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Originally Posted by Wormius
I don't get why this troll is newsworthy at all? Any other internet bully would be ostracized and ignored. Why isn't this happening?
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He's gay. That's pretty much it. He's not that clever or especially funny or really in any way very interesting. The stuff he says is pretty run of the mill right wing troll crap. But he's gay, so that makes him special.
The case of Milo Yannopoulos is a great example of how identity politics can work in incredibly stupid ways. Liberals are sometimes an easily confused bunch.
(Not that I think all identity politics are stupid. But the case of Milo is pretty stupid.)
That said, while I don't really support Bill Maher putting him on, I'm not sure it matters much either. Milo has already become an international celebrity, at this point extra attention doesn't really matter much.