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Milo Yiannopoulos threatens to crash furry convention he is barred from

‘I’m coming anyway. And I’m bringing friends.’

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Alt-right figure Milo Yiannopoulos was banned from a popular furry convention on Monday after announcing he was planning to attend, presumably as a snow leopard–a fursona he said he recently adopted.

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After hearing of Yiannopoulos’ registration, convention-goers expressed their concern, prompting Midwest FurFest to release an initial statement on Twitter Sunday. It announced that it was investigating the matter because attendees’ “safety is of the utmost importance and is not being ignored.”

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In a later statement, Midwest FurFest confirmed that Yiannopoulos did register for the event and said that the Midwest Furry Fandom board had rescinded Yiannopoulos’ registration and banned him from all Midwest FurFest events, for life.

“Mr. Yiannopoulos’ attendance at the convention may lead to an inability to provide a safe and welcoming experience for convention participants,” Midwest FurFest wrote in a statement on Monday.

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Now, Yiannopoulos is threatening to crash the convention, and participants are once again concerned. Yiannopoulos released his emails with the Midwest FurFest press team and the Midwest Furry Fandom board on Telegram, a new Neo-Nazi hub–and not by the neo-Nazis’ choice, but because it’s the only platform that hasn’t taken steps to deplatform them.

In one of the emails, Yiannopoulos said he booked two hotel rooms, under two different names–both of which are not his–which he said granted him “unfettered access to hotel facilities.” He then gave the Midwest FurFest 24 hours “to act” and “rescue this relationship.”

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In a separate, yet equally threatening, email, Yiannopoulos wrote that he was “coming anyway” and bringing friends with him. “Get ready,” he wrote.

https://twitter.com/TekoOtter/status/1173699186002448384

Midwest FurFest told the Daily Dot that it had no additional comment on the new developments and then directed the Daily Dot to its earlier, official statement.

Disclosure: Milo Yiannopoulos was the founder of the Kernel, a publication the Daily Dot acquired in 2014.

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