YouTube Cans Pogo Clip For Hate Speech Violations

YouTube has removed popular musician and remix artist Pogo’s anti-gay rant for hate speech violations after the clip went wildly viral and spawned headlines on dozens of news and music sites.

Yesterday afternoon Pogo, whose real name is Nick Bertke, posted a response in which he claims that the entire rant, in which he celebrated the Pulse massacre, was some kind of troll inspired by the late comedian Andy Kaufman. Oh, and Milo Yiannopoulos has some good ideas. 

Few people are buying that excuse, of course, as Bertke’s previous history of anti-gay and viciously misogynistic comments have resurfaced. His main Pogo channel, which has 750,000 subscribers and hundreds of millions of views, remains active.