The publisher knew who Yiannopoulos was when they gave him a $255,000 advance. The editor’s brutal comments are somewhat entertaining, but none of this should distract from the fact that they sought to make his bigotry both digestible and marketable.
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S&S thought Milo's bigotry was backed by science or philosophy. They were wrong.
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For decades, the very concept of making bigotry both “digestible and marketable” was inconceivable; now in Trump’s America it’s a ‘thing’?
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Was it? Honest question. I grew up in the era of Limbaugh and Hannity so hatred has just always seemed like a thing. I'd be glad to know it wasn't always like this
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If the writing wasnt so sucky they probably still would have, despite the man/boy sexual assault controversy.
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Free speech is free of imprisonment or death by government for your words, but not consequences like this.
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