A draft of extremist right-winger Milo Yiannopoulos’ canceled tome reveals why even an established conservative book editor couldn’t stomach the former Breitbart writer’s scribblings, court documents reveal. Editor Mitchell Ivers—whose Threshold imprint has published books by right-wingers Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Mark Levin and Donald Trump himself—could barely stomach Yiannopoulos’ ego-stroking, not to mention some seemingly “made up” accusations, according to notes Ivers left in the margins. (New York Post)
Among other criticisms, the publisher’s notes say Yiannopoulos needed a “stronger argument against feminism than saying that they are ugly and sexless and have cats” and that another chapter needs “a better central thesis than the notion that gay people should go back in the closet.” (The Guardian)
The book, Dangerous, was dropped in late February following intense criticisms by other authors and the general public. (The same month, Yiannopoulos made comments seemingly defending pedophilia, in addition to his regularly scheduled promotion of racism, sexism and other forms of intolerance.) Yiannopoulos subsequently released Dangerous independently and filed a lawsuit against the publisher. (HuffPost)
Yiannopoulos fired back at Ivers, claiming friendly text messages between the two show Ivers approved of the draft and that the publisher killed the tome for political reasons. “Ivers said one thing in manuscript edits, but quite another when he was giggling and flirting with me. I look forward to prevailing in court,” Yiannopoulos said in a statement Thursday. (Page Six)