Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos resigns in the wake of outrage over his past comments about

[MrPurple]

20. I think it's good to give people like this airtime and let the general public see theirworthlessness

Sunlight is the best disinfectant. I was recently watching an old Youtube video of Christopher Hitchens interviewing (on CNBC, I think) Tom Metzger, one of the primary Aryan Nation leaders. People like that already have their twisted cult following, but it's better to let the general public see them clearly for what they are. If done correctly, that helps limit their reach. Make them stand fully behind their beliefs without euphemisms or excuses for all to see.

Rather than banning Milo from universities, they should have required him to participate in panel discussions with smart people who had researched his history, and let them lay him bare. On the Maher show, he wilted more easily than I would have expected. It's easier for people like this to build up a rep when they get to be cloistered and unchallenged.