There are two very unfortunate truths in life that, at least partially, apply to this situation.
1. Hurt people hurt people.
2. You will be punished for your suffering.
I'm not going to pretend that Milo hasn't hurt people with his caustic attitude and really sh**tty political views. But I have sympathy for him and empathy with him. And I'm totally unsurprised that so many of you would jump on the bandwagon, firing your mouths off, delighting in your Schadenfreude over what has happened.
But the truth of the matter is: The majority of you can never, ever empathize with growing up gay... and all of the negative implications that come with it. I see it in the way you treat so called "self hating gays"... like you are entitled to saying extremely homophobic and hurtful things to someone because they can't stand themselves and can't accept who they are. That's disgusting and it is so apparent to me and it separates out the wheat from the tares, I'll tell you that much.
I grew up gay in an extremely conservative and rural area of Puerto Rico. My parents initially rejected me. I was physically abused by teachers, students, and parents. I was thrown into "Christian" circles against my will to "pray it away."
I know all too well what growing up gay is with all of its challenges at the time. I am still, I think, a good human being who aims to do well by others as a way of life.
Milo is a hateful man who uses his negative experiences as a backbone to justify his vile actions. Do I sympathize? Yes. Do I empathize? Sure. But anything that goes beyond that, he owns it.
And that's just fine. But he has lost his job and his book deal because he described his own sexual abuse "the wrong way". You have to realize that
isn't fine.. and if you just want to instead conveniently chock it up to his horrible political views otherwise... well, let's face it, those weren't the problem over at Breitbart.
