Milo Yiannopoulos

Yes, Milo Yiannopoulos Has The Right To Speak At Poly. That Doesn’t Mean He Should

... to admit it never should have caved on Pollan. (To be clear, there was a different administration in charge then.). That brings us back to Yiannopoulos. For those unfamiliar with him, his specialty is ugly rhetoric — anti-immigrant rants, ridicule of feminists, overweight people, transgender people, liberals and even verbal and visual attacks on specific individuals at universities. From a legal stand point, Yiannopoulos is exercising his right to free speech. Theodora put it this way: “Hateful speech is free speech, unfortunately.”. And hateful it is. His show is not as much about right-wing causes as it is about mockery and ridicule and crude humor. It’s not satire, it’s viciousness, and it’s driving student protests, including one at UC Davis that led to cancellation of his speaking engagement. Another of his appearances at a college campus in Washington state was disrupted by a ...

Man Shot Before Breitbart Editor Milo Yiannopoulos' Speaking Event Is In Critical Condition

... the British-born writer and public speaker wrote, “I don't know why Ana Mari Cauce, president of the University of Washington, is covering up the crimes of left-wing protesters. But she claims that other than the shooting, last night's protests were ‘peaceful.’ A ludicrous, easily disproven lie. Why bother?”. Yiannopoulos was banned by Twitter last January after he sent disparaging tweets about “Ghostbusters” actress Leslie Jones, one of them referring to her as a “black dude.” The African American actress became the target of a flood of harassing tweets, some of them racist, and Twitter concluded that Yiannopoulos had violated its rules “prohibiting participating in or inciting targeted abuse of individuals.”. Yiannopoulos uses a derogatory term for gays in the title of his speaking tour, and his speeches intentionally push the envelope. “The thing I most hate about the left,” he said at one appearance, “is that they want to stop us laughing – to prescribe which jokes are OK and which are not OK to make in public and to draw artificial lines around certain subjects. ...

Breitbart Editor Milo Yiannopoulos Sold Out For Uw Speech; Wsu Event Canceled Due To Weather

... been in Portland, a WSU spokesman said. Yiannopoulos’ speech at the UW, which is sold out, will take place in the largest lecture hall in Kane Hall, which holds about 700. The College Republicans raised money online to hire security and rent the hall. Jessie Gamble, president of UW College Republicans, said the Kane Hall doors will open at 7 p.m. Friday, and Yiannopoulos’ speech will begin about 7:30 p.m. On Thursday, Gamble said the UW appearance was going on as planned despite the WSU cancellation. Yiannopoulos isn’t the only speaker in town Friday. As part of MLK Week, the UW is hosting a 7 p.m. speech by Kathleen Cleaver , a longtime civil-rights activist. Cleaver last spoke at the UW in 1968, during a teach-in at the Husky Union Building. Also on Friday, the university’s Computer Science & Engineering department will hold a two-hour symposium to ...

Milo Yiannopoulos Calls On Cambridge Students To Help Donald Trump Build The Wall

... he said. “It was pretty surprising to see Milo’s name as I was checking my morning emails. I had to do a double-take to make sure it was really him.”. “Though Wolfson promotes free speech, this isn’t something that Wolfson members look for from our mailing list. And anyway, it seems that Milo probably just emailed his whole contact list so, no, I’m not going to approve it.”. This is far from the first time Yiannopoulos, who left Wolfson on acrimonious terms in 2010, has sparked contention in Cambridge. Despite a productive first few terms, he admits to have been asked to leave during his second year. “They threw me out after repeated warnings for the ridiculously trivial reason that I didn’t show up to supervisions, didn’t submit any essays and spent most of my time shagging and drinking instead of reading medieval literature,” Yiannopoulos explained. The Wolfson College Students’ Association (WCSA) was required to set up a new Facebook ...

Violent Protests Force Cancellation Of Speech By Breitbart's Milo Yiannopoulos At Uc Berkeley

... sparked debate about the limits of free speech and hate speech. Davis College Republicans decided it was unsafe to continue the event after a large number of protesters blocked access to the venue, according to a release from the school. UC Davis interim Chancellor Ralph Hexter said he was “deeply disappointed” by the protests and the cancellation. “Our community is founded on principles of respect for all views, even those that we personally find repellent,” Hexter said in a statement after the cancellation. “As I have stated repeatedly, a university is at its best when it listens to and critically engages opposing views, especially ones that many of us find upsetting or even offensive.”. Hexter said he worries that outside groups are using college campuses to trigger conflicts intended for the national stage. He acknowledged the difficulty of protecting open speech in a field rife with landmines. “I get very, very alarmed with folks who don't treat ...

Heavy Police Presence Expected For Milo Yiannopoulos’ Appearance At Cal Poly

... event. Bryan Hubain, Cal Poly Cross Cultural Centers. That hasn’t always been the case. On Jan. 20, a 32-year-old man protesting Yiannopoulos’ talk at the University of Washington sustained a gunshot wound in the stomach after a scuffle. A Jan. 13 appearance at UC Davis was canceled because of protests outside. Yiannopoulos provided Cal Poly with proof of a $5 million liability insurance policy in order to speak on campus, according to a document released by the university. The University Police Department is working with other California State University campuses and local police agencies as needed to handle the crowds expected at Cal Poly. San Luis Obispo County’s Regional SWAT team will be activated in case of an emergency the university can’t handle. While it’s unclear how many officers are assigned to the event, as many as 80 could be on hand, according to an estimate given at the city’s Human Relations Committee meeting Jan. 24. Cal Poly is assuming the costs for security at the event, as it would for other large gatherings on its campus, including marches ...

Uw Instructor Gets Doxxed, Harassed And Threatened After The Milo Yiannopoulos Protests

... so far received photos of memes taken from his image on Youtube videos, and was subjected to a series of homophobic threats such as: "alan-michael-weatherford IS A FAGGOT WHO NEEDS HIS HEAD SPLIT” and “W-would it be gay to rape him? I mean, i-it’s not homosexual if the sex is not consensual right?”. He's also been targeted on the site __link__ with comments like: “I went to speak to him to see if he offered extra-credit for bad grades and he started to get very ‘suggestive’. He sat on his desk and said ‘you have to earn that grade, big boy’, before spreading his legs. I got so uncomfortable that I tried to leave, but he blocked the door. He told me that he would give me an A if I didn’t report him.”. In addition to internet doxxing, Weatherford says, his sense of physical safety on campus has been severely compromised. They have spammed my UW email account with listserve confirmations; they know ...

Breitbart Provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos Is Shouted Down At Uc Davis But Gets The Last Word

... particularly upset about the protesters,” Germolus told me. “I hate the things that Milo says and I don’t like the message he sends. But I’m here to support his right to speak.”. David Du Plantier, a 28-year-old electromechanic from Woodland, had a ticket for the event. “I don’t agree with everything he said, but I do want to hear it.”. On Saturday afternoon, unbowed, Yiannopoulos returned to UC Davis. Word had gotten out on social media that he’d be back, and indeed, shortly after 2 p.m. he strode onto campus and stepped onto a tree planter outside Memorial Union, a hub of student life. A crowd of perhaps 150 turned out, many of them people who’d been disappointed by the previous night’s cancellation. The half-dozen or so protesters who showed up were shouted down repeatedly by the crowd. Yiannopoulos stood with a megaphone in one hand and a dozen white roses in the other, and accused “universities like this” of pandering “to Black Lives Matter and feminist groups, no matter how hateful and divisive they are.”. “I’m right about everything,” he ...

Speech By Breitbart Editor Canceled As Berkeley Protesters Start Fires, Break Windows

... Twitter after leading a harassment campaign against "Ghostbusters" actress Leslie Jones. Hundreds of peaceful demonstrators carrying signs that read "Hate Speech Is Not Free Speech" had been protesting for hours before the event. A smaller group of protesters dressed in black and in hooded sweatshirts showed up as night fell and used metal barricades to break windows, threw smoke bombs and flares and used a diesel generator to start a large bonfire outside the building. Yiannopoulos' visit to Berkeley was sponsored by the campus Republican club. The university has stressed it did not invite him and does not endorse his ideas but is committed to free speech and rejected calls to cancel the event. "The event has been cancelled," Yiannopoulos posted on his Facebook page. "I'll let you know more when the facts become clear. One thing ...

Recent Campus Communications. Category

... by UC Berkeley’s Office of Student Affairs to the leadership of the Berkeley College Republicans. Dear BCR Signatories -. I am deeply aware of the many complex issues that are swirling around Milo’s visit to our campus and you no doubt have a lot on your plates right now. I must now also make sure you are aware that Milo, Brietbart and the David Horowitz Freedom Center have published an article today, 1/31/17, stating their intention to use the Berkeley College Republican’s event to launch their campaign targeting the undocumented student community on our campus. Here is the article. There are concerns that he will be employing the strategies of using pictures and personal information of Cal students during his speech which, as you know, is simultaneously being live-streamed therefore making these images widely available and subsequently putting students at risk. Also, please know other targeted groups on our campus have experienced Horowitz’ tactic of publicizing the names and pictures of individuals on posters throughout campus ...

Conservative Firebrand Milo Yiannopoulos Cancels Visit To Ucla, Student Gop Club Says

... UCLA, student GOP club says. Breitbart provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, shut down on a Friday night at UC Davis, returned the next day. Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times. Breitbart provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, shut down on a Friday night at UC Davis, returned the next day. Breitbart provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, shut down on a Friday night at UC Davis, returned the next day. (Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times). Teresa Watanabe Contact Reporter. Conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, whose campus appearances have sparked widespread protests, has canceled his upcoming visit to UCLA , according to the student Republican club that invited him. Bruin Republicans at UCLA said in a statement that it could not accommodate Yiannopoulos’ “long list of requirements” for a Feb. 2 campus appearance. The statement added that club members also were concerned about public safety, since Yiannopoulos’ appearances on his “Dangerous Faggot” campus tour have triggered violence. ...

Ucla Event With Milo Yiannopoulos Gets Canned

... administration, and surrounding community." So, you see, the decision was about our welfare. Here's the rest of the statement. Certainly, it's unfair to cast the would-be protestors in such a damning light, when nothing's actually happened. There would have been a protest, though. On a Facebook page , a group opposed to Yiannopoulos's UCLA event said that he is an "established racist and figurehead of the alt-right (a fascist neo-nazi movement aimed at the disfranchisement of people of color, women, and LGBTQ folks alike)," adding that the group would be "engaging in a peaceful protest outside of the seminar Yiannopoulos will be holding." But now it looks like that won't be needed. Yiannopoulos had actually spoken at UCLA before, back in May, when he headlined an event called "Feminism Is Cancer.". This isn't the first time that Yiannopoulos has bailed from an event at a California campus. Just earlier this month, a similar situation happened at UC Davis, where campus Republicans canned a Yiannopoulos speaking event and cited a concern for safety. "Pharma-bro" ...