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I've never noticed him following any of the left-leaning accounts I know, and I've had tons of far right stuff that he follows recommended to me by Twitter after following him, so it seems like he's leaning one way.

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Oh, so according to you, one side is merely "left leaning" and the other is "creepy" and "far right". Do you have any substantial counterarguments to any things he actually said, apart from guilt-by-association smearing him because you don't like politics of some accounts he is following?

if you can think of a better word than “creepy” to describe milo yiannopoulos i’d like to hear it

I you have factual arguments instead of ad hominem attacks I'd like hear them.

I didn't exactly claim that he said something objectionable. I did accuse him of broadcasting white supremacist tendencies by his follows. You're free to interpret the significance of these follows differently. I personally would be uncomfortable following accounts that retweet and tweet clearly racist statements. You can go to @empthyhaver for examples literally from the last couple of days.

> I did accuse him of broadcasting white supremacist tendencies by his follows.

Simply following someone doesn't count as "broadcasting". If you don't like things being recommended by the Twitter algorithm, just use the "following" tab. If you don't, that's on you.

What does it count as to follow a bunch of racist tweeters? Are you saying it's not indicative of anything?

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