Milo Yiannopoulos

Ucla Event With Milo Yiannopoulos Gets Canned

... on actress Leslie Jones and calling rape culture a "fantasy" —had been invited to speak at UCLA by the university's Bruin Republicans group. Now, the February 2 event has been canceled, according to the Daily Bruin. In a statement released on the Bruin Republican's Facebook page , the group says that, for one thing, they couldn't "accommodate the long list of requirements that were set forth by Milo's team." (Did he ask for a bowl of M&M's? With the brown M&M's picked out? ) The group also turned the tables and said that they were worried for their safety, as "protesters at Milo's events can become violent, threatening the safety of our members, administration, and surrounding community." So, you see, the decision was about our welfare. Here's the rest of the statement. Certainly, it's unfair to cast the would-be protestors in such a damning light, when nothing's actually happened. There would have ...

Conservative Firebrand Milo Yiannopoulos Cancels Visit To Ucla, Student Gop Club Says

... incident. “We as a club support free speech no matter the viewpoint, yet everyone’s safety is of our utmost concern,” the Bruin Republicans wrote in explaining the decision not to host the event. The statement, posted on the club’s Facebook page, drew criticism from several people who said the GOP club should not be pressured by protesters to back down. The club, however, said: “To clarify: we are not canceling the event due to the threat of protesters. Milo canceled on us due to the fact that we could not meet his accommodations.”. The club said it would seek other ways to present “right-of-center values and opinions” on campus. Club members could not be reached for comment. The student Republican club at UC Berkeley still plans to host a Yiannopoulos campus visit on Feb. 1, spokesman Pieter J. Sittler said. “UCLA had trouble meeting his technical requirements, which ...

Milo Yiannopoulos Strikes $250k Book Deal Exclusive

... confirming the upcoming book without commenting on financial details. "Did it hurt Madonna being banned from MTV in the 1990 s? Did all that negative press hurt Donald Trump's chances of winning the election?". Yiannopoulos, a hero of the so-called "alt-right" (he says he doesn't consider his political positions as alt-right) was  famously banned from Twitter after engaging in an online spat with Leslie Jones. Some of his followers were accused of bullying the Ghostbusters actress with racist and sexist tweets. Threshold and Simon & Schuster were not available for comment, but people with knowledge of the situation say Yiannopoulos is getting an advance of $250,000 for his book. The autobiographical book is his first, though Yiannopoulos, a flamoboyant and gay conservative, has a wide following for his writing, especially at Breitbart News, where he is an editor. "I met with top execs at Simon & Schuster earlier in the year and spent half an hour trying to shock them with lewd jokes and outrageous opinions. I thought they were ...

Anti-fascist Activist Shot At Protest Against Neo-nazi Milo Yiannopoulos

... the presidency of Donald Trump. In Washington, D. C., more than half a million people flooded the National Mall for the Women’s March on Washington—many wearing pink hats dubbed "pussyhats." So many people turned out that by midday the entire planned march route was filled with people. This is one of the protesters. Sami Assad: "My name is Sami Assad. I’m with the New Mexico delegation. And it took us 39 hours, two buses. We picked up passengers also in Oklahoma. We’re very proud to be here. We can’t divorce ourselves, our opinions, our presence as one community, one sisterhood, to say no to bigotry, no to Islamophobia, no to xenophobia, and to stand for justice for every one of us—every one of us, no matter our gender, our color, our race.". Amy Goodman: "And what’s your group’s name?". Sami Assad: "Enchanted Uprising!". The New York Times ...

How Publishing Houses Weigh A Decision Like Giving Milo Yiannopoulos A Book Deal

... of the American Mind. Bellow, the son of novelist Saul Bellow and a man for whom, in his words, “howls of outrage from the Zabar’s Left have always been, to me, the sweetest music ,” followed that best-seller up with three even more polemical titles: Illiberal Education, by Dinesh D’Souza; The Real Anita Hill, by David Brock; and The Bell Curve, by Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein. As scandalized readers pulled out their wallets, a similar revolution began to transform the Republican media. Fox News would soon launch a new class of celebrity pundits into the popular consciousness. These pundits—Ann Coulter, Bill O’Reilly, Rush Limbaugh—wanted book deals, too, and during the aughts the “Big Five” publishing houses obliged, unveiling right-wing imprints like Sentinel (under ...

Breitbart Provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos Is Shouted Down At Uc Davis But Gets The Last Word

... hear him at UC Davis. (Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times). Yiannopoulos is a guy whose business model is to be provocative and then to feign outrage when people are provoked.  Getting banned on Twitter, or shut down by protesters, only oxygenates him.  It is what he lives for. His talent for polarizing is the surely the only reason that Simon & Schuster saw fit to give him a reported $250,000 book contract. It was a pity that UC Davis could not figure out a way to deal with high-decibel demonstrators and still find a way to protect the right of people who stood in line a good long time to hear the right’s latest darling. Not everyone who turned out to hear him was a fan, but all of them were passionate about his right to be there. “Freedom of speech is meant for speech that is controversial,” said Christan Santos, a 20-year-old San Jose State student and Trump supporter. Santos said he was put off by Yiannopoulos’s campaign of insults against ...

Suspect In Custody In Trump Protest Shooting Outside Milo Yiannopoulos Event, Seattle Police Say

... and tear gas Friday night to disperse a rowdy crowd. Authorities said some people in the crowd - that at one point numbered in the thousands - threw rocks, bottles, flares and “unknown liquid” at officers. The city’s entertainment district was closed following the incident. By about 9:25 p.m. the crowd dwindled to about few dozen around the city’s Pioneer Courthouse Square, where earlier a small group of protesters burned American flags. As supporters celebrate the inauguration of President Donald Trump, Democrats, civil rights groups, celebrities, and more are taking to the stree. At first the flag burners, many of them masked and clad in black, had trouble because of the rain, but using lighter fluid they torched at least half a dozen flags. An ember briefly fell on the jacket of one participant but the ...

Turning Point Usa Defends Decision To Invite Milo Yiannopoulos To Cu Boulder

... of Tuesday to uninvite him from campus. Yiannopoulos was invited by the CU College Republicans and the CU chapter of Turning Point USA , a conservative political activist group. In response to recent controversies surrounding the Yiannopoulos event, two representatives from the group — students Vice President Benjamin Hoban and Treasurer David Quesinberry — weighed in before the event on the significance of the visit. CU College Republicans did not respond for comment. “We thought all speakers need to be given a platform to speak,” Quesinberry said on why the speaker was invited. “A diversity of ideas need to be present in college.”. This view was echoed by campus administration as the primary reason for allowing Yiannopoulos to visit, despite arguments from critics that the speaker’s inflammatory speech would promote exclusivity rather than foster the ...