Hong Kong-based supporters of Roosh Valizadeh, founder of the infamously misogynistic website Return of Kings and advocate for legalising rape, are reportedly due to gather on Feb. 6 as part of an “international meetup day.”
The meetup is being staged simultaneously in 43 different countries, with a total of 165 “tribal meetings” planned, according to Return of Kings. The Hong Kong faction of Valizadeh’s supporters have been told to convene in front of Joe Bananas in Wan Chai between 8 and 8.20pm, with instructions on how to identify each other by “asking for directions to a pet shop” before being led to an undisclosed meeting place.
The managing director of Joe Bananas, Mr. Rai, told HKFP today that the company was not aware of the meeting, saying “it came as a surprise” and that the company would consult their board of directors and seek legal advice. Rai emphasised that the bar did not give permission for the meeting and planned on asking the self-proclaimed “neomasculinists” to choose a different meeting point.
Valizadeh made headlines earlier today after Peter Dutton, Australian minister for immigration and border protection, indicated that the pick-up artist and author of an article espousing the benefits of legalised rape would not be granted a visa to enter the country, nor had anyone of his name even applied for one. What a Valiza-dickhead.
Plans for the meet-up have been met with international backlash, which Valizadeh appears to be relishing, like a classic shit-stirring troll. The 36-year-old has asked followers of his blog to film any protesters, who he referred to as “hairy-legged feminists and beta orbiters” in a later post, in order to “tear them up” afterwards.
While the troll has gotten considerable traction after being banned from Australia, whether his Hong Kong fans (if any even exist) will turn up for the meeting remains to be seen.
A previous address given by the controversial blogger in Montreal last year was so poorly attended (with only 34 men in the audience) that a Toronto Star columnist who was present said he’d “seen hobos […] address bigger crowds”, possibly because they were of clearer mind than ol’ Roosh the douche.
The eyeroll-inducing Return of Kings previously garnered media attention after a blogpost titled “5 Reasons to Date a Girl With An Eating Disorder” went viral. We would like to venture that perhaps the women within Valizadeh’s vicinity do not have eating disorders, but are simply incapable of keeping their food down in the face of such blatant idiocy.
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