Quote:
Originally Posted by New Era
Well, his book hasn't been released yet. Without that publisher he's going to have a hard time getting the distribution he needs.
All his events were sold out based on his celebrity. There is a fine line between celebrity and pariah, and Milo just hit the latter.
Everyone does know him by name, but people know Roman Polanski too, that doesn't give him much of a stage anymore.
You're right, he was a featured guest on Bill Maher, and he looked like a child at the adult table. This was the beginning of the end for Milo. Better to be a Dangerous ###### in a very small pond than to step onto the big stage and be exposed for the Mindless Idiot you are.
I would not be surprised to see Milo retreat back to the U.K. Like his buddy Piers Morgan. He just got bitchslapped in the biggest way and lost everything. He's not like Ann Coulter who has a publisher and Fox News gig to fall back on. He's persona nongrata at the moment. Will be interesting to see if he will morph into something people will listen to again.
|
Oh where, oh where will he find a publisher that wants to make a ton of money?
Milo got where he is because he is unbelievably persuasive, he's willing to discuss the taboo and he is funny and charming as hell. He drags people into the mud with him and embarrasses them, but it doesn't stick to him because he presents himself as a ridiculous person who does this sort of thing all the time. Everyone who told him to go #### himself on Bill Maher embarrassed themselves, you can't presume to have moral authority while telling someone to go #### themselves, it makes you look a complete ass.
Milo's ability is not to win an argument, but to win over the undecided observing the argument, particularly young people. He gives voice to a lot of people who have felt silenced. He's able to mock moral authority in a way that appeals to young people while encouraging them to become conservatives. This is why he is hated with such astounding vitriol, he has an exceedingly rare ability to get young people to pick or change teams politically.
Every controversy has fueled him so far with and being shut out again by the mainstream will appeal to his audience. Media is far too fractured for him to be forced out in a meaningful way. He'll fade away if he doesn't adapt because this schtick won't last forever, but it'll probably last a few more years.