ABC Reporter Calls Breitbart’s Milo Yiannopolous A 13-Year Old Idiot

You may have heard of Milo Yiannopoulos, the loathsome toad who among other things is captivated by trolling folks on social media for his own sense of delight.

The openly gay (I hate that the LGBT community has to include him in our tribe) Tech editor for anti-LGBT media site Breitbart, and a self-proclaimed entrepreneur was kicked off Twitter for life for his direct attacks on people.

ABC News’s Terry Moran interviewed Yiannopoulos for a piece on trolling, and I’m guessing Yiannopoulos’ employer Breitbart wasn’t thrilled with the results.

ABC’s Terry Moran launched a full scale attack on Breitbart Tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos as part of a feature for ABC Nightline, calling Milo an “idiot,” “revolting” and comparing him to a “13-year-old” child.

The piece centered around the topic of trolling, with ABC describing Milo as “the tip of the iceberg in a rising tide of hate and abuse in social media, one he clearly sees as a noble purpose.” Asked by Moran whether he would call Leslie Jones a “dude” to her face, Milo confirmed that he “probably would.”

“Then you’re an idiot,” Moran angrily replied.

The segment continues, describing Milo as a “self-proclaimed troll” who “makes a career out of sparking outrage, spreading vitriol at many and helping to legitimize a movement of negativity growing on the internet.”

“You’re going to go after somebody’s body to go after their ideas, what grade are you in? Are you a 13-year-old?,” to which Milo said that the real problem lies with the body positivity movement and the “idea that you can tell women they’ll be happy and health at any size.”

“My rudeness creates conversation, provokes people into saying oh what a monster and then 20% of people start talking about what I was actually saying I will consider my career to be a terrific success,” Milo added.

You really should watch just to get an idea of the hideous people out there who live to insult for sport.

(h/t JoeMyGod)

News Round-Up: August 23, 2016

Some news stories you may have missed:

• Kayne Lawton posted something about food on his Instagram, but… there’s food in the pic?

• There’s yet another sexual harassment lawsuit filed against former Fox News boss Roger Ailes.

• Right-wing nutjob Ann Coulter says if Hillary Clinton wins the presidency, there will never be another Republican president. I’m not seeing the problem here…

• GOP presidential candidate flew to Louisiana for a photo op during which he spent exactly 49 seconds “helping” the people affected by disastrous flooding, and gave a $100K donation to the church of virulently anti-LGBT Tony Perkins.

• Homocon and Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos raised between $100-250K for scholarships for “white men” but in almost a year none of the money has been distributed as the cash sits in Yiannopoulos’ bank account.

• Speaking of Milo, Trump supporters have begun to defend accusations of racism by saying “We can’t be racist because Milo is gay.” Feel free to explain that cognitive dissonance.

• Melania Trump is suing the Daily Mail and other outlets for insinuating she was an “escort” in the 1990s.

• A federal judge has ordered the release of another 15,000 emails from Hillary Clinton’s email server over the course of four dates in October.

• The man who wrote the Republican National Convention speech for Pat Smith, whose son was killed in the Benghazi attacks, now says he will probably be voting for Hillary Clinton.

• Check out the one and only Cher introducing Hillary Clinton at a fundraiser in Provincetown this past weekend.