Simon&Schuster cancels publication of Dangerous by Milo Yiannopoulos.
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#BREAKING Simon & Schuster cancels publication of Dangerous by Milo Yiannopoulos https://t.co/ddCnRSm6ZT
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Well, good.
50 Shades Of Blue
(9,985 posts)riversedge
(70,205 posts)She is right!! Remember how the RW dissed Stanford for cancelling his speaking engagement-yelling Freedom of speech over and over!!
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Melissa Ryan Retweeted Publishers Weekly
Reminder: Everyone bailing on Milo today was OK with his racism, misogyny, abuse, and transphobia.
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Simon & Schuster is canceling the publication of 'Dangerous' by Milo Yiannopoulos "After careful consideration." Full story coming soon.
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50 Shades Of Blue
(9,985 posts)Free speech is just so precious to them!
herding cats
(19,564 posts)Alice11111
(5,730 posts)Free speech...ok, but who would buy his book now. They publish to sell.
Only the really sick advocate for the sex abuse of children.
Ligyron
(7,632 posts)Does he always wear that much bling? Is he confused sexually or what? In denial?
csziggy
(34,136 posts)Or a tailored shirt. A few showed him in more casual attire, and a very, very few showed him with bling.
I think he is dressing up to play a gay the way O'Keefe dressed up to play a pimp.
Ligyron
(7,632 posts)I knew he was being ridiculous but then I saw this picture here and I'm like hmmmm.
The guys really does have a great aristocratic, intellectual-type Brit speaking voice until one hears the crap he's spewing. I can see why he's popular with the RW in trying to give their fascism a little class.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)Johnny2X2X
(19,060 posts)This guy has a direct line into the White House, don't let that fact get lost.
erronis
(15,241 posts)From the Righteous Old Potty.
Kimchijeon
(1,606 posts)Much deserved and long overdue comeuppance for this asshole troll.
It's good to expose roaches to the light, so we can exterminate 'em.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Maybe Bill Maher has a valid point.
riversedge
(70,205 posts)Kamala Harris 2020 @dilemmv 13m13 minutes ago
Says problematic things...gets book deal
Says problematic things on video...loses book deal @PublishersWkly
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Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)If it has a moral clause then he probably would have to return it but if it doesnt then he might get to keep it since the publisher is the one that decided to back out of the deal.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)looks like they'll have to repay beaucoup people who pre-ordered on Amazon...and the Chicago Review of Books is done with any books from S&S...plus their reputation as a fine publishing house is, oh, kinda down the toilet...
Associated Press in New York
Friday 30 December 2016 15.00 ESTLast modified on Monday 6 February 201709.01 EST
Breitbart's Milo Yiannopoulos claims lucrative deal struck for autobiography
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Yiannopoulos writes for Breitbart News, considered by many as a platform for the alt-right movement, an offshoot of conservatism that mixes racism and populism and has risen to prominence alongside the rise to the presidency of Donald Trump. Former Brietbart chief executive Steve Bannon is a close adviser to the president-elect.
Snip (yes - $250k advance)
The Chicago Review of Books announced on Twitter that it would not review any Simon & Schuster books next year because of the publishers disgusting validation of hate.
In an emailed statement, it said that 15 of the more than 300 books it wrote about last year were Simon & Schuster imprint books. In their place, the Chicago Review of Books said it would choose 15 books from independent and small publishers.
While many others inside and outside the publishing industry criticized Simon & Schuster publicly, the book, which is available for pre-order, soared to No 1 on Amazon.coms bestseller list on Friday.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/30/milo-yiannopoulos-book-deal-simon-schuster-dangerous-outcry
cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)people who are still willing to swill down his shit.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)because he made an outrageously offensive statement when his making outrageously offensive statements
was why they were publishing him in the first place.
cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)you never know what someone might say that might push it over the edge to get the public to suddenly despise them and without that clause the publisher could be on the hook to loose a ton of money.
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)If so, would he be required to pay it back?
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)tenderfoot
(8,426 posts)Pachamama
(16,887 posts)...that appearance and being "seen" and getting more attention, resulted in the information and videos and audio dug up about things he has said, are what resulted in his CPAC appearance and book being canceled.
I believe that is a positive thing. And I fully believe it is a good thing to expose these people.
MissKat
(218 posts)Had Bill not had him on would the "buzz" have fired up?
Because that buzz made someone start digging and it doesn't seem that they had to dig too far.
This is perfect. He's done. Cooked. Toast. The shark has been jumped, humped, and dumped.
Like Mama used to tell me, "Time wounds all heels."
And Milo is getting ground into the dirt by his own filthy mouth.
cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)People said the same thing about Mel Gibson and he seems to be making a comeback.
not fooled
(5,801 posts)Not citing that as an excuse for his behavior, but instead as reason that eventually he would receive some redemption.
Milo doesn't have a track record except being a recent incarnation of Ann Coulter.
cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)scandals like Michael Jackson and so could Milo.
Or to put it another way a forest fire isnt out until all that is left are cold dead embers but as long as some embers remain burning there is still a chance it could come back.
JI7
(89,248 posts)cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)on buying it.
After all we are talking about people who applaud things like torture, forcing a raped teen to have a baby against her will and other assorted bigoted acts.
brewens
(13,582 posts)supposed to be a news organization and the all knowing SCROTUS certainly had the best intel on him. Nope. Don't let the perverts throw their little hero under the bus just because they are upset they got caught! They own it! Breitbart=Alt-Right=NAMBLA!
Gothmog
(145,176 posts)riversedge
(70,205 posts)true, Most were ok with these isms B/4 the video came to light.
Jill Filipovic @JillFilipovic 3m3 minutes ago
I'm glad ppl draw the line at joking about raping boys. But it proves there is a line. And racism, misogyny, anti-Semitism didn't cross it.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,284 posts)Which coincidentally, also describes 45.
Iggo
(47,552 posts)BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)A bit late but, good.
Warpy
(111,255 posts)in an atttmept to make them feel as lousy as he does. I don't care that the only reason they're dumping him is that he stepped over that pedo line and threatened precious white boys.
I do care that everybody seems to be dumping his ass and that the age of, what, 27? his career as a professional conservative is over.
Maybe someone in the UK will teach him a trade.
m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)irisblue
(32,971 posts)m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)and if so, what reasoning they will use!
meadowlander
(4,395 posts)order thousands of copies to burn so that it gets visibility at the top of the list.
Initech
(100,068 posts)Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)I mean to a bigger asshole.
MrPurple
(985 posts)The timing could be a coincidence, but a day after Milo really looked weak & foolish on the Maher show, the previous clip of him advocating 13 on 28 year old sex went viral and he was disinvited from CPAC and had his Amazon#1 ordered book canceled.
Maher exposing this fungus to the light of day is looking like a really good move.
mdbl
(4,973 posts)I guess they finally noticed.
1,000,000 to go--
Rush, the entire Faux news org, all the RW hate talkers, etc. etc. etc.
It's a start!
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)MrPurple
(985 posts)He made a couple comments in the interview with Milo that I didn't like, but they're not typical of what he's said over a long period of time. I don't think I've ever heard him say anything else that could be interpreted as trans phobic.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)thought he handled him great.
plimsoll
(1,668 posts)Lest we get all happy we need to keep in mind what the Alt-Right (cough Fascists cough) and the movement conservatives will say:
1) He wasnt really one of us.
2) We were right homosexuals are all predatory pedophiles.
3) We were right homosexuals are doing it because they want to be naughty.
Losing the book deal may hurt him personally, but in the end hell manage to cause damage while hes flushing himself.
Im sure theres they can build some conspiracy out of this anyway. He was fooled by liberals into saying these things.
I just love the party of responsibility.
Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)Doodley
(9,088 posts)kiers
(40 posts)These two follow near similar scripts in using their personal demographics as agent provocateurs to keep the outrageous statements and public opinion boiling along....nearly exactly similar media strategy grounded in personal demographics:
http://www.breitbart.com/radio/2016/11/17/raheem-kassam-steve-bannon-man-flew-london-hire-brown-guy-muslim-family/
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