So yesterday was the big day, the day on which the famously repugnant pickup artist Roosh “No Means Yes” Valizadeh originally planned to hold 165 meetups for his fans around the world, only to cancel them after a bit of a public outcry — you may have heard something about that.
While some of Roosh’s fanboys ended up meeting in secret, the only Roosh-related events that took place in public yesterday (besides a sparsely attended press conference called by Roosh himself) were rallies against Roosh and all of the noxious things he stands for.
Here’s a roundup of pics and videos from a number of these anti-rape-culture rallies.
In Glasgow:
https://twitter.com/jonbradyphoto/status/696077539312320512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/jonbradyphoto/status/696080040178671616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
And a longer video:
More details here and here; the second piece also mentions a protest in Edinburgh.
In Wellington, New Zealand:
@rooshv here's some in Wellinton. Where is your turn-out?
Oh yeah: zero pic.twitter.com/RxUauEgav4— Jemaine Clement (@AJemaineClement) February 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/NathanRoss10/status/695879919880896512
https://twitter.com/PINKYFANG/status/696101569641582593
https://twitter.com/chrissybrown/status/695863971220357120
https://twitter.com/PINKYFANG/status/696048054512652288
Wait, you’re saying to yourself, surely that can’t be the real Jemaine Clement of Flight of the Conchords?
It is. He spent much of yesterday mocking the Roosh fanboys who showed up in his mentions.
@Cernovich no one has ever found a man holding a massive gun less intimidating.
— Jemaine Clement (@AJemaineClement) February 7, 2016
Note: one of his conquests in the background. #mumsbasement #okgonnastopnow https://t.co/PPyCYivO1y
— Jemaine Clement (@AJemaineClement) February 6, 2016
It takes 5 of you to take me on because you are only each 20 percent of one man. https://t.co/wxOk4WQjdM
— Jemaine Clement (@AJemaineClement) February 7, 2016
Point taken. In response: he lives with his mum. https://t.co/DZWYwRYray
— Jemaine Clement (@AJemaineClement) February 7, 2016
Here’s a writeup on the protests there.
In Vancouver:
https://twitter.com/ashleylynch/status/696185668679012352
https://twitter.com/ashleylynch/status/696200789275119616
Lynch tells me that after she tweeted these pics she had “Roosh’s followers calling me at 1am and playing horror movies on my voicemail.” Because of course.
In Munich:
Protest gegen Roosh V in München. pic.twitter.com/vBRxDhTaB7
— Dominik Krause (@dominik_krause) February 6, 2016
In Windsor, Ontario:
Rally held to protest Roosh V and supporters of Return of Kings at Bert Weeks Memorial pic.twitter.com/NtZJlCgpZg
— 𝗗𝗮𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗿 (@DaxMelmer) February 7, 2016
In Albuquerque:
Moments from an anti-Roosh V protest in Albuquerque, NM on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016. Check out my story for more. pic.twitter.com/QlL4Zu234E
— David Lynch (@RealDavidLynch) February 7, 2016
More on that protest here.
There were also protests in Berlin; in Shrewsbury; in Newcastle (where a small contingent of the far-right English Defence League tried to hijack the protest); in New York City (though the only info I’ve found about it so far is from the blog of a Roosh fan) and presumably many other places as well.
If you have info or pictures or video of any of the other protests, please let me know by posting in the comments below, and I can add it to the post.
Here, by the way, is what things looked like at Roosh’s press conference yesterday.
Roosh Destroys Media At Washington DC Press Conference https://t.co/ujAwPWneNX pic.twitter.com/U56Fx2JrJ7
— Roosh V Forum (@rooshvforum) February 7, 2016
I guess I’ll have to watch the video of the press conference and see just how thoroughly Roosh “destroys” the media, huh? He’s certainly done a fine job of destroying his own reputation as a human being.
@Bina
Roosh (n.) – the last, lonely shred of toilet paper clinging to last month’s unchanged cardboard core. Remnant of a once-proud civilization where white was abundant and on top. Now it’s been reduced to one courageous little tuft of purity, surrounded by brown cuckboard.
It’s also a reminder of the evil, degraded feeemales who won’t lift a finger to replace it. Even though it was men who hunted, invented, fought for, and mined toilet paper, with no thought for themselves.
I asked my cat what the best definition for “Roosh” would be and he puked up an entire gecko. So. Take what you will from that answer.
(True story. That was not fun to clean up.)
I wonder if Roosh has ever lived in ghetto-like environments, even when cheaping out in Ukraine or wherever. I guess he’s never worked in customer service or at night in a ghetto. Maybe he’s internalized this middle class white idea that “ghetto crime” is only a problem if you choose to wander into a ghetto to do or buy something illegal or just out of stupid curiosity. Or maybe he’s consciously appealing to middle class bias in his audience.
@Arctic
By “Ghetto,” he means “Black.” So, definitely middle-class bias, but not the one you’re thinking of.
I’m waiting for the day when one of these chucklefucks rather than just calling rape apologia satirical, move on to referring to an actual rape as satirical.
Third wave feminism, and it’s demonizing hateful rhetoric is what birthed guys like Roosh, and the MRA movement. It’s no help either that we’ve seen a rise in feminism at the exact same time as we’re experiencing a depressed economy and labor market, and men are feeling marginalized and seeing jobs and wealth go to young women.
We could try replacing “ralphing” with “rooshing,” as in vomiting. I dunno. The name is just so onomatopoeically suggestive.
Uh huh.
Another “massive victory” for men 🙂
@SFHC: Your cat actually swallowed the gecko? Mine just leaves them lying around for me to find. Or step on. *shudder*
@AsAbove
Head-first and whole, like a fluffy snake. I’d say that my cat is fucking weird, but all cats are fucking weird. =P
I just finally got around to reading the article about Roosh’s press conference.
So his “work” is to push inequality so that women don’t have the freedom to divorce as readily. That sounds about right, considering what we know of him.
#notallcats
Oh, who am I kidding? All cats are fucking weird.
#Yesallcats
All the cats I’ve had, certainly.
I just want to get in on this generational criticism thread with a quote from Seneca the Younger:
Needless to say, I have a bit of a complicated relationship with Roman culture.
WeirwoodTreeHugger+ EJ (The Other One)
Yep, ALL cats are weird! I even had one that liked donuts! He stole one off the kitchen bench once. True story. They were cinnamon donuts.
#DefinitelyAllCats
One of my family’s cats while growing up had the habit of sitting on top of people, or dogs, or other cats, then licking them a lot. Her favorite target was her mother (as in, biological cat mother, not human “mother”) who would whine about it but generally not resist. Also, her favorite foods were bananas, chives, roast chicken, and vanilla ice cream; she didn’t care much for the more stereotypical milk or fish. Also, say the words “banana” or “chicken”, even in the middle of a conversation, and she’ll run up to you and start meowing loudly.
Snowberry-
“One of my family’s cats while growing up had the habit of sitting on top of people, or dogs, or other cats, then licking them a lot. Her favorite target was her mother (as in, biological cat mother, not human “mother”) who would whine about it but generally not resist. Also, her favorite foods were bananas, chives, roast chicken, and vanilla ice cream; she didn’t care much for the more stereotypical milk or fish. Also, say the words “banana” or “chicken”, even in the middle of a conversation, and she’ll run up to you and start meowing loudly.”
So adorable! She must be the most adorable cat in the universe. 😀
One of mine is like this too. Dracarys loves baked goods. She won’t bother with candy, but it is not safe to leave bread, cookies, donuts, and pastries unattended. I used to have to unpack groceries in my coat because in the short time it took me to put my coat away, she would’ve jumped on the counter and ripped into the bread.
She also loves red sauce. So does my mom’s cat. I’m sort of baffled as to what cats would find appealing about tomatoes and herbs.
My cat loves sandwiches. Seriously, if I don’t share mine, he sulks about it.
weirwoodtreehugger-“One of mine is like this too. Dracarys loves baked goods. She won’t bother with candy, but it is not safe to leave bread, cookies, donuts, and pastries unattended. I used to have to unpack groceries in my coat because in the short time it took me to put my coat away, she would’ve jumped on the counter and ripped into the bread.
She also loves red sauce. So does my mom’s cat. I’m sort of baffled as to what cats would find appealing about tomatoes and herbs.”
Wow. I didn’t know this was a thing! I thought my cat was the only one like baked goods. Some cats have VERY weird tastes. Your cat is also a special brand of cheekiness, too!
@Joe:
What “demonizing hateful rhetoric” would that be, exactly?
@Joe:
Hmm, yeah, how selfish and thoughtless of young women to want jobs and maybe even some actual wealth for themselves instead of considerately ceding all the jobs and wealth to men who feel “marginalized”. Because of course women never feel “marginalized”, or fearful, or hungry, when they have no job and no money.
Any man who reacts to encountering competition in the job market by wallowing in self-pity and resentment to the extent of buying into MRA grievances is probably a shitty employee anyway. Employers don’t want to hire self-absorbed drama llamas whose approach to coping with hardship is to throw tantrums about how any erosion of their traditional privileges is somehow an infringement of their “rights”.
Fingie loves milk and cereal.
Demi loves tiny wires.
My old bunny loved gingerbread, and my bunny before him loved apple.
Conclusion: You can never predict what an animal will love.
Scented Fucking Hard Chairs”My cat loves sandwiches. Seriously, if I don’t share mine, he sulks about it.”
LOL!
So according to JuiceBro, Jermaine Clement is “a random f*****”
Jermaine Clement starred in, wrote and produced an Emmy-nominated HBO series. What have you done, Cernovich? And why are you linking just tweets instead of responding to them, do you not know how to Twitter?
Misogyny existed before third wave feminism. It existed before first wave feminism too. It’s why we had to have feminism in the first place. The misogyny in the manosphere is the same as old fashioned misogyny. They’ve just dropped in some new lingo.
I’d also like to know what the demonizing hateful rhetoric is. Usually when trolls want to prove (in your minds) that feminists hate men, you use quotes and misquotes from second wavers. You’re probably just a drive by turd leaver, but if not, please do provide hateful third wave quotes.
You’ve almost come close to an epiphany here. So close, yet so far away. You’ve figured out that the middle class is in trouble and a lot of young people are feeling very economically insecure.
You’ve connected a couple of dots. You’ve realized that a lack of opportunity makes people angry.
But alas, you’ve come to the wrong conclusion. You failed to connect the rest of the dots. Instead of realizing that people who are or feel precarious economically or socially have a tendency to scapegoat and understanding that you should avoid that and concentrate on the real cause of your problem, rising income inequality and the powerful people who are using their wealth to make this happen, you decided to … just go ahead and scapegoat.
How sad.
You aren’t using wealth to women, genius. We’re suffering from the slow death of the middle class too. Wake up. Grow up. Think about things for a minute instead of just having a mantrum.