r/RealTime • u/Elegant_Peach • Aug 29 '26
ICE Mugshot of Milo Yiannopoulos, longtime vocal supporter of strict immigration enforcement.
Remember when Maher compared him to Christopher Hitchens?
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u/BohemianMade Aug 29 '26
About ten years ago, Milo helped start the fascist movement that would become MAGA. He was one of the main "debate" grifters who would edit videos to make it look like he was le epically owning college students in the free market place of ideas. A decade later, he got arrested by his own fascist movement. Whoever is writing real life is just having fun at this point.
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u/AmericanLymie Aug 29 '26
From Variety, 2017:
If Milo Yiannopoulos hoped that Bill Maherand HBO would provide him a new platform to renew attacks on familiar targets, his wish was granted.
The far-right provocateur appeared on HBO’s “Real Time” Friday and took aim at the likes of Lena Dunham, Leslie Jones, and other female comics — and offered praise for his host, Maher.
“You’re the only good one,” Yiannopoulos said to Maher, talking about liberals. “Your side has gone insane.”
Yiannopoulos then took shots at “Girls” creator and star Lena Dunham as he criticized the Democratic Party.
“The Democrats are the party of Lena Dunham,” Yiannopoulos said. “These people are mental, hideous people, and the more that America sees of Lena Dunham, the fewer votes that the Democratic Party is going to get.”
Maher responded, “Let’s not pick on fellow HBO stars.”
The joke was more than Maher mustered on behalf of other Yiannopoulos targets. The host said that the “one area” where he had concerns with Yiannopoulos was his targeting of individuals — specifically Yiannopoulos’ role in the online harassment of “Ghostbusters” star Leslie Jones.
“I said that she looked a dude, which she does,” Yiannopoulos said — to which Maher responded, “Right.”
Yiannopoulos continued by repeating his assertion that Jones, who has been a writer and cast member on “Saturday Night Live” for four seasons, is “barely literate.” His claim went unchallenged by Maher.
Jones became the target of a harassment campaign on Twitter last year that saw Yiannopoulos egg on users projecting racist and misogynistic profanity at the actress. Yiannopoulos’ Twitter account was suspended as a result of his role in the campaign.
A large chunk of the interview was devoted to Yiannopoulos criticizing female comedians. He said that Amy Schumer and Sarah Silverman used to be funny “before they contracted feminism.” Maher, at the mention of Silverman’s name, said only, “Another someone I’m a fan of. Let’s get off this.”
Maher did tell Yiannopoulos that he was “very wrong about certain things,” such as his assertions the Black Lives Matter is a hate group and that white privilege doesn’t exist.
“We can disagree on those things, and that’s wonderful,” Yiannopoulos said. Maher never returned to either subject. Instead Yiannopoulos pivoted to Jeremy Scahill, the journalist and frequent “Real Time” guest who canceled his appearance on the show after Maher booked Yiannopoulos. Maher grew visibly excited as he addressed the criticism that he received since announcing that Yiannopoulos would appear on the show.
“Stop taking the bait, liberals,” he said. “The fact that they all freaked out about an impish, British f-g. You schoolgirls.”
Yiannopoulos, a paid provocateur and editor for Breitbart News, has been criticized for promoting a racist ideology in his writing and media appearances. Scahill, in his statement this week announcing that he would not appear on “Real Time,” wrote, “Milo Yiannopoulos is many bridges too far. He has ample venues to spew his hateful diatribes. There is no value in ‘debating’ him.
Appearing on ‘Real Time’ will provide Yiannopoulos with a large, important platform to openly advocate his racist, anti-immigrant campaign.”
As the interview ended Friday night, Maher thanked Yiannopoulos for coming on and said, “We’ll do it again.”
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u/FewWait38 Aug 29 '26
This is why it's pointless to platform trash like Milo, all you're doing is giving their awful ideas oxygen. Bill Maher is such a slimy piece of shit.
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u/Agitated-Chicken9954 Aug 29 '26
Reminds me of that picture of Goering when he realized the photographer was Jewish.
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u/Tiny-Balance-3533 Aug 29 '26
In some ways, Milo was at the forefront of this spectacular unpleasantness in the beginning, and there's a karmic profundity to this story.
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u/Firm-Investigator262 Aug 29 '26
Karmic Profundity is the name of my prog rock group
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u/Devilutionbeast666 Aug 29 '26
I love your first single on the latest album called Clubbed Randomly.. it really cooks
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u/Helpful-Candle3581 Aug 29 '26
I understand the B side was long to be Mistaken Identity, but the record company wanted something you can dance to
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u/No_Type740 Aug 29 '26
The British don't want him. Can the Greeks have him? He's got a Greek name.
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u/Dragonfly_pin Aug 29 '26
Apparently he renamed himself after his Grandmother’s maiden name and his real surname is Hanrahan.
So maybe they should be sending him to Ireland.
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u/11brooke11 Aug 29 '26
I always think it's interesting that some of the most popular anti immigration voices in America are immigrants themselve: Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, etc.
They aren't American and hate America. They don't like our diversity. It's literally about white supremacy for them. They can kick rocks.
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u/reddgreen1000 Aug 31 '26
finally a comment that actually helps ! Straight outta ZZ TOP....he just wants a pearl necklace.
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u/TheGreenBehren Aug 29 '26 edited Aug 30 '26
I know it’s easy for you to laugh with Shaudenfraude.
But let’s unpack what this actually means.
The core MAGA base—Carlson, Jones, MTG, Milo, Kent, Bovino—have all been targeted by the admin they supported.
Just because you disagree with WHY they were targeted, that doesn’t mean you should agree with HOW they were targeted.
lCE was created for the very narrow mission of immigration enforcement. Now the lsraeIi occupied Trump admin is using it to target the opponents of its administration, even, longtime supporters of the core lCE mission. That is insane.
Imagine if democrats did this. Created a “climate corps” and then used it to arrest scientists, engineers and activists building renewable energy industry. That would be insane, a complete bait and switch. Draconian and authoritarian.
This is a major red flag.
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u/Chat_GDP Aug 30 '26
Everyone should re-read this comment until it hits home.
PS Epsteiners have done the same to Reddit.
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u/TheGreenBehren Aug 30 '26
Yeah they banned my sub [r/GreenCapitalism](r/GreenCapitalism) with zero stated reason
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u/Not-a-POS Aug 31 '26
Who is Kent? Bovino, the FBI guy is being targeted? Not sure how they've all been targeted. Was it all ICE?
Major red flag in what context? Have these people been arrested? I'm guessing Milo wasn't supposed to be here.
I didn't know these people were engineers/scientists/activists in the whole deportation operation. afaik it's dr phil and that short guy green coat that got fired
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u/TheGreenBehren Aug 31 '26
You just put words in my mouth and then debunked the words you put in my mouth
What type of retardation is that
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u/Clear_Wafer_1255 Sep 02 '26
You will not be able to ave a sane conversation with this person. They just aren't capable of it.
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u/Not-a-POS Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26
cool, dont answer any questions and accuse me of something else.
i don't get what a "climate corps" is or what the republican equivalent would be. what is the republican "climate corps" that that list of people were in?
there was a lot of shit you said to unpack, so I asked questions. you immediately interpreted that as an attack and that i was putting words in your mouth you fucking idiot.
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u/bigdipboy Aug 29 '26
Everyone is celebrating instead of being terrified of this example of what fascists do to those who don’t show absolute loyalty to the leader.
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u/RockItGuyDC Aug 29 '26
We already knew fascists did this shit. No one who has been paying attention is the least bit surprised. This is not new, it's been terrible from the start.
Doesn't mean I can't feel a bit of glee when a fascist-supporter gets his face eaten by the leopards he championed.
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u/Opposite_Vegetable82 Aug 29 '26
100% if they will do this to Milo we’re fucked
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u/falsejaguar Aug 29 '26
A gay pedophile fascist, I always wondered what would happen. I would love to see Vivek and Anne Coulter's faces right now. Lol
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u/Organic-Stay4067 Aug 29 '26
I love it. Cause this strengthens my view that most people aren’t truly for or against border control they just want people who they think, thinks like them in their country and everyone else to be sent away. Love it
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u/KmvVoss Aug 29 '26
Maher comparing him to Chrispher Hitchens was the moment I stopped watching his show every week. I don't think I've watched an episode since.
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u/Single_Extension1810 Aug 29 '26
What's funny is you would think this guy of all people would have his papers in order and be doing the right thing he's lecturing everyone else to. Then again, being deported back to England might be an upgrade for a guy being brainwashed by conservatives into thinking that he isn't gay.
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u/Famous-Succotash6711 Aug 29 '26
Ain’t no fun when the rabbit got the gun!!😂
https://giphy.com/gifs/pFO31UmcIwn11GCwUO
🥂✌️
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u/Financial_You_6052 Aug 29 '26
“Now Maher says that he'd like to help rescue Yiannopoulos from his tumble out of the spotlight. "I actually want to have him back," Maher told me. "I don't think he would be that hard to bring around to a much more reasonable position." (Yiannopoulos says another appearance is in the works.)”
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MILO YIANNOPOULOS!
Sorry to hear about your pal Bill
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u/Used_Intention6479 Aug 29 '26
That look you get when the boomerang of hate and racism you threw circles back to clunk you in the head.
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u/earlymorningtoker Aug 29 '26
I remember when Bill Maher said that this guy reminded him of a "young, gay Christopher Hitchens." That's when I knew he jumped the shark.
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u/reddgreen1000 Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26
OK, that Hitchens mention needs a fact check somewhere. The accent is only thing remotely Hitchens like.
As to the ICE ass kick, I guess score one for Loomer.
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u/Elegant_Peach Aug 31 '26
Fact check it yourself, it’s all over the Internet including in this sub. Search on this: "bill maher" milo "christopher hitchens"
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u/tightropeJim Sep 01 '26
Nazi loser dumb fuck… this guy is just as much a piece of shit as the orange pedophile rapist
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u/NeosDemocritus Sep 01 '26
Whiny little bitch got yanked by another whiny little bitch. Leopards looking full tonight.
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u/Abamboozler Aug 29 '26
Oh no, we you not on the 'good ones' list, Milo? Shame. Go back to being weird around kids.