Milo Yiannopoulos' crusade fizzles in California, so he heads to Australia
LOS ANGELES - On Oct. 31, the campus of California State, Fullerton was swept up in a familiar cycle.
There were protests, pepper spray and arrests on campus.
Inside the Titan Student Union, around 800 paying ticket-holders listened to extreme-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos as he held court from behind a lectern.
As he hit his usual talking points about political correctness, identity politics and the latest wave of sexual harassment stories, a coffin with "Hollywood" spelled out inside stood beside him.
Fullerton was supposed to be just one stop in what Yiannopoulos billed as a major national tour in which he would bring hard-right attitude to liberal campuses and other venues.
But the tour has largely fizzled. Of the at least eight planned events nationally in October and
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