An online petition has called for all Australians to stop a self-professed pick-up artist who thinks rape should be legalised from entering the country.
Roosh V, real name Daryush Valizadeg, is a 35-year-old American blogger who has written a series of books about his exploits with the opposite sex, detailing his tactics for getting unwilling women to sleep with him.
In the US, he has called for the decriminalisation of rape on private property, which he is now claiming to introduce to Australia through a misogynistic cult following, which can only be described as revolting.
This “neomasculinist” group had planned to meet in Australia on Saturday, with pubic events held in Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth “” however the Immigration Department says Valizadeh has not and will not be issued with a visa. Thank heavens.
According to News.com.au, Valizadeh originally had not been planning to visit Australia, but changed his mind when public outrage spread, firing off a series of provocative tweets.
He wrote that he booked a flight to Australia, alongside a picture of a travel itinerary.
“F–k it, I just booked a flight to Australia. See you somewhere there on 2/6. I’ll stay a while, see some sights,” Valizadeh tweeted.
He put a call out to “attractive Australian girls in age range of 18-22” to get in touch and threatened to “find a way to enter” the country no matter what.
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He also taunted immigration officials: “Their borders are weak. I’ll get in.”
But as it turns out, Valizadeh hasn’t even applied for a visa and he appears to think he can enter Australia by boat.
“I don’t need to apply for a visa if I’m coming in by boat. The border is like Swiss cheese,” he said.
“I will sneak in to your country, hold my meetings, laugh, and then slip out. Your … authorities won’t stop me,” he said.
But Immigration Minister Peter Dutton Dutton has said Valizadeh would have a hard time getting into Australia if he tried.
“People who advocate violence against women aren’t welcome in Australia,” a spokesperson for the minister said in a statement.
“In the past people advocating violence against women have had their visa refused or cancelled.
“The minister has asked the department to continue to monitor this case.”
The petition, which started on Tuesday last week in a bid to stop the meetings, already has more 50,000 signatures.
“This is a gathering of people who like what this serial rapist and rape-advocate promotes. These are people who are very dangerous. They will be discussing ways to escape the legal repercussions of raping women, discussing how to manipulate women with psychological issues, etc. These are dangerous bigots,” the petition states.
“RooshV’s main goal is to create an infield army of fanatics who follow his orders blindly.
“Spread the word about this, warn as many people as you can about this. Tell people to avoid these locations. People need to be aware of this.”
The grose nature of Valizadeh’s following, or the fact that there is a following in Australia at all, is enough to make your skin crawl.
Feel free to sign the petition, share it, and despair about the state of the world we live in where people like this and views like this exist.
