others.

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#258913: Oct 26th 2018 at 10:47:10 AM

I am well aware he's a piece of garbage but the assumption I have is it's better to know what they're up to rather than them working in secret. Which they do and have done some genuine terrorist attacks because.

I'd love for his group to dissolve like vampires in the sunlight but I'm assuming that's not an option.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
archonspeaks Since: Jun, 2013
#258914: Oct 26th 2018 at 10:52:36 AM

That’s a bit of a nonsensical position.

Plus, Milo is more or less fully irrelevant these days. When he says stuff like this it’s obvious he’s desperate to make headlines again.

They should have sent a poet.
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#258915: Oct 26th 2018 at 10:53:13 AM

Given I'm one of the few tropers who also frequents Reddit, I should mention the following factoids have come out from them:

  • Dude had a big social media following
  • Pictures of his van had been taken and distributed on Reddit—BEFORE he was a bomber
  • He's a Q-theorist.
  • He was one of the many banned from there.
  • Guy is Italian who claims to be Native American

Edited by CharlesPhipps on Oct 26th 2018 at 10:53:46 AM

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#258916: Oct 26th 2018 at 10:54:25 AM

I think the key word is "had". He's bad a fairly hard fall from Grace after the pedo apologia thing

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#258917: Oct 26th 2018 at 10:55:37 AM

Are we sure that had still applies to Milo? My impression is that that evil creature has been clawing back some glory lately.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#258918: Oct 26th 2018 at 10:57:30 AM

The pedophile thing destroyed his (inexplicable) mainstream apologia.

His own followers never abandoned him.

He just blamed the media and Democrats.

Mind you, I always felt uncomfortable going after him for that because he was trying to talk about his own sexual abuse and the conflicting feelings that left him with his sexuality. I mean, he's a racist evil trashfire and we can't talk about that instead?

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
archonspeaks Since: Jun, 2013
#258919: Oct 26th 2018 at 11:05:15 AM

His core following is tiny enough to be more or less irrelevant. He should be kept out of the headlines and in obscurity where he belongs.

Just for clarity, I’m talking about Milo here, not the bomber.

Edited by archonspeaks on Oct 26th 2018 at 11:16:36 AM

They should have sent a poet.
megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#258920: Oct 26th 2018 at 11:11:47 AM
Thumped: Please see The Rules . This is a warning that this post is the sort of thing that will get you suspended.
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#258921: Oct 26th 2018 at 11:18:52 AM

Just got in my early voting thanks to my workplace having it available. Voted Dem as much as possible, and alternatives where not. Only voted R where a Republican was running unopposed.

I'm in such a red state it likely won't effect much, but it won't be because I didn't vote at least.

RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#258922: Oct 26th 2018 at 11:19:57 AM

Hey, Megaeliz, can we get some goddamn content warnings on those links? Jesus Christ, man.

Edited by RedSavant on Oct 26th 2018 at 2:20:30 PM

It's been fun.
DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#258923: Oct 26th 2018 at 11:21:18 AM

[up][up] Should've put 'none' or 'Mickey Mouse' instead in places where there were only Republicans. Voting 'None' instead of Republican, in Republican only elections, is my plan.

Edited by DingoWalley1 on Oct 26th 2018 at 2:21:32 PM

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#258924: Oct 26th 2018 at 11:23:24 AM

Considered it, but in the end I take it too seriously to feel like I can just write in something random like that.

Edited by sgamer82 on Oct 26th 2018 at 12:23:56 PM

Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#258925: Oct 26th 2018 at 11:27:59 AM

Milo lies about literally everything. He's lied about his own past multiple times. Am I going to believe him when he brings this stuff up, in the context of defending pedophilia so he can be provocative? Absolutely not.


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