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Simon&Schuster cancels publication of Dangerous by Milo Yiannopoulos. (Original Post) msanthrope Feb 2017 OP
Their standards are just so high! 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2017 #1
Reminder: Everyone bailing on Milo today was OK with his racism, misogyny, abuse, and transphobia. riversedge Feb 2017 #8
I know! Why aren't they OK with ALL his free speech, when 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2017 #13
Good - Dogs, fleas, and all that. nt herding cats Feb 2017 #2
Good. He represents the entire basket of Deplorables.and more toxic characteristics Alice11111 Feb 2017 #36
I've heard of, but never seen this guy until Bill's show. Ligyron Feb 2017 #3
Most of the photos I found online showed him in a suit csziggy Feb 2017 #19
Well, that's what I thought on Bill's show with the pearls and sweater. Ligyron Feb 2017 #47
Good. nt SunSeeker Feb 2017 #4
Breitbart Editor Johnny2X2X Feb 2017 #5
So did Gannon. Lots of sucking up to power going on. erronis Feb 2017 #11
What a wonderful day! Great news. Ha! Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #6
Shine a little light and he goes away. yallerdawg Feb 2017 #7
Kamala Harris tweet....... riversedge Feb 2017 #9
Wonder if he gets to keep his $250k advance in this situation - eom Leghorn21 Feb 2017 #10
Probably depends entirely on what his contract that he signed says. cstanleytech Feb 2017 #23
Guess the lawyers will cipher it out, eh? - thanks! eom Leghorn21 Feb 2017 #26
Just fyi info...so if S&S DO have to let M. keep advance, they're out a nice chunk of change - plus Leghorn21 Feb 2017 #29
My guess is he will self publish it and end up still making a ton as there are alot of cstanleytech Feb 2017 #32
Agreed, cstanley - lord knows, the market awaits his sage musings - eom Leghorn21 Feb 2017 #33
"If it has a moral clause" - Somehow I can't see them getting him to return the money... PoliticAverse Feb 2017 #37
*shrug* I would never put it past a publisher to not have such a clause to be honest as cstanleytech Feb 2017 #39
I wonder if he has already received an advance payment. Tanuki Feb 2017 #12
Yes, it was reported to be $250,000 and assuming he delivered a manuscript he likely keeps it. n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2017 #35
He has the sadz... tenderfoot Feb 2017 #14
To those who were angry that he was a guest on Bill Maher because it gave him attention, I believe Pachamama Feb 2017 #15
I totally agree MissKat Feb 2017 #21
I wouldnt put money on that. cstanleytech Feb 2017 #24
But Mel had talent and a long career of being in successful movies not fooled Feb 2017 #43
I am simply pointing out that he could survive this, other celebrities have survived cstanleytech Feb 2017 #46
difference is that Milo's fame is ONLY about the hateful shit he does JI7 Feb 2017 #57
Ya well there are clearly people that liked his swill so it wouldnt surprise me if they kept right cstanleytech Feb 2017 #58
I see no reason to believe they didn't know already, the information was available. Breitbart is brewens Feb 2017 #52
Yeah Gothmog Feb 2017 #16
proves there is a line. And racism, misogyny, anti-Semitism didn't cross it. riversedge Feb 2017 #17
It's the Edwin Edwards school of political thought. nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #18
Intellectual lightweight who appeals to the ignorant masses. Mr.Bill Feb 2017 #20
Freedom of speech, Milo. Ain't it beautiful? Iggo Feb 2017 #22
Geez! BadgerMom Feb 2017 #25
I don't care if these fucking hypocrites were OK with his constant bashing of everybody Warpy Feb 2017 #27
Daaamn, it was number 1 with pre-orders on Amazon at one point! m-lekktor Feb 2017 #28
it came with a box of cheap crayons for the breitbart crowd irisblue Feb 2017 #30
I am curious to see if anybody sticks up for him from the alt-right. m-lekktor Feb 2017 #31
That's because the Koch brothers meadowlander Feb 2017 #60
Excellent! Now if the rest of Breitbart would go down in flames! Initech Feb 2017 #34
couldn't happen to a nice guy... Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #38
Sad QED Feb 2017 #40
Bill Maher might have helped end his career MrPurple Feb 2017 #41
He was just an opportunist using conservative ignorance to his advantage mdbl Feb 2017 #42
One down not fooled Feb 2017 #45
Maher apologia is disgusting. nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #48
I've watched him pretty regularly since he was on Comedy Central in the mid 90s MrPurple Feb 2017 #49
and so many hated Bill demtenjeep Feb 2017 #59
Not exactly a silver lining. plimsoll Feb 2017 #44
Poor, special snowflake Dopers_Greed Feb 2017 #50
Maybe he can republish under the pseudonym of Meredith McIver! Doodley Feb 2017 #51
Similar to Milo, Breitbart London branch has exact same strategy for staffing kiers Feb 2017 #53
Post removed Post removed Feb 2017 #54
Simon & Schuster cancels publication of Dangerous by Milo Yiannopoulos. LenaBaby61 Feb 2017 #55
. Rex Feb 2017 #56

riversedge

(70,205 posts)
8. Reminder: Everyone bailing on Milo today was OK with his racism, misogyny, abuse, and transphobia.
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 06:45 PM
Feb 2017

She is right!! Remember how the RW dissed Stanford for cancelling his speaking engagement-yelling Freedom of speech over and over!!


Melissa Ryan Verified account
‏@MelissaRyan

Melissa Ryan Retweeted Publishers Weekly

Reminder: Everyone bailing on Milo today was OK with his racism, misogyny, abuse, and transphobia.

Publishers Weekly Verified account
‏@PublishersWkly

Simon & Schuster is canceling the publication of 'Dangerous' by Milo Yiannopoulos "After careful consideration." Full story coming soon.





Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
36. Good. He represents the entire basket of Deplorables.and more toxic characteristics
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 08:21 PM
Feb 2017

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)
3. I've heard of, but never seen this guy until Bill's show.
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 06:41 PM
Feb 2017

Does he always wear that much bling? Is he confused sexually or what? In denial?

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
19. Most of the photos I found online showed him in a suit
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 07:07 PM
Feb 2017

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)
47. Well, that's what I thought on Bill's show with the pearls and sweater.
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 10:11 PM
Feb 2017

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.

Kimchijeon

(1,606 posts)
6. What a wonderful day! Great news. Ha!
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 06:42 PM
Feb 2017

Much deserved and long overdue comeuppance for this asshole troll.
It's good to expose roaches to the light, so we can exterminate 'em.

riversedge

(70,205 posts)
9. Kamala Harris tweet.......
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 06:46 PM
Feb 2017




Kamala Harris 2020 ‏@dilemmv 13m13 minutes ago

Says problematic things...gets book deal
Says problematic things on video...loses book deal @PublishersWkly


cstanleytech

(26,291 posts)
23. Probably depends entirely on what his contract that he signed says.
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 07:13 PM
Feb 2017

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)
29. Just fyi info...so if S&S DO have to let M. keep advance, they're out a nice chunk of change - plus
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 07:46 PM
Feb 2017

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
 Read more

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 publisher’s “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.com’s bestseller list on Friday.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/30/milo-yiannopoulos-book-deal-simon-schuster-dangerous-outcry

cstanleytech

(26,291 posts)
32. My guess is he will self publish it and end up still making a ton as there are alot of
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 07:57 PM
Feb 2017

people who are still willing to swill down his shit.

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)
37. "If it has a moral clause" - Somehow I can't see them getting him to return the money...
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 08:28 PM
Feb 2017

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)
39. *shrug* I would never put it past a publisher to not have such a clause to be honest as
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 08:49 PM
Feb 2017

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.

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
15. To those who were angry that he was a guest on Bill Maher because it gave him attention, I believe
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 06:56 PM
Feb 2017

...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)
21. I totally agree
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 07:08 PM
Feb 2017

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)
24. I wouldnt put money on that.
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 07:14 PM
Feb 2017

People said the same thing about Mel Gibson and he seems to be making a comeback.

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
43. But Mel had talent and a long career of being in successful movies
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 10:00 PM
Feb 2017

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)
46. I am simply pointing out that he could survive this, other celebrities have survived
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 10:06 PM
Feb 2017

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.

cstanleytech

(26,291 posts)
58. Ya well there are clearly people that liked his swill so it wouldnt surprise me if they kept right
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 01:51 AM
Feb 2017

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)
52. I see no reason to believe they didn't know already, the information was available. Breitbart is
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 10:55 PM
Feb 2017

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!

riversedge

(70,205 posts)
17. proves there is a line. And racism, misogyny, anti-Semitism didn't cross it.
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 06:58 PM
Feb 2017

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.

Mr.Bill

(24,284 posts)
20. Intellectual lightweight who appeals to the ignorant masses.
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 07:07 PM
Feb 2017

Which coincidentally, also describes 45.

Warpy

(111,255 posts)
27. I don't care if these fucking hypocrites were OK with his constant bashing of everybody
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 07:21 PM
Feb 2017

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)
28. Daaamn, it was number 1 with pre-orders on Amazon at one point!
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 07:45 PM
Feb 2017
I am glad, I guess money doesn't always trump everything else.

m-lekktor

(3,675 posts)
31. I am curious to see if anybody sticks up for him from the alt-right.
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 07:55 PM
Feb 2017

and if so, what reasoning they will use!

meadowlander

(4,395 posts)
60. That's because the Koch brothers
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 03:22 AM
Feb 2017

order thousands of copies to burn so that it gets visibility at the top of the list.

MrPurple

(985 posts)
41. Bill Maher might have helped end his career
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 09:19 PM
Feb 2017

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)
42. He was just an opportunist using conservative ignorance to his advantage
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 09:58 PM
Feb 2017

I guess they finally noticed.

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
45. One down
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 10:03 PM
Feb 2017

1,000,000 to go--

Rush, the entire Faux news org, all the RW hate talkers, etc. etc. etc.

It's a start!

MrPurple

(985 posts)
49. I've watched him pretty regularly since he was on Comedy Central in the mid 90s
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 10:35 PM
Feb 2017

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.

plimsoll

(1,668 posts)
44. Not exactly a silver lining.
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 10:02 PM
Feb 2017

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 wasn’t 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 he’ll manage to cause damage while he’s flushing himself.

I’m sure there’s 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.

kiers

(40 posts)
53. Similar to Milo, Breitbart London branch has exact same strategy for staffing
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 11:08 PM
Feb 2017

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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