Twitter announced Tuesday night that it permanently banned gay conservative writer the “Kanye West of Journalism,” Milo Yiannopoulos from the site — and may have signed their own death sentence in the process.
The whole ordeal started when the Breitbart tech editor wrote a negative review of the new Ghostbusters movie and got into a Twitter war with one of the film’s stars, Leslie Jones, whom he claimed was playing up being a victim.
Yiannopoulos’ supporters joined in, trolling Jones.
The Ghostbusters star blocked and reported Yiannopoulous and even privately messaged Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey.
The site then decided on Wednesday to ban him, a decision he said would destroy the company.
“Twitter just signed its own death warrant,” Yiannopoulous said in an email to Red Alert Politics. “It’s now inevitable that a younger rival with a better commitment to free speech will take its place.”
Yiannopoulous agreed that a social media platform that embraced all forms of speech would replace websites that censor based upon politics.
The hashtag #FreeMilo began trending almost as soon as the news broke and many on the right claimed that the move was politically motivated.
Suspending the top gay conservative voice of the world??
Great move @jack, Very tolerant of you!!#FreeMilo
— Baked Alaska™ (@bakedalaska) July 20, 2016
@Jack This should not be happening… #FreeMilo https://t.co/j61WVGozX5
— Dean Cain (@RealDeanCain) July 20, 2016
Behind every Double Standard of the Left is a Single Standard: Power.#FreeMilo pic.twitter.com/wwJqbcXYx7
— John Rivers (@JohnRiversToo) July 20, 2016
#FreeMilo is what happens when a thousand children are raised in social isolation chambers with nothing to read but a Dear Richard letter
— Virgil Texas (@virgiltexas) July 20, 2016
Death Threats and Harassment towards Black Conservatives is permitted if you’re a leftist. #FreeMilo @gopquay https://t.co/zSsj9dX7RB
— Immigrants☆For☆Trump (@immigrant4trump) July 20, 2016
Are you going to let her get away with this? @jack #FreeMilo https://t.co/hnNr0AME45
— /r/The_Donald (@TheDonaldReddit) July 20, 2016
Oh look, this account is still active. Yet @nero is banned. Seems legit. #FreeMilo pic.twitter.com/iHoXKKzvGY
— Countermoonbat (@CounterMoonbat) July 20, 2016
Let’s be honest, Milo was banned because he left the #LGBT progressive plantation. The overseers are not having that. #FreeNero #FreeMilo
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) July 20, 2016
Account still active. #FreeMilo pic.twitter.com/VhI88iHcn6
— ScottInSC (@ScottInSC) July 20, 2016
