A large protest, mostly peaceful but with some violence, shut down a talk by Yiannopoulos at UC Berkeley. The troll responded with a vague threat to cut off federal funding for the university.

I am in favor of protesting that extremist, but against using violence to stop a speech.

The most significant point here is that the troll has stated support for Yiannopoulos personally. He and his associates can no longer deny their ties to his extremism.