Others have raised questions about Walsh headlining an event with Yiannopoulos.
In 2019, Yiannopoulos wrote on Telegram that Walsh “HATES anyone popular and successful, and can never be relied upon in a fight.” Although he posted some praise of Walsh, even years later he’d occasionally fire a missive his way. The episode may have gotten under Yiannopoulos’ skin, however. In the years since, each has issued lukewarm defenses of the other. I look forward to turning down his request for a selfie,” Yiannopoulos told the Daily Dot via email. “Sadly, I’m a Christian now, so I can’t stab him in the throat. Walsh didn’t respond to a request for comment Thursday morning. The feud seems to have fizzled after that. “I invite him to sue me in court,” Walsh said. Walsh effectively told him to bring it on.
“Milo accuses me of ‘slander’ for quoting his exact words,” Walsh tweeted along with a screenshot of Yiannopoulos’ comments. Yiannopoulos accused Walsh of slandering him. Walsh’s criticisms sparked a feud between the two.
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In multiple tweets, Walsh accused him of “advocating for pederasty” (sex between men and boys), said Yiannopoulos wasn’t “a martyr for free speech” so much as “a martyr for degeneracy” and called his attempts to make excuses for his comments “pitiful.” Walsh was among Yiannopoulos’ many vocal critics at the time. (Disclosure: Yiannopoulos founded the Kernel, a publication the Daily Dot acquired in 2014.) Since then, he’s been relegated to the fringe alongside pals Laura Loomer and Nick Fuentes. The former Breitbart News editor’s ascent abruptly reversed course in 2017 when he made comments widely seen as condoning pedophilia and statutory rape. Yiannopoulos was once a rising conservative star. The pair are headlining an upcoming anti-choice conference in Ohio. When it comes to Milo Yiannopoulos, however, that may not be the case.
As his transphobic crusade of recent months illustrates, the Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh rarely lets go of something once he latches on.
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