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Thomas Sowell, CPAC's Milo Takedown, and the Intelligence War
from Crashing Down · #33
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5 minThey discuss Thomas Sowell's controversial comments, debate whether liberals or conservatives orchestrated Milo's downfall, and pivot into the unprecedented intelligence community war against the Trump White House.
- 16:41Making a living by stoking outrage is the paradigm trolls operate in.
- 16:52People don't get famous by being universally loved; they need to be equally loved and hated.
- 17:14Milo and people on both sides create enemies as their sole purpose to enrage people.
- 17:45Milo is a gay guy who's said he'd rather not be gay, which is a complicated statement.
- 18:11Tim argues Milo is trying to appease people who think gay people are inferior and shouldn't raise kids or marry.
- 18:48When you look at real suffering in the world—people born with diseases, in abusive situations—being uncomfortable seems like a small complaint.
- 19:30Thomas Sowell is a brilliant economist, but when he says things like black people had higher employment rates during slavery, you have to question it.
- 20:10Milo as a gay guy goes around saying he wouldn't hire gay people because they're on drugs and out partying till 3am every night.
- 20:43Conservatives believe homosexuality and pedophilia are interchangeable, and Milo was brought down by this conflation despite a liberal initially surfacing the remarks.
- 21:04Conservatives blocked Milo from speaking at CPAC because there's real homophobia there, and the internet labeled him a pedophile apologist with no nuance.
- 21:16It's interesting that Milo's downfall came from conservatives on the right, not the left.