rant · moment 19 of 22
Milo Yiannopoulos, Hate Speech, and Kids Are Too Soft Now
from No Friends of Anyone · #29
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4 minTim argues against boycotting Simon & Schuster over Milo's book deal, then launches into a rant that kids today are too sheltered, sexless, and unable to take a joke compared to when he was mercilessly bullied for being fat.
- 47:59Tim feels bad the SNL cast member got fired for her jokes, doesn't think anyone should lose their job over speech.
- 48:29Tim argues Yiannopoulos deserved a book deal because publishers give them to people who can actually sell copies, not based on moral virtue.
- 48:44You can't draw a line around everything offensive and call it hate speech—someone will call tweeting about an autistic kid hateful.
- 48:55Tim asks how you make fun of regular kids if you can't make fun of autistic kids, since disabled kids are exactly who gets bullied.
- 49:11Kids got made fun of for everything when Tim was young—being fat, blinking weird, whatever stood out.
- 49:28Tim hates to sound like an old guy, but young people now are genuinely soft and weird compared to his generation.
- 49:56Tim claims young people are sexless and boring, and if parents heard their kids' stories it would confirm all their worst fears.
- 50:08Tim spent New Year's Eve 1999 at a crack house where most people had AIDS, and he describes it as a great time with caring, fun people.