![]() ![]() “We are encouraging people to not engage with, or at least to not listen to him - to not engage passively,” said College junior Anais Hussung, who protested at the event. The protesters did not speak directly to Yiannopoulos at any point. The signs displayed phrases including, “Milo doesn’t speak for us,” “Emory No Place for Hate” and “Emory is nothing without women + POC. Outside the building, protesters dressed in black carried signs expressing their concern for the values that Yiannopoulos’ espoused. Some of those who could not enter the lecture hall attempted to listen from the hallway or to watch from an adjacent room, where the talk was projected onscreen. By the time Yiannopoulos began speaking, around 250 total had gathered in White Hall. ![]() About twenty minutes before his talk started, the room had surpassed its maximum seating capacity of 120 people. To some, his speech is a critical and powerful political commentary. Yiannopoulos has made a name for himself as a self-described advocate for freedom of speech. ![]() Emory wasn’t originally a planned visit on his “Dangerous Faggot” tour, but in the aftermath of the Trump chalkings and the subsequent protests three weeks ago, Emory College Republicans and Emory Young Americans for Liberty invited Yiannopoulos to speak. Some went to hear his perspectives, others to protest. Milo Yiannopoulos, tech editor of the conservative website Breitbart, drew a crowd of over 250 at White Hall Wednesday. ![]()
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