A Rape Advocate Is Targeting Canadian Women In an Online Harassment Campaign [View all]
Vanessa* woke up on Wednesday morning to texts from family and friends fearing for her safety.
They were worried because Vanessas name and personal Facebook page were posted by Roosh V, the pseudonym of legal rape advocate and so-called pickup artist Daryush Valizadeh, who is currently on a speaking tour, on his personal forum.
Roosh singled Vanessa out as an extremist organizer in Toronto and asked his followers to collect intel on her and women participating in a demonstration against rape culture on Saturday, the same day as Rooshs planned speaking date in the city. Roosh also encouraged his followers to seduce and then fuck Vanessa and any other Toronto women that they target online. The campaign is dubbed Operation Fornication.
Hes kind of telling people to go out and try to rape me, but without really saying it, Vanessa told me in a phone interview.
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/a-rape-advocate-is-targeting-canadian-women-in-an-online-harassment-campaign
Theres thousands of people just like Roosh V. Theres nothing special about him except for the fact that he has a platform to spread his ideas.