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Apparently, Milo Yiannopoulos didn鈥檛 get the memo about the need for civility in our discourse.

鈥淚 can鈥檛 wait for the vigilante squads to start gunning journalists down on sight,鈥� the far-right provocateur for the New York Observer this week. When the reporter inquired further, Yiannopoulos explained that he had simply issued his 鈥渟tandard response to a request for a comment.鈥�

But this wasn鈥檛 simply a toss-off remark. Yiannopoulos appears to be dead serious 鈥� that is, he sincerely believes that right-wing assassins should begin taking out targeted reporters. He鈥檚 been saying so on a number of forums, and it鈥檚 clear that he isn鈥檛 being simply 鈥渋ronic鈥� in the classic alt-right hall-of-mirrors fashion.

Yiannopoulos鈥� career has been in precipitous decline over the past year, following his sudden rise to media stardom as a leading figure in the alt-right, due largely to his influential role聽during the 鈥淕amergate鈥� controversy, then as an editor at Breitbart News. However, after聽an interview surfaced in February 2017聽which he suggested sexual relations between adult men and young boys could be beneficial, he lost his sponsorship by the Mercer family, was dropped by his publisher, and . Then in October, his close dalliances with white nationalists while at Breitbart (including an evening of karaoke with Richard Spencer) were聽.

Since then, Yiannopoulos has tried to keep his career as an 鈥渁lt-lite鈥� pundit afloat through a number of ventures, even as his social media profile has risen and fallen. A speech in Arizona was shut down, ostensibly over death threats, causing his followers to plot revenge against his critics. He was also invited to speak to an audience of far-right anti-immigrant activists in Hungary in May 2018. He has spoken at a handful of campuses, including at Cal Poly in April, and聽also toured Australia in late 2017.

He鈥檚 also edged closer to making 鈥渋ronic鈥� signals in the direction of the racist alt-right, notably by donating $14.88 鈥� an amount identical to the numbers used to signal the overt neo-Nazi faction of the alt-right 鈥� to a Jewish journalist who had pleaded for financial help in an online fundraiser.

His most recent venture has involved in his native England, a takeover of Nigel Farage鈥檚 floundering right-wing United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) by members of the 鈥渁lt-lite鈥� brigade. Along with Infowars reporter Paul Joseph Watson, YouTube personality 鈥淐ount Dankula鈥� (real name: Mark Meechan), and聽 Carl Benjamin, aka 鈥淪argon of Akkad,鈥� another YouTube personality, the faction wants to 鈥淢ake Britain Great Again鈥澛燽y taking over the UKIP leadership and making the party a safe space for the like-minded.

When Guardian reporter Will Sommer about his decision to join UKIP, he responded by email that he 鈥渃an鈥檛 wait for the vigilante squads to start gunning journalists down on sight!鈥�

Since then, he has聽doubled down on his call for violence against journalists. On Instagram, he responded to a similar query from with a post that has since been removed.

Instagram comment by Milo Yiannopoulos, June 26 (deleted).

鈥淚f journalists keep lying, deceiving and manipulating the public, then they will reap the same hatred they are sowing against Trump and his voters,鈥� he wrote. 鈥淭ruthfully I take no pleasure in the prospect; I鈥檇 rather beat you in a debate hall than a wrestling ring. But you did this to yourselves, and you deserve what鈥檚 coming.鈥�

In a comment, he added: 鈥淚s it malevolence, or stupidity? Sometimes it can be hard to tell.鈥�

Andrew Anglin, the neo-Nazi editor of the Daily Stormer, was especially pleased. that 鈥渒illing journalists is an awesome position to promote,鈥� and that doing so might successfully rebrand Yiannopoulos: 鈥淣ow that is a sentiment I can get behind.鈥�

Anglin noted that the idea may have come from quoting 鈥渃omedian鈥� Sam Hyde, who had contributed money to the Daily Stormer and explained it in a phone interview: 鈥淒on't worry so much about money. Worry about if people start deciding to kill reporters. That's a quote. 鈥� For the reason why, you can say I want reporters to know I make more money than them, especially Matt Pearce [the reporter on the piece].鈥�

鈥淪am was cleverer, as MILO鈥檚 statement could be construed as a threat,鈥� Anglin wrote. 鈥淏ut who cares? Definitely not my problem. And it鈥檚 funny.鈥�

鈥淎nyway, whatever 鈥� anyone calling for journalists to be killed is good,鈥� he concluded.

Violence has accompanied Yiannopoulos at a number of steps in his career, notably during his 2016-2017 鈥淒angerous F-----鈥� speaking tour. At the University of Washington in Seattle on the night of January聽20, 2017 鈥� the evening of Donald Trump鈥檚 inauguration as president 鈥� a man involved in protests outside a Milo speech was shot by a couple of angry alt-right activists; they are both still awaiting trial. A speech in Berkeley shortly afterward was canceled due to threats of violence from both sides, from Trump on his Twitter account. Yiannopoulos later vowed to organize a 鈥渇ree speech week鈥� protest in Berkeley, but it later devolved into by the provocateur in the college town.