Well it appears that you can openly advocate for the sexual assault of women, forcibly out trans men and women, and dehumanize brown people and still be accepted by the GOP with open arms, but if you advocate for pedophilia, even the most despicable won’t stand behind you.
On Monday, it was announced that Milo Yiannopoulos was to be disinvited from the Conservative Political Action Conference after a shocking audio clip revealed the conservative rabble-rouser’s despicable views on sexual relationships between adults and children.
In the clip, Yiannopoulos shared his own experiences both as a victim of pedophilia as well as his passive participation in the subjugation of other young boys. Though it appeared that Yiannopoulos was not himself admitting to crimes against children, he did everything he could to normalize such abuse.
“I’m grateful for Father Michael; I wouldn’t give nearly such good head if it wasn’t for him.”
Since the clip was revealed, Yiannopoulos has claimed that the audio was edited and condemned the act of sexual assault. Still, even the most ardent of Milo supporters appear to have turned on him, reaching, at last, the point of no return.
While approving of sexual abuse of children is abhorrent, it is sad that it took this extreme view to turn CPAC against Milo considering how many horrible other things he has said and done in the past. While Yiannopoulos’s entire motivation is to anger and disgust, it seems that he has finally gone too far.
Donald Trump will be appearing at CPAC, even amid such scandal, a sign that while CPAC can’t abide the sexual assault and violation of children, that same violation of women is apparently A-Okay.
