"There's a subset of the establishment - in this case on the right but they crop up on the center and the left as well - that is desperate to believe that people like Milo or Trump have something to say. That they represent a meaningful political movement rather than just the same old hate and lust for power. And you can't even excuse that need with stupidity, a la Trump's fans. These are smart people who are refusing to see what's in front of them, because if they did they'd have to admit that the world is a very different place from what their comfort requires it to be." -- Abigail Nussbaum, Lawyers, Guns, and Money, comments [thanks to realinterrobang for quoting this earlier]