*Dave Weigel voice* “He’s running”
By Robert Mercer was shocked, shocked, to discover bigotry at Breitbart. So naturally he sold his stake to his daughters. As one does.
From his letter of quasi-resignation from Renaissance Hedge Funds R Us:
Discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, creed, or anything of that sort is abhorrent to me. But more than that, it is ignorant.
But bankrolling it is OK.
And anyway, it isn’t his fault. He just wanted to promote free speech. But he was deceived. Yes, deceived and misled and rooked. By a guy young enough to be his grandson. Quick young people, find this Mr. Mercer and sell him many bridges.
Without individuals thinking for themselves, society as a whole will struggle to distinguish the signal of truth from the correlated noise of conformity. I supported Milo Yiannopoulos in the hope and expectation that his expression of views contrary to the social mainstream and his spotlighting of the hypocrisy of those who would close down free speech in the name of political correctness would promote the type of open debate and freedom of thought that is being throttled on many American college campuses today.
But in my opinion, actions of and statements by Mr. Yiannopoulos have caused pain and divisiveness undermining the open and productive discourse that I had hoped to facilitate. I was mistaken to have supported him, and for several weeks have been in the process of severing all ties with him.
Somewhere, Richard Spencer is writing a letter of introduction.
As an aside – This moment of the comfortable feeling uncomfortable is brought to you by Buzzfeed and its reporting on Breitbart’s ties to white supremacists.
