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brooklynite

(94,581 posts)
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 02:02 PM Sep 2019

Milo Yiannopoulos Says He's Broke

Vice News

Silicon Valley appears to have blown up Milo Yiannopoulos’s business model.

The disgraced right-wing troll is complaining that the major social media companies have effectively cut off his alt-right audience — and crushed his ability to make a decent living.

The former Breitbart tech writer shared the complaints on Telegram, a messaging app where some alt-right allies have set up shop after getting the boot by larger tech platforms. Yiannopoulos was banned from Twitter in 2016 for directing racist abuse at the comedian Leslie Jones, losing nearly 400,000 followers. He was banned from Facebook in May.

“I spent years growing and developing and investing in my fan base, and they just took it away in a flash,” wrote Yiannopoulos, who’s previously rubbed shoulders with neo-Nazis and white nationalists. “It’s nice to have a little private chat with my gold star homies but I can’t make a career out of a handful of people like that. I can’t put food on the table this way.”
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Milo Yiannopoulos Says He's Broke (Original Post) brooklynite Sep 2019 OP
My little violin SoCalNative Sep 2019 #1
Part of a huge orchestra of tiny violins. GoCubsGo Sep 2019 #15
I'm devastated... hlthe2b Sep 2019 #2
Boo hoo. ismnotwasm Sep 2019 #3
He can do his own start up. 33taw Sep 2019 #4
Didn't he try that with Mercer money? Ran through $$ like water. salin Sep 2019 #18
Hey Milo, Hobo Sep 2019 #5
+a bazillion nt spooky3 Sep 2019 #6
I believe there's a chicken plant in Mississippi that's looking for people... brooklynite Sep 2019 #30
Go back to Breitbart keithbvadu2 Sep 2019 #46
grifter cannot grift without free mikeysnot Sep 2019 #7
Maybe he should move to Reich Broadcasting Corporation lagomorph777 Sep 2019 #36
Boo fuckin hoo flying_wahini Sep 2019 #8
like minds, and all not_the_one Sep 2019 #17
thing is, Milo -- you take away the misogyny and racism .. stopdiggin Sep 2019 #9
Do what you did before, Milo. Sugar daddies in the GOP are plentiful if blm Sep 2019 #10
womp womp! MontanaMama Sep 2019 #11
Oh boo hoo who hoo...who gives a flying f**k about you anymore? No one. Period. No one. NT SWBTATTReg Sep 2019 #12
Broke? How about broken, as in no useful function NRaleighLiberal Sep 2019 #13
I hope he has to declare bankruptcy. nt Keg Stand Sep 2019 #14
Tots and Pears Roland99 Sep 2019 #16
Couldn't have happened to a bigger asshole. A HERETIC I AM Sep 2019 #19
Now we just need Ben Shapiro, Tomi Lahren... A HERETIC I AM Sep 2019 #21
basically a prostitute, get back to work Kali Sep 2019 #20
AWwww, he's broke all right!1 owning is the first step 1 UTUSN Sep 2019 #22
Womp womp! Initech Sep 2019 #23
Good. (nt) Paladin Sep 2019 #24
Yet somehow, he's still able to travel the world and show up to be an asshole Downtown Hound Sep 2019 #25
Two thoughts jayschool2013 Sep 2019 #26
no pity here, pull yourself up by your fascist bootstraps dude. Thomas Hurt Sep 2019 #27
Hey, Milo, time for some Rugged Individualism! Vogon_Glory Sep 2019 #28
Can you deport him yet? muriel_volestrangler Sep 2019 #29
I like it! Maybe he could get a job working for bojo. I think they'd find each other's bs refreshing Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #31
Womp Womp Motherfucker jpak Sep 2019 #32
That's what the NRA was saying a couple of months ago, too DFW Sep 2019 #33
He never made DECENT living lame54 Sep 2019 #34
Pardon me while I redirect an old saying at a more appropriate target... JHB Sep 2019 #35
Sorry, Milo, but I can't find a small enough violin. 11 Bravo Sep 2019 #37
We already knew he was broke MurrayDelph Sep 2019 #38
.. Demovictory9 Sep 2019 #39
*sad trombone sound* sakabatou Sep 2019 #40
VP Mikey won't spare a Pence for you Blue Owl Sep 2019 #41
Very sad. Mc Mike Sep 2019 #42
Thoughts and prayers. New Breed Leader Sep 2019 #43
I feel less sympathy for Milo than I do Ilsa Sep 2019 #44
get a fuckin real job demtenjeep Sep 2019 #45
hate don't pay, chump spanone Sep 2019 #47
I'll buy him a violin to play.... Dorian Gray Sep 2019 #48

salin

(48,955 posts)
18. Didn't he try that with Mercer money? Ran through $$ like water.
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 02:31 PM
Sep 2019

Then I think the paedophile/priest joke video was too much, even for them, to be affiliated with.

Go flip burgers, or sell long ties, or dig graves or something, milo.

mikeysnot

(4,757 posts)
7. grifter cannot grift without free
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 02:08 PM
Sep 2019

internet services.... no one is stopping you from setting up your own website. mr tech guy....

stopdiggin

(11,312 posts)
9. thing is, Milo -- you take away the misogyny and racism ..
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 02:13 PM
Sep 2019

and it turns out you don't really have anything to sell.
Sorry. Maybe you should consider working ...?

blm

(113,063 posts)
10. Do what you did before, Milo. Sugar daddies in the GOP are plentiful if
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 02:13 PM
Sep 2019

you sign the non-disclosure contracts.

MontanaMama

(23,317 posts)
11. womp womp!
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 02:15 PM
Sep 2019

Po widdle snowflake. I see the Holiday gas station on the corner by my office is hiring, so is Burger King and oh, my veterinary clinic needs a new front desk manager. There! Fixed it for you Milo.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,369 posts)
21. Now we just need Ben Shapiro, Tomi Lahren...
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 02:38 PM
Sep 2019

And a few more of these boring, banal idiots who have nothing to say and yet seem convinced everyone wants to hear it, to join him on the bus to obscurity.

Quickly, Milo.....the bus is loading.

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
25. Yet somehow, he's still able to travel the world and show up to be an asshole
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 03:08 PM
Sep 2019

when needed. Fuck him.

But in the unlikely event that he's telling the truth. Boo Hoo. Get a job you bum!

Vogon_Glory

(9,118 posts)
28. Hey, Milo, time for some Rugged Individualism!
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 03:37 PM
Sep 2019

Self-reliant Right-Wing he-men stop complaining and go to work, don’t they?

muriel_volestrangler

(101,320 posts)
29. Can you deport him yet?
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 03:38 PM
Sep 2019

I mean, I don't want the fucker back in the UK at all, but he probably does less harm here. If no one is giving him a full time job, his visa should have run out.

DFW

(54,390 posts)
33. That's what the NRA was saying a couple of months ago, too
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 04:35 PM
Sep 2019

I don't recall Wayne LaPierre selling of his fancy cars or mansions to downsize. Do you?

JHB

(37,160 posts)
35. Pardon me while I redirect an old saying at a more appropriate target...
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 04:43 PM
Sep 2019

**Ahem**

"Get a REAL job, you worthless sniveling punk!"

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