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Simon & Schuster Please Cancel The Milo Yiannopoulos Book Deal

Simon & Schuster Please Cancel The Milo Yiannopoulos Book Deal

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Started by Citizens Vs Hate 9 years, 8 months ago

We understand that we live in a democracy with freedom of speech. However, Milo Yiannopoulos has made an entire career out being an online hate-spreading bully, troll and all-around terrible person. As citizens of this nation and consumers of the products that your company publishes we ask that you not legitimize, reward or normalize Milo Yiannopoulos’s despicable behavior with a book deal and financial compensation.

There are other ways to make a buck in this world. And many of them don’t involve assisting individuals who thrive and profit by hurting others with their demeaning and detrimental articles, comments and attacks.

Please cancel any current or future book publishing deals with Milo Yiannopoulos. There are many better authors out there who deserve a voice. And, yes, they will make you money, as well.

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January 4, 2017

I HAVE BEEN SPENDING MY ENTIRE WEEK SENDING PERSONAL EMAILS TO THE PUBLISHING EXECUTIVES DEMANDING AN ANSWER!! THE ENERGY FROM THIS COMMUNITY IS ABSOLUTELY ELECTRIC AND THEY CANNOT IGNORE US FOREVER!!

January 4, 2017

THIS MOMENTUM IS ABSOLUTELY ELECTRIC!! THE MESSAGE WE ARE SENDING TOGETHER IS LOUD AND CLEAR AND I AM VIBRATING WITH EXCITEMENT TO SEE US PUSHING FORWARD SO HARD!!

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January 4, 2017

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Leslie Kendall Dye
9 years ago Featured

I know over a hundred people who will never buy a Simon and Schuster imprint EVER AGAIN should this deal go forward. They all know a hundred people, and so on. They are now prepared to check to make sure which imprints are Simon and Schuster. Be warned. You will sink if you tie your wagon to a Nazi. Be better than this. This is not book publishing it is incitement to violence and hatred. Do better.

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Anonymous
9 years ago Featured

How can you possibly justify giving a platform to a man who makes his career spewing hate and even targeting and harming individuals? If you actually publish this book, you will forever tarnish a brand I have always supported and thought highly of-- and I will not buy your books. I also predict you will all have trouble sleeping at night, knowing you are profiting by sowing hatred.

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Anonymous
9 years ago Featured

I respect S & S's intent to publish authors from across the political spectrum. Yiannopoulos is by no means a deep (or even shallow) political thinker. He trades in hate-filled speech and lies and is only interested in enriching himself. He gives conservatives a bad name. If you move forward with this book deal, I will *never* again purchase a book from S & S or any of its subsidiaries.

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Anonymous
9 years ago Featured

Publising Yiannopoulos is not giving voice to somebody who struggles to be heard. It's trying to make money by helping a man who encourages bullying, harassment and violence. Publish right-wing commentators, even ones who use hateful language like Anne Coulter, but not this walking hate crime. He will use this platform to harm other people. Full stop. Don't let him.

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Anonymous
9 years ago Featured

DO NOT give a platform to someone who KNOWINGLY targets people.....He called out BY NAME a transgendered student in Milwaukee so his Neo-Nazi followers could harass this person!

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Matt Sobczyk
9 years ago Featured

While I support freedom of speech, I think Simon & Schuster would show great discretion by not publishing this man's work. There are many other avenues for him to exercise his freedom of speech and his presence diminishes the integrity of your brand.

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nathaniel watts jr
9 years ago

Yiannopoulos is a voice of hatred and should not be given a forum to spread his poison. If Hitler were alive would he be celebrated with a book contract as well?

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Duane Boyer
9 years ago

Really, this bleached brained Nazi, "dangerous" phoney faggot (his shtick is an insult to all GLBT), non-entertaining entertainer? A quarter of million dollars to this opportunistic elitist from you to spread hate! This won't be like Hugo Boss making the uniforms. You are being watched as it happens and you will be held accountable while anyone with ethics resists the new Orange Peel/Pence/Putin Triumvirate. If you do go through with this- hope he chokes to death on the money and you all gag to death on any profits.

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