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An Anonymous Coward writes:

Widely respected conservative firebrand, Milo Yiannopoulos, has been disinvited [politico.com] from giving the keynote speech at the highly influential CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference). Simon & Schuster's conservative non-fiction imprint Threshold Editions [wikipedia.org] cancelled his $250K book deal. [publishersweekly.com] After more than half a dozen Breitbart employees threatened to quit [theblaze.com] in an either "he goes or I go" protest, Breitbart also forced Milo to resign [breitbart.com] from his post as senior editor.

Today marks the Death of Free Speech in America. We are officially a country of snowflakes who are all afraid to engage with controversial ideas and instead prefer to silence people who trigger us while we all hide out in safe spaces.

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