SCHADENFREUDE: CPAC Disinvites Milo Yiannopoulos, Despite His Attempt at Contrition

[DonViejo]

In an interview with The Daily Beast just before the axe came down from CPAC, provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos defended himself against accusations that he was an advocate of pedophilia.

JACKIE KUCINICH
ASAWIN SUEBSAENG
02.20.17 1:35 PM ET

Milo Yiannopoulos, the conservative provocateur and face of the alt-right, has been disinvited from the Conservative Political Action Conference after a recording surfaced where he appeared to defend pedophilia.

"Due to the revelation of an offensive video in the past 24 hours condoning pedophilia, the American Conservative Union has decided to rescind the invitation of Milo Yiannopoulos to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference," American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp said in a statement.

"We realize that Mr. Yiannopoulous (sic) has responded on Facebook, but it is insufficient," the statement continued.

Reached immediately after the decision, Yiannopoulos had no comment on the cancellation, but just hours before the announcement, Yiannopoulos expressed regret for the comments to The Daily Beast in a statement and an interview, saying the comments were in no way meant to condone predatory behavior toward children.

"I would like to restate my utter disgust at adults who sexually abuse minors. I am horrified by pedophilia and I have devoted large portions of my career as a journalist to exposing child abusers,” he said in an interview with The Daily Beast. "My own experiences as a victim led me to believe I could say anything I wanted on this subject, no matter how outrageous, but I understand that my usual blend of sarcasm, provocation and gallows humor might have come across as flippancy.”

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[RedWedge]

1. Is there no place free of SJWs' PC run amok??????

[bravenak]

2. That was not an apology at all

[petronius]

3. Guess he should have called it "locker room talk"

That would have been all OK with the pubbies and their ilk...

[Freedomofspeech]

4. Exactly!

[Warpy]

5. Sarcasm and gallows humor?

Milo, you're just a hateful little punk but that's not why they disinvited you.

Somebody saw you in the pearls on Maher's show and realized you're gay. When you "choose" not to be gay any more, they'll invite you. Hate sells really well to conservatives.

[orwell]

6. But...but...

...what about FREE SPEECH!

Those damn Berkeley radicals...