RooshV, that "pro rape" guy, and our insane culture
Recently I posted a piece from a blogger named RooshV called "How to stop rape". It seemed pretty clear it was satire to make a point about our culture removing all responsibility for intelligent behavior from women.
I was linked to this article yesterday from Reason. Clearly it's written by a feminist liberal broad barely hiding her own axe to grind, but being libertarian instead of leftist she at least puts some effort into fairness.
How Maryland 'Neomasculinity' Blogger Roosh V Became an International 'Pro-Rape' Villain
I hadn't read the piece yet this morning. I'm glad I hadn't. Before I got to it someone sent me the link to his press conference.
See, among death threats, a lying media, international condemnation, countries actually debating if he should be banned from entry, he invited media to come talk with him in an unfettered Q&A for 30 minutes about the piece he wrote that they had all labeled "pro rape". That's pretty ballsy to my mind. I generally avoid videos without some compelling hook. They take too long. I'm glad I gave this one a few minutes. I then sat through the whole thing. Had I gone by the Reason article (the closest thing to fair media probably managed) I wouldn't think much of this guy. Watching the video? He was not only right, he was excellent.
What didn't get mentioned or I missed in the Reason article, and is probably absent throughout media, is RooshV pointing out that Islam rapes and Islam is patriarchal but gets a constant pass from media as they condemn him. I think that's a very important point.
(Referring to the 'refugee' mob assaults in Germany) "When a real rape happens that goes against the agenda of your boss, you actually hide it. And when no rapes happen and I try to do a meetup, you lose your shit. So I just wanted to come here just to state that not only are you guys not honest in your reporting of me, but that no one has been harmed, and that when real harm takes place you don't say anything."
In particular, the first five and last five minutes are great. Whether you want to invest the 34m is up to you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD6ajfna7tE
Keep in mind, he wrote an article satirically claiming he wanted to legalize rape a year ago, and was now arranging social gatherings. Those are the sins. Ready? ...
"In Australia, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said he would consider denying a Roosh a visa. He told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that "Australia doesn’t welcome people to our country who disrespect women." In general, Australian media reported on a Roosh tweet saying "The border is weak. I will get in" and "I have the funds to get in by boat through one of multiple weak points. Money is no barrier to the operation" as if they were deadly serious.
The U.K. House of Commons debated Roosh on February 4, during which Kate Green MP asked for Return of Kings fans to be deemed a "hate group"-a designation that that would make membership illegal. Home Office minister Karen Bradley MP noted that "the home secretary has powers to exclude an individual who is not a British citizen" if their presence isn't "conducive to the public good"-though she "cannot comment on individual cases"-and said she would consult with internet service providers and sites such as Facebook about possibly banning Return of Kings content. More than 40,000 people signed an online petition calling on authorities to ban Roosh from entering the U.K. and to "take all available action in this case to prevent [fan] meetings taking place," citing their "terror against women" as justification.
A similar online petition, this one signed by more than 45,000 people, warned that "there is strong evidence indicating that 'RooshV' has entered Canada and is in Montreal. We ask Mayor Bonnie Crombie of Mississauga, Mayor John Tory of Toronto, and Mayor Denis Corderre of Montreal to denounce 'RooshV' and to urge local businesses and organizations to deny him accommodation while in Canada." The petition claimed that Roosh would be coming to Canada in violation of section 319 of the Canadian Criminal Code, which bans meeting for the purpose "of inciting hatred of an identifiable group."
In America, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott put out an official statement that "this pathetic group and their disgusting viewpoints are not welcome in Texas."
District of Columbia police indicated that they had an eye on a scheduled meetup in the nation's capital. Des Moines, Iowa, police put out a Facebook message warning that the meetups "may be a ruse to commit rape. We have no information that this will actually take place but we recommend that no one, men or women go to any of the sites."
At Chicago's Loyola University, sexual assault survivors were warned to avoid the area where one local meetup was scheduled, a meetup local police said they were "well aware" of and would be "monitoring." At the University of Rochester in New York, campus admins called in extra school security officers and city police for a meetup there, sending out an all-campus alert that Roosh "offers extreme writings based on his philosophy of Neomasculinity."
I was linked to this article yesterday from Reason. Clearly it's written by a feminist liberal broad barely hiding her own axe to grind, but being libertarian instead of leftist she at least puts some effort into fairness.
How Maryland 'Neomasculinity' Blogger Roosh V Became an International 'Pro-Rape' Villain
I hadn't read the piece yet this morning. I'm glad I hadn't. Before I got to it someone sent me the link to his press conference.
See, among death threats, a lying media, international condemnation, countries actually debating if he should be banned from entry, he invited media to come talk with him in an unfettered Q&A for 30 minutes about the piece he wrote that they had all labeled "pro rape". That's pretty ballsy to my mind. I generally avoid videos without some compelling hook. They take too long. I'm glad I gave this one a few minutes. I then sat through the whole thing. Had I gone by the Reason article (the closest thing to fair media probably managed) I wouldn't think much of this guy. Watching the video? He was not only right, he was excellent.
What didn't get mentioned or I missed in the Reason article, and is probably absent throughout media, is RooshV pointing out that Islam rapes and Islam is patriarchal but gets a constant pass from media as they condemn him. I think that's a very important point.
(Referring to the 'refugee' mob assaults in Germany) "When a real rape happens that goes against the agenda of your boss, you actually hide it. And when no rapes happen and I try to do a meetup, you lose your shit. So I just wanted to come here just to state that not only are you guys not honest in your reporting of me, but that no one has been harmed, and that when real harm takes place you don't say anything."
In particular, the first five and last five minutes are great. Whether you want to invest the 34m is up to you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD6ajfna7tE
Keep in mind, he wrote an article satirically claiming he wanted to legalize rape a year ago, and was now arranging social gatherings. Those are the sins. Ready? ...
"In Australia, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said he would consider denying a Roosh a visa. He told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that "Australia doesn’t welcome people to our country who disrespect women." In general, Australian media reported on a Roosh tweet saying "The border is weak. I will get in" and "I have the funds to get in by boat through one of multiple weak points. Money is no barrier to the operation" as if they were deadly serious.
The U.K. House of Commons debated Roosh on February 4, during which Kate Green MP asked for Return of Kings fans to be deemed a "hate group"-a designation that that would make membership illegal. Home Office minister Karen Bradley MP noted that "the home secretary has powers to exclude an individual who is not a British citizen" if their presence isn't "conducive to the public good"-though she "cannot comment on individual cases"-and said she would consult with internet service providers and sites such as Facebook about possibly banning Return of Kings content. More than 40,000 people signed an online petition calling on authorities to ban Roosh from entering the U.K. and to "take all available action in this case to prevent [fan] meetings taking place," citing their "terror against women" as justification.
A similar online petition, this one signed by more than 45,000 people, warned that "there is strong evidence indicating that 'RooshV' has entered Canada and is in Montreal. We ask Mayor Bonnie Crombie of Mississauga, Mayor John Tory of Toronto, and Mayor Denis Corderre of Montreal to denounce 'RooshV' and to urge local businesses and organizations to deny him accommodation while in Canada." The petition claimed that Roosh would be coming to Canada in violation of section 319 of the Canadian Criminal Code, which bans meeting for the purpose "of inciting hatred of an identifiable group."
In America, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott put out an official statement that "this pathetic group and their disgusting viewpoints are not welcome in Texas."
District of Columbia police indicated that they had an eye on a scheduled meetup in the nation's capital. Des Moines, Iowa, police put out a Facebook message warning that the meetups "may be a ruse to commit rape. We have no information that this will actually take place but we recommend that no one, men or women go to any of the sites."
At Chicago's Loyola University, sexual assault survivors were warned to avoid the area where one local meetup was scheduled, a meetup local police said they were "well aware" of and would be "monitoring." At the University of Rochester in New York, campus admins called in extra school security officers and city police for a meetup there, sending out an all-campus alert that Roosh "offers extreme writings based on his philosophy of Neomasculinity."