Yet again the British Broadcasting Corporation’s news division\u00a0has turned a joyful occasion into an excuse for mean-spirited criticism.<\/p>\n
That’s the\u00a0commentary of an obviously irked\u00a0Milo Yiannopoulos, writing from the midst of 1.5 million teens and young adults who have converged on Madrid, Spain, a six-day celebration of being young and Christian.<\/p>\n
“It comes to something when I when I find myself agreeing with the Guardian’<\/em>s Andrew Brown,” writes Yiannopoulos,\u00a0“and yet here we are. His blog post yesterday drew attention to something many Catholics will be feeling this weekend. ‘If I were a Catholic,’ he writes, ‘I would be feeling rather\u00a0[expletive] off with the BBC.’<\/p>\n “Well, quite,” agrees Yiannopoulos. “Why on earth the BBC has chosen to focus its coverage on the comparatively tiny number of protesters in Madrid is a mystery. I mean, it\u2019s not as if they\u2019re the most sympathetic types. We need only turn to the esteemed Deutsche Welle<\/em> to recognise the usual suspects.”<\/p>\n Deutsche Welle<\/em> is a German news website. Its report on the protesters put them in the context of 1.5 delighted kids versus:<\/p>\n 5,000 people turned out on Madrid\u2019s streets late Wednesday to protest the pope\u2019s arrival for the six-day youth festival. The demonstrators included members of secularist, feminist, gay and lesbian, alternative Christian and leftist groups.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n “Over a hundred of these fringe protest groups coalesced, as they so often do, into a confused m\u00eal\u00e9e of conflicting special interests,” reported Yiannopoulos. “They were united, however, in the sheer nastiness with which they expressed their views. To give but one example — as pilgrims sang \u201cHallelujah\u201d, \u201cLong Live the Pope!\u201d and Benedicto!\u201d demonstrators responded with shrieks of \u201cNazis!\u201d and \u201cPadophiles, watch out children!\u201d<\/p>\n “So much for the inclusive tolerance trumpeted by the Left,” writes Yiannopolos.\u00a0“Here in Madrid was its real face: a sneering, violent mob of self-righteous bullies who thought it appropriate to hurl abuse at children for the crime of having pride in their faith and being excited about by a visit from the Holy Father.”<\/p>\n