Everything You Need to Know About Why Twitter Banned Milo Yiannopoulos for Trolling Leslie Jones With Racist, Sexist Comments

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  It Looks Like Milo Went to Leslie Looking for a Confrontation

  
  It's hard to keep track of where this begins since his account has been banned, but this screenshot appears to be the start of it. Leslie Jones has been getting a lot of hate from 'fans' of the old Ghostbusters movie who don't like the fact that the main characters have been gender swapped.
  Via buzzfeed
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• 2

  Leslie Had a Response for Him

  
  Via @Lesdoggg
• 3

  Plenty of People Offered Support With the Hashtag #LoveforLeslieJones

  
  via @MaggieLocher, @EllaStarr730, @hollytrea,@Chucko78,@yagerm,@ajgb55,
  Via @NYCgirl_InFL
• 4

  But... It Wasn't Enough to Drown Out the Horrifyingly Racist Comments and Fake Screenshots of Her Account Which Said Equally Awful Things

  
  Trolls were using a website called lemmetweetthatforyou.com to create fake screenshots of Tweets by Leslie Jones saying terrible stuff.
  Via @Lesdoggg
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• 5

  Finally, Milo AKA @Nero, Got His Account Suspended After Encouraging a Pointed Attack of Racist, Sexist Harassment Toward Leslie Jones

  
  Via @Lesdoggg
• 6

  As Far as We Know, Leslie Jones Has Quit Twitter for the Time Being

  
  Via Lesdoggg
• 7

  The Hashtag #FreeMilo Started to Trend as People Complained that Twitter Enforcing Terms of Use Violated the First Amendment

  
  via @_TheRevelator, @luckyp3616, @betepolitique
  Via @RHavanese
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  And Of Course, Some People Are Also Jumping on the Hashtag to Defend the Ban

  
  via @GoodInternetGuy, @Robearbell26, @Crockadoosh,
  Via @Nightbob3
• 9

  And As for Milo? He's Taking Advantage of the Publicity From the Twitter Ban

  He's probably more famous now than before the ban.

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