Milo Yiannopoulos’ new book is hardly ‘Dangerous’ – USA TODAY

Jocelyn McClurg , USA TODAY 12:01 a.m. EDT July 4, 2017

by Milo Yiannopoulos

(Dangerous Books)

in Non-Fiction

Oh, Milo.

Youve done the impossible. Written a book thats largelyboring.

Booted by major publishing house Simon & Schuster, controversial right-wing provocateur and incendiary quipsterMilo Yiannopoulos now has self-published his so-called Dangerous manifesto (Dangerous Books, 288 pp., ** out of four stars).

Simon & Schuster, already under fire for signing a "hate speech" book deal with the British bad boy and self-proclaimed Dangerous Faggot, unceremoniously dumped Yiannopoulosin February after a podcast emerged in which he seemed to condone sex between men and boys. He resigned from Breitbart News amid the uproar.

He relives this unpleasant episode right off the bat, bashing S&S and assuring his "enemies" that he has not been "vanquished." But if you're looking for clarity, good luck. He says hewas the "victim of sexual abuse" (he had what apparently was consensual sex with a priest when he was 13) while refusingto be a victim, because, you know, he loathes the victim culture. But he does say: "I do not condone, in any way, pedophilia."

Anyway, a look at the table of contents seems promising, whether you love or hate the guy, although judging by his chapter headings, just abouteverybody hates him. ("Why the Progressive Left Hates Me," Why the Alt-Right Hates Me, Why Twitter Hates Me, Why Feminists Hate Me, "Why the Media Hates Me," Why Black Lives Matter Hates Me, Why Muslims Hate Me).

Yes, Yiannopouloscan be very funny, in that flamboyant, bitchy, post-Oscar Wilde manner he laments is going the way of the closet. (See Why Establishment Gays Hate Me.)

Milo Yiannopoulos had to self-publish his new book after it was dropped by Simon & Schuster.(Photo: Drew Angerer, Getty Images)

When hes preening about how good-looking he is and boasting about his "massive" ego, hes almost endearing in a little-boy-lost kind of way. But too oftenhe tosses wit aside for insipid earnestness: Hewants Dangerous to be taken seriously as a how-to politically incorrect "textbook" for his college fan boys.

He throws around statistics and name-dropshistorical figures (Marx, Nietzsche, Thomas Aquinas) like hes trying for an A on a term paper. The rest of the time he rehashes old feuds (Leslie Jones, Lena Dunham, Amy Schumer) and justifies his far-right political views about ugly women, fat people, Muslim migrants, black criminals and the "fake news"mainstream media.

Of Girls star Dunham, he writes: "My old favorite Lena Dunham is a particular travesty, being both shockinglyunattractive and determined to pose nude or semi-nude at everychance she gets. And she loves bitching about how people give her ahard time about it. So as a thoughtful gentleman, I will comply. Noone wants to see obese hairy men with their tops off, so why doesshe assume people want to see her sprawling naked like a beachedmanatee?" Yiannopoulosis pleased that Dunham is getting "skinny," thanks to stressingover President Trump. Big of him!

Who's your Daddy? Milo Yiannopoulos has a thing for the president.(Photo: Mark Wilson, Getty Images)

Same old Milo, practicing abrand of free speech that's a license tooffend and demean. #Sad, even if one agrees that today's babyfied, "safe space" campusesare just as loony and dangerous on the opposite extreme.

If theres a bright spot here, its Yiannopoulos adoration for fellow Internet troll (his words) Trump. The English expatishilarious on the subject of the American president he worships and calls Daddy.

Trump, Yiannopouloswrites, is a fabulously camp cultural figure. Hes the drag queen president! Its easy to see why so may gays I know secretly adore him. All that pizzazz and bluster!

Now, 288 pages on that amusing topic might even land him a legit publisher and a callback fromBill Maher. He could title it: My Big Daddy Issues.

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