“Right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos recently told at least two news outlets that he wanted vigilantes to start shooting journalists, but he insisted Thursday that he did so to taunt reporters.
“”I can’t wait for vigilante squads to start gunning journalists down on sight,” the author and agitator told a reporter for the New York Observer over a text message.
“The news outlet, which wrote about the incident this week, was working on a feature story about a New York City restaurant that Yiannopoulos reportedly frequents.
“Yiannopoulos, when asked to elaborate, told the reporter this was his “standard response,” according to the Observer.”
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