now valuable resources will be spent trying to free him. it's 'watch me lick this toilet seat' all over again

He also made headlines for going to Brooklyn and tweeting about how supposed dangerous it is lol

He's basically an 'edgy' Bald and Bankrupt (tho tbf unlike Baldy, I don't think Miles is a sexpat at least given he's so uppity about being a traditional chaste Catholic so that gives him one extra point, I think? Miles is legit like a weird Catholic fundie who unironically sympathizes with the Taliban on how they treat their women so make that what you will ~~or maybe he's into bacha bazi~~) who travels to less-than-ideal destinations just so he can make political statements about his home country (and Western countries) in general as a strawman. That's basically what he does and what he is in terms of the overall aim of his content. He's not exactly traveling because he wants to explore authentic Afghani culture or try out the best kebab shop in Kabul- nah.


Lemme explain; He traveled to Afghanistan and after his first trip he praised the Taliban for how 'traditional' they are and pretty much wishes that his home country of the UK and Western nations in general adopt a similar regime (replace Islam with Christianity ofc) and pretty much his shtick is that, over and over again with maybe some variation that's still "yeah our liberal Western countries suck so bad lol that even these third world shitholes are better because at least they dont have gay people".


Miles travels to a less-than-ideal destination and says "wow this is a lot better than Birmingham with all those migrants lol" and one time even traveled to New York to pretty much say "yeah man Taliban-Afghanistan is so much safer than NY because it doesn't have n-words infesting the place".


He even got his own autobiography published on Antelope Hill, which is a publishing firm that publishes books that are about fascist ideologies. I'm not kidding or doing a Godwin's Law- they literally sell books written by people like Joseph Goebbels, Horst Wessel, Oswald Mosley, Leon Degrelle, Richard Darre, etc. they definitely aren't your dad's Reagan-era book club that's for sure.


He traveled to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan *multiple* times and pretty much repeats the same gig until he eventually got arrested by the Taliban, possibly because he probably fucked up some sort of Taliban etiquette and they didn't want to risk it. For reference, despite being an avid 'fan' of the Taliban, Miles isn't exactly the most knowledgeable in basic travel etiquette. Literally filmed himself going to a black market gun shop in Afghanistan and toyed around with guns acting like a giddy schoolgirl- it didn't surprise me tbh.



And that's basically the best way I can explain Miles without trying to sound too terminally online. He sorta became an e-celeb or internet celebrity around edgy right-wing parts of the internet who was basically *their* resident travel vlogger ever since the fall of the Islamic Republic in Afghanistan circa Fall 2021. He made appearances on podcasts and collaborated with many YouTubers within this 'edgy' sphere such as Sargon of Akkad (or rather his friend AkkadSecretary but still).


Personally, I'm sure he's probably going to get out soon enough since an NGO said that they're working on it and they did say he's been being treated 'well', though probably going to be through a ransom or trade. The biggest issue is that I'm pretty sure that the Taliban may have jailed him because they might have accused him of being a spy (from their POV; some semi-rich pasty British guy who goes to your 'young' country a lot always filming himself and around him when you're still forming a government is kinda sus ngl) and declared him a possible credible threat to their regime.




Also not gonna lie, some of his content is genuinely interesting since you do actually get to see what post-2021 Afghanistan is like (with a somewhat uncharismatic British man behind the camera) and there really isn't too much who film that stuff but yeah I'm not surprised at all he got arrested since he's kind've a dumbass lol. And that says *a lot* from me! As someone who sometimes indulges in edgy content, Miles is genuinely someone who embodies the phrase 'dumb-luck' and it turns out luck eventually runs out and it ain't pretty.

Reddit just served me an ad by a large ISP that says " How to Make your new neighbors love you" right under OP's photo.

No surprise he isn’t a good or smart person

After fleeing the country, Routledge has largely become a Twitter shitposter who has compared Brooklyn to Afghanistan and has also published a book about his time in Afghanistan with Antelope Hill, a company that also publishes fascist and white supremacist literature.

Going into a country, acting like an asshole, and getting harassed by the local authorities is his entire brand. He has published videos about being arrested in Kenya, sneaking across the EU border, and cosplaying as a homeless person by living on the streets of New York City for a whopping 48 hours.

I thought the evacuation was the first trip, with the second one being a "normal return".

Was he in Afghanistan before the Fall of Kabul?