Milo Yiannopoulos’s so-called “miserable year or two” just got even more miserable. The former Breitbart editor and alt-right troll, currently facing a reported multi-million dollar debt, has been banned from Patreon.
In fact, the fundraising site nixed his “comeback” campaign after just one day, The Verge reports.
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“I’ve had a miserable year or two, banned and de-platformed and censored and blacklisted … and now I need your help,” Yiannopoulos wrote on the now-deleted fundraising page. “I want to get back on my feet and come roaring back in 2019 with the fabulous comedy and insightful, serious commentary that made me famous in the first place.”
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He said he wanted to create a weekly late-night talk show to “take back the culture” and claimed he is “one of the most censored and most lied-about people in the world.” He also referenced the aforementioned debt, saying he is a “broke ass hoe.”
“After two years of relentless, dishonest attacks on me by the press, I got roughed up and lost my way,” he concluded. “It’s time to get back on the horse. Will you help me?”
The answer is a resounding no. “Milo Yiannopoulos was removed from Patreon as we don’t allow association with or supporting hate groups on Patreon,” the company tweeted on December 5.
Hi there, thanks for the tweet. Milo Yiannopoulos was removed from Patreon as we don't allow association with or supporting hate groups on Patreon. For more info, please see our Community Guidelines. https://t.co/L7737I1ENi
— Patreon (@Patreon) December 5, 2018
On Instagram, Yiannopoulos posted a screenshot of an email from Patreon, in which the company cited his past association with the Proud Boys, a far-right organization deemed a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. “Your past association with the Proud Boys, though recently disavowed, is a breach of our guidelines,” the email read.
The email also mentioned the amount that had been raised so far, but Yiannopoulos redacted it in the screenshot, perhaps indicating the total was embarrassingly low.
Related: One of Milo Yiannopoulos’ former interns stabbed his father to death for calling him a ‘nazi’
In case you missed previous episodes of the Milo Yiannopoulos trainwreck, the British firebrand was linked to white supremacists through leaked emails, banned from Twitter for inciting online harassment of Saturday Night Live star Leslie Jones, and reportedly pressured to resign from Breitbart after seemingly supporting statutory rape.
Meanwhile, no word on whether Yiannopoulos’s Patreon supporters will receive their “free Milo ringtones” and “elite-tier Milo coffee mug” rewards.
MikeM
Poor gay Gollum…
Catholicslutbox
Don’t insult Gollum.
MikeM
True. I apologize to Gollum.
ingyaom
Who could turn down the opportunity to join Milo’s “Inner Circle” – the benefits of which include dining with Milo once a year… for the low, low price of $750?
StandingAndWalking
That’s $750 a month – Patreon is for recurring contributions. Since you get one dinner a year it’s actually going to run you $9000 a meal.
Hussain-TheCanadian
What happened to “conservative values” like: work your own way, don’t take handouts, pull up your boot straps, socialism/communism = evil/fascism?
People like Milo turn to socialism when they go broke, funny how that works.
Kangol
If he’s selling himself as a brand, isn’t that neoliberalism? Socialism is seeking government support, and Communism is a very specific form of this that unfolds according to (nonexistent) historical “laws.” He’s anything but conservative, but taking handouts by branding oneself, viewing life and even one’s beliefs as a part of a market, all are hallmarks of neoliberalism. It’s an ideology that has spread like a fungus and devoured a good number of societies across the globe, especially the west.
greybat
He was born into Money… he doesn’t know how to earn it!
Creamsicle
@Kangol. He’s not selling his brand. He’s begging for a handout. He dug himself into an insurmountable debt by trying to “build a brand,” and his creditors were dumb enough to front him the money to try.
What he really needs to do is declare bankruptcy and permanently give up on his dream of inheriting Ann Coulter’s Adam’s Apple of Immortality.
SnakeyJ
Milo, Proud Boys.. they are not hate groups. Proud Boys are even pro gay. People just don’t like their opinions. Patreon needs to learn what a real hate group is.
That’s too bad.
Kev57
The SPLC disagrees.
SnakeyJ
LOL LOL LOL the SPLC has lost A LOT of credibility over the last few years.
MikeM
They are “pro gay” if you’re gay and white. They’re despicable.
scottjamesmiller
The organization has been described as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and NPR’s The Takeaway. The group claims it does not support white supremacist views, but it’s members appear at racist rallies and events. The organization glorifies violence, and members participate in violence at events it attends.
PinkoOfTheGange
Like whom?
misterjack
Begone, troll!
Kangol
Where are all his supporters? Where’s Peter Thiel? Where are the FoxNews celebs who have championed him? Why aren’t people on the right supporting this supposed icon and beacon of “free speech”? Why hasn’t a right-wing outfit like Regnery given him a huge book deal, because his book will sell among all his supporters, right?
rand503
Milo now says he is in debt $4 million. That’s a hefty sum! How you can get that far into debt is beyond me. Obviously , he can’t handle money ,and now everyone knows it.
white-queer-african
NO, NO, NO thank u. Not remotely interested. As misterjack said: “you go away now”. I won’t say “Hi” just go away…… far away.
white-queer-african
As for milo. You also just go away……..far away.
mr guy
They’re a private company and entitled to do what they want. That said, the Southern Poverty Law Center has no credibility as arbiters after listing Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Maajid Nawaz as extremists.
Mack
When you hitch your star to a train wreck (Trump) expect blow back.
James
He has no friends.
Lacuevaman
karma is a bitch
Ashke113
Thoughts & Prayers……