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34. Excellent! Now if the rest of Breitbart would go down in flames!

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Simon&Schuster cancels publication of Dangerous by Milo Yiannopoulos. [View all] 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

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Simon & Schuster cancels publication of Dangerous by Milo Yiannopoulos. LenaBaby61 Feb 2017 #55

. Rex Feb 2017 #56