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The rise and fall of Milo Yiannopoulos – how a shallow actor played the bad guy for money
Like Donald Trump, Yiannopoulos grew out of a grotesque convergence of politics and the internet, and thrived by turning hate speech into showbusiness
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That could easily be his epitaph.
It became clear Milo persona had run its course and nobody was going to pay attention to him any longer, despite any new outrageous fabrications. E.g. when he jumped the shark on Real Time wt. Bill Maher last week. He revealed a "well-known fact" that "transgendered people cause more sex crime than any other demographic", or some such blatant lie with 0 data to support it and 100% data to disrepute it.
The lack of reaction proved that his juvenile attempts at attention whoring by provoking without basis had run its course. Nobody was taking the bait any more. In desperation he had to push the envelope further and so, without thinking trough the ramifications, he moved on to cultural taboos which conservatives also deplore.
Game over. Thanks for playing Milo. See you on Dancing With The "Stars". Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Well said. Thanks for this.