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Pro and Con On Milo

A true firestorm has arisen over the decision by the American Conservative Union to rescind its invitation to Milo Yiannopoulos to speak at its upcoming conference. The group said it was barring Milo  in response to a pair of video clips that surfaced Sunday. In those clips, he appears to be speaking sympathetically about sex with young boys and cracking a joke about his own sexual encounter with a Catholic priest as a child.

We’re of two minds about Milo. On the one hand, the CPAC conservatives are mostly anti-Trump globalists who are trying everything possible to bury the alt-right. They want to return to what they perceive as the good old days, when Republicans were pretty shallow replicas of Democrats, and both parties were routinely screwing the general public. Sorry, but that kind of reversal isn’t going to happen. We no longer accept the Bush family, or John McCain, or any similar politicians as our leaders. Smug, lying pinheads like Bill Kristol, Jonah Goldberg and Rich Lowry will never have our trust again.

That said, there’s a risk as well in accepting someone like Milo, who is sharp as a tack but appears to be so obsessed with fame and fortune that he will say anything, including making jokes and ranting about man-boy love. Yes, he grates the nerves of liberals and truly gets under their skin. But is he really advancing conservative causes or just himself?

Here, we offer two takes about Milo, so you can decide for yourself where you stand. First up, defending him is Mundane Matt, who calls him charismatic and the attacks against him slanderous.

On the opposite side of the issue is Styxhexenhammer666, who while more critical of Milo, laments his being censored by Facebook. Also gone: Laura Loomer and Paul Joseph Watson.)

And here is Milo’s own response to the issue. We’re inclined to believe him, especially considering the caliber of the low-level ‘gators chomping at his heels. They are skunks and reprobates, by and large.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: YouTube has censored and removed Milo’s response. In its absence, we present this video where he discusses his origins with Gavin McInnes.)

Meanwhile, early afternoon on Tuesday, Milo submitted his resignation at Breitbart News. The Wall Street Journal reports.