Name: Milo Yiannopoulos – often just Milo.
Age: 32.
Appearance: Pleased with himself.
More than usual? I’m afraid so. You’ll remember that Yiannopoulos is the camp, “alt-right” provocateur from Kent, who says politically incorrect things in exchange for dollars.
I do remember. He’s sort of a pretty Borat, right? That’s him. People get a buzz from hearing shocking things said lightheartedly, it seems.
But don’t some people take him seriously? Sadly, yes. Both his fans and his enemies seem convinced that he is a powerful political voice.
Doesn’t that mean he ends up being one? I dunno. Anyway, it all went down the toilet for him in February, when a video resurfaced in which he seemed to condone adult men and women having sex with 13-year-old boys.
I thought that was the kind of fearless free expression he was loved for? Not really. Even the alt-right would struggle to defend child abuse. He was dropped from the Conservative Political Action Conference, had to resign his job at Breitbart News and had his book deal cancelled by Simon & Schuster.
Ouch! (but also, it serves him right). Except that now he has self-published the book instead. It first registered for pre-orders at the weekend and briefly became the No1 bestseller on Amazon on Tuesday. I guess his fans have forgiven him. I guess.
What is the book about? Well, it’s called Dangerous, and it’s listed under “Humour”, but what it actually says over 288 pages is slightly vague.
How does Yiannopoulos describe it? It’s “the book the globalists and the corporations are desperate for you not to read”, in which you can read the truth about “the social justice warriors of the left”.
OK. On his website, he advises people to use eye drops while reading to “keep your eyes fresh so you don’t miss a single world”, to eat bacon jerky, which is “almost as haram as the book itself”, and to dowse yourself with Success by Trump eau de toilette.
I knew a guy like Yiannopoulos when I was at school. High-spirited, annoying, insecure … He behaved rudely on purpose, because otherwise he was scared that people would dislike him for real ... You knew him, too? I think we all did.
Do say: “Whatever it takes to get attention.”
Don’t say: “I’m lonely.”
