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Milo Yiannopoulos, the British commentator once aligned with the American far right, has publicly denounced his past support for President Donald Trump after being detained and deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last week.

Yiannopoulos said during a Tuesday appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored: "To think that the promise and hope and joy and the anticipation of Trump 2016 could, sort of, over the course of 10 years, collapse into this ugly, warmongering, whole mentally ill heap of crazy with some of the most unstable and lunatic people, seemingly directing the president's actions.

"If I had any clue that anything remotely like this was even possible, I would never have got involved in supporting Trump in the first place and I'm very ashamed that I did.”

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[–] Z745812939054@lemmy.zip 100 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

LOL i STILL can't comprehend how anyone could possibly be fucking stupid and gullible enough to believe a single goddamn word out of this notorious con man's face anus

less than zero sympathy

[–] eurodyne@piefed.world 28 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Frankly, this whole thing is probably very good for his brand, which is making money by being the center of attention at literally any cost

The fact that anyone is even talking about this shithead again is probably the best thing that’s happened to him in years. it’s almost certainly instantly revitalized his career of being a tremendous piece of shit.

It is rumored that Laura Loomer reported him to ICE out of spite in some cunty bitch fight between the two of them, but she may have actually done him the biggest possible favor ever by providing him exactly what he always wants: victimhood and relevance. The fuel on which his shitty fire burns.

(seriously, no one‘s even heard from this son of a bitch for eight or nine years, and now he’s front and center in the news? Fuck!)

I doubt it will even be a matter of hours until he’s got an entire new YouTube channel and book deal dedicated to this bullshit, just raking in the money

[–] Z745812939054@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

yea, the entire maga brand is all about being vastly superior to every other group in every possible way, while simultaneously being perpetually oppressed and victimized by the very people who are supposedly so inferior to them

it's all mind-bogglingly asinine bullshit. let him stir up the whole planet's gay-but-also-maga acolytes into a frenzy from abroad. go get'em tiger

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

He probably thought saying he is now "ex-gay" would immunize him from the wingers, too.

[–] hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You’re right. Ignore all of this nonsense and let him fade into obscurity. His former followers will trash him, because he dared criticize ICE, and thus, dared to criticize The Leader.

[–] BooBees@fedinsfw.app 2 points 2 weeks ago

We’re in election season for midterms, and the presidential and general elections start the very next day after midterms, so we are effectively in the presidential elections as well - that means we have to stop giving attention to distractions and people who grift from them, like Milo. If they’re not moving the needle on the most important decisions being made in the next two years, it’s a distraction and a grift, just ignore it, put it on hold, or let the experts handle it, especially if there’s literally nothing you can do except amplify a message you have been handed by someone else.

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[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

It was all cynical from the start. Milo knew he was jerking off the devil.

[–] hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

He gave them permission to be openly racist, sexist, queerphobic, and xenophobic.

He basically said it’s okay to abuse others based on your own ignorance and economic frustrations. Latent, indirect hatred has persisted in this country for a long time. This country never fully went through restoration after the Civil War. This kind of nonsense should’ve have been totally wiped out. These douchebags capitalized on that cultural legacy.

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[–] eurodyne@piefed.world 83 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He’s incapable of feeling shame. All he wants is more attention.

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I came here to say the same thing.

[–] eurodyne@piefed.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Seriously, does no one remember this guy or how he operated?

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

The guy that referred to Trump as "daddy" in the run-up to the 2016 election? Yeah...can't remember him.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 57 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

“I have a family. I have a home. I have employees. I have two very gorgeous little Bengal cats,” he said. “I’m not going to allow a politically motivated weekend of hell to rip my whole life away from me.”

But it's ok when it happens to other people.

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Congrats, you just figured out why conservatives suck.

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 4 points 2 weeks ago

Hope his cats find a good home

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, if you read that article it's basically Patient Zero for the incredible amounts of conservative privilege that is assumed.

Now, I wonder if this asshole might think about someone who is a leftist or non-white and not from some European country and not some well-connected right winger getting kidnapped and disappeared and what their ordeal may have been like, or is like?

[–] notabot@piefed.social 39 points 2 weeks ago

Once again, they only understand when it affects them personally.

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 38 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh. No.

Anyways, this weather is preposterous.

[–] LincolnsDogFido@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

101°F yesterday with 45% humidity and clear skies. My WBGT readings yesterday were in the mid 90s. You couldn't stand still outside yesterday without breaking a sweat.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

101°F is approximately 38°C for the entire rest of the world.

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[–] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 35 points 2 weeks ago
[–] hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

These alt-right provocateurs never really cared about anything at all, other than earning rage clicks for cash. The people who were victimized by their rhetoric weren’t even a consideration.

[–] WesternInfidels@feddit.online 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

From The Washington Post (my emphasis):

Immigration officials announced on Friday that Yiannopoulos was arrested at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and accused him of overstaying after entering the United States legally in May 2019 through New York City. An immigration judge issued a final order of removal on July 22 after Yiannopoulos failed to show up for his immigration hearing, a DHS spokesperson wrote in an email.

“He chose to overstay his welcome in violation of our nation’s laws,” a spokesperson for DHS wrote in an emailed statement.

Very much a "never thought the leopards would eat MY face" moment. I'm mercifully not familiar with the details of the positions this tryhard advocates, but I presume he thought an immigration crackdown was for brown-skinned people, not for light-skinned people like him?

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

He got away pretty easily too. He was deported to his home country instead of being incarcerated for months or getting deported to Africa.

[–] ReluctantZen@feddit.nl 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

some of the most unstable and lunatic people, seemingly directing the president's actions.

He seems to imply here that Trump himself is not the one responsible here, as if this is not what he wanted. I don't disagree that Trump is being used, but he is definitely responsible.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 7 points 2 weeks ago

Good king, evil magistrates, a trope as old as time.

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[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Conservatives are the dumbest motherfuckers to ever exist

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

And the most selfish. It seems like every week we hear a tale of "I supported Trump's fucked up ideals until it affected ME!"

[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is he ashamed about the other things he's done? No? Then fuck off.

[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

This motherfucker is testing the waters to see if he can find a new grift. He's gonna say he's ashamed of everything he's said and done and regrets them deeply, he's gonna say he's been reformed, and he's gonna reimagine himself as a progressive, if people let him.

And sadly, enough people might.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Sadly they did not keep him in their concentration camps to reinforce the impression on him how this kind of ideology that he so vehemently proposed ultimately leads to

[–] bigbangdangler@reddthat.com 10 points 2 weeks ago

FAFO. Now he can wear his stupidity and gullibility on his sleeve.

To think that the promise and hope and joy and the anticipation of Trump 2016...

Gotta stop you right there, Milo. That wasn't hope and joy. It was good old fashioned hate put in a nice box to make the Far Right feel like they had a new movement. This outcome was anticipated by anyone with any real knowledge or the most basic critical thinking skills.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 8 points 2 weeks ago

If he were to turn around and begin the long, hard process of undoing whatever he can of the harm he has done and trying to be a force for good, then he’d have a chance of redeeming himself. Though I suspect he’s too inherently narcissistic for that to be a possibility.

[–] Eternal192@anarchist.nexus 7 points 2 weeks ago

Oh so now you regret it when YOU are feeling the consequences, go fuck yourself!

[–] MJKee9@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

He's just kicking off the next grift.

[–] Snowies@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago

Ashamed of facing real consequences he means?

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 weeks ago

False. He has no shame.

[–] jbrjake@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

“But Charlie, don’t forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted.”

“What happened?”

“He lived happily ever after.”

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Who cares we’ve all had a good laugh at this idiot now let’s go back to forgetting he exists

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

LOL, I doubt he's really learned anything other than how things personally affect this douchecanoe.

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

"I never thought the leopards would eat my face."

[–] EtAl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Milo is not necessarily capable of shame, but he said he was. That's a baby step, at least.

Thoughts and prayers

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Keep it that way

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Gay guy who now says he's not gay? In the pre-donnie times he jumped on the gamergate nonsense, and he was a rising star among the alt-right in little-d donnie's first failed term.

But now known for having his rising star among the alt-right being snuffed out by his past statements that seemed to encourage pedophilia between boys and men.

Oh, and now, hilariously, he's going to be known as a poster boy for the Leopard Party. What a fucking dumbass.

[–] Lennny@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Alt right leopard face eating party voter that got his face eaten.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm disappointed that he wasn't shot, beaten or tazed to death

[–] hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Or left to die from an infection in his cell. Or deported to El Salvador, where he would be executed.

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