Milo Yiannopoulos’ Book Might Be More ‘Boring’ Than ‘Dangerous’

Milo Yiannopoulos, an editor for Breitbart News, was permanently banned from Twitter in July 2016. Image by Wikimedia

By Daniel J. Solomon June 16, 2017

Right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos doesn’t have much to crow about. At least, that’s according to BuzzFeed, which acquired an exclusive early draft of his forthcoming memoir “Dangerous.”

According to BuzzFeed, the book draft contains little about Yiannopoulos’ personal life, his role in last year’s presidential campaign or even his work at Breitbart, where he was formerly a tech editor.

Instead, there’s a parade of insults, with chapter titles including: “Why Other Gay People Hate Me,” “Why Feminists Hate Me,” “Why Muslims Hate Me” and “Why Black Lives Matter Hates Me,” among others. The British pundit is openly gay and refers to President Trump as “Daddy.”

According to BuzzFeed, Yiannopoulos also makes a racially insensitive gag about his much-remarked sexual affinity for black men. “I’ve lost count of the number of black youths I’ve lifted out of poverty. Admittedly, I send them back the next day in an UberLux,” the draft is said to read.

Simon & Schuster dropped the title in February after the resurfacing of old comments in which Yiannopoulos defended pedophilia.

Yiannopoulos subsequently decided to release the book through his own publishing imprint and has emerged from maintaining a lower profile in the past few months. He appeared at a May rally in New York protesting Muslim civil rights activist Linda Sarsour.

Contact Daniel J. Solomon at [email protected] or on Twitter @DanielJSolomon

Daniel J. Solomon is the former Assistant to the Editor/News Writer at the Forward. Originally from Queens, he attended Harvard as an undergraduate, where he wrote his senior thesis on French-Jewish intellectual history. He is excited to have returned to New York after his time in Massachusetts. Daniel’s passions include folk music, cycling, and pointed argument.

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