Simon & Schuster was supposed to have published Milo Yiannopoulos’ book “Dangerous,” but it ended up canceling publication earlier this year, inspiring Yiannopoulos to file a lawsuit.
I went to the New York county clerk’s website and found this filing. It includes the entire manuscript with allllllll the editor’s comments as exhibit B. https://t.co/fb9yptldbO
— Sarah Mei (@sarahmei) December 28, 2017
As part of its rebuttal, Simon & Schuster filed as an exhibit a complete manuscript of the book annotated with comments by editor Mitchell Ivers, and some of those comments made the rounds of social media Thursday, including one about a suicide fantasy.
What's up with this editor comment on Milo's book? pic.twitter.com/Z05tVqUgZZ
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 28, 2017
The editor writes:
I literally cannot take this anymore. I have a gun in my mouth and have said goodbye to my loved ones. I am questioning every decision in my life that led me to this point in my career. I am broken. I have willed my personal finances and worldly possessions. Goodbye world. You deserve this book.
Hey, “You deserve this book” would have looked great as a big red sticker on the back cover.
Milo sued Simon & Schuster for declining to publish his book. In their response brief, S&S included the entire manuscript complete w/the editor's notes and my God they are a joy to read. https://t.co/B1TNcYh1uI
— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) December 28, 2017
The editor is a conservative man who has published books for 45 & other folks with similar opinions. You can see that in the occasional “good point” comments. But mostly he was very politely having NONE of Milo’s bullshit.
It’s glorious.
— Sarah Mei (@sarahmei) December 28, 2017
this might be my favorite comment from the Milo MSS pic.twitter.com/OTQiPqII5k
— Dianna E. Anderson ?️? (@diannaeanderson) December 28, 2017
The book editor's comments on Milo's manuscript could be used as a response to just about every comment from a Twitter troll: pic.twitter.com/HaY3uVLdeP
— Nick Jack Pap-pass the Gravy (@Pappiness) December 28, 2017
Incredible that Milo's editor has found my Twitter account as wellhttps://t.co/eakRcKevPv pic.twitter.com/Ei5BModvii
— Andrew Brown (@AndrewBrownAU) December 28, 2017
Comments on Milo's manuscript from editor
"This is not the time or place for another black-dick joke" is one of the gentler ones https://t.co/30SgfwU1GW
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) December 28, 2017
Some of these comments to Milo from his editor… pic.twitter.com/dRHZ29fxOh
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) December 28, 2017
See right here this three-word email body should have been taken as a bad sign pic.twitter.com/xU295K924G
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) December 28, 2017
It's also a bad sign when your table of contents is completely indistinguishable from a spoof of your table of contents written by your most acerbic enemy pic.twitter.com/z7YPQlNJpY
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) December 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/helenlewis/status/946364176150269952
If an editor ever left comments on my manuscripts similar to the ones Milo received on his I’d have to move into my therapist’s house. pic.twitter.com/Xrz5TPDmhA
— Jennifer Wright (@JenAshleyWright) December 28, 2017
I like the part where Milo gets to the thesis of his chapter, and the editor's like, "yeah, but no." pic.twitter.com/GYrh76h7Xp
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) December 28, 2017
Milo's book editor to him: "You will need to develop a stronger argument against feminism than saying that they are ugly and sexless and have cats." pic.twitter.com/763O6KFVqf
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) December 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/paulbloomatyale/status/946514983290114048
"Your best points seem to be lost in a sea of self-aggrandizement and scattershot thinking." https://t.co/5OtW9rnLfR
— Aditya Chakrabortty (@chakrabortty) December 28, 2017
Self-aggrandizement? Milo? NO.
Reading the Milo edits and I don't get it. Had the editor never heard of Milo before? The edits are basically "stop being Milo."
— Brad Glasgow (@Brad_Glasgow) December 28, 2017
Just pulled up the manuscript of Milo's book to see if it really was as bad as the editor's comments.
Yeah, it's really quite terrible. Milo's prose, naked without editors (or ghostwriters?) is shockingly poor.
— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) December 28, 2017
Simon & Schuster: "Hey, guess what? Your next assignment is to edit Milo Yiannopoulos's book!"
Milo's Editor: "That's great! Where's the manuscript?"
S&S: "Right here!"
Milo's editor: [Reads three pages] pic.twitter.com/O36LcAg5Bh
— Patrick S. Tomlinson (@stealthygeek) December 28, 2017
I’d read a book by Milo’s editor delineating everything he hated about Milo’s book
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) December 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/946444634896642048