Roosh V

Daryush Valizadeh (known by his Internet alias Roosh Vörek or Roosh V) is an American Christian fundamentalist, antisemite, manosphere denizen, misogynist, rape advocate (as well as a possible rapist himself if his accounts in his books are to be believed), and former pick-up artist and sex tourist (who possibly raped people).Taki's Mag, "A Sex Tourist Swallows the Red Pill" Roosh runs a number of clickbaity websites that make up some of the darkest corners of the manosphere, including his personal blog RooshV, the repugnant (and now dead, with nothing of value being lost) Return of Kings,We Hunted The Mammoth, Roosh V’s Return of Kings blog offers sex tips inspired by prison rape and the now-defunctReaxxion Is Closing pro-Gamergate and anti-"SJW" Reaxxion.
He's one of those people who, when you think he can't possibly sink deeper into the scum-bucket, gleefully proves you wrong. His evolution from greasy douche to wannabe guru to "Taliban-lite" to conspiracy theory-spouting Jesus freak is evidence of that.With Roosh V Turning Taliban Lite His Old Fans Wonder What Happened To The Guy Who Wrote Bang, We Hunted the MammothRoosh V Takes the God Pill, Embracing Jesus after Getting Super High on Shrooms. No, Really., We Hunted The Mammoth He was once referred to as "the most-hated man on the Internet",The Washington Post, Hunter Moore is in jail, but that just means some other despicable character is “the most-hated man on the Internet” now and while that is stretching it (he's not nearly famous enough), he is quite possibly the creepiest.
In 2019, Roosh V Forum went through a major change in which Roosh shuttered the travel and game sections, which had covered tourism and pickup, and prohibited discussion of "fornication". The impetus for this was that he had been kicked out of a number of services such as PayPal, Disqus, and Airbnb that had enabled him to receive donations, host discussions, and find affordable housing, respectively. The momentum behind his book, Game, which had sold well during its first few days on Amazon, was also blunted when HuffPost began making inquiries with Amazon, resulting in their removing the book's listing from the site.https://thinkprogress.org/amazon-removes-books-by-self-published-misogynist-and-rape-apologist-e896078a41ab/ Around the same time, by his own account, his long-term relationship failed as he discovered his girlfriend had cheated on him, and he also started getting barred from an increasing number of countries. Searching for answers, he turned to mushrooms.https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/05/rooshv-bans-pickup-artist-talk-after-religious-awakening.html
The combination of factors led him to return to the United States and move back in with his mother, who is a devout Armenian Orthodox Christian. As he was going to need to get along with her and accompany her to church, and as the manosphere was imploding anyway under the pressure of deplatforming, it seemed appropriate and convenient to convert to Christianity and remove from his sites material that could be considered objectionable. This included unpublishing some books and, according to Roosh, removing some YouTube videos and articles from Return of Kings that encouraged behavior by which a man could "sacrifice his salvation."https://www.rooshv.com/i-have-unpublished-game-and-the-rest-of-my-pickup-books Other manosphere figures opted to either let their sites go dormant (as in the case of Illimitable Men), sometimes after losing momentum due to deplatforming (as in the case of Chateau Heartiste), or follow Roosh's lead by taking down their content as well and announcing their conversion (as in the case of Victor Pride).
In December 2017, he was banned from entering the UK by Theresa May.Theresa May banned me from the UK. Roosh V (YouTube). December 5, 2017.UK Home Office's letter
==Views==
==="Activism"===
On using Alinsky tactics to beat feminism, Roosh sure studied a lot of them. But he mostly follows the tactics of Mao Zedong."The Wisdom of Mao Zedong". Besides being, of course, a mass-murdering dictator whose body count puts him in the league of the likes of Adolf Hitler, Mao was a notorious womanizer, spreader of sexually transmitted disease that he knew he had yet deliberately refused to treat, and unashamed predator of teenage girls, since he apparently "followed Chinese emperors in thinking sex with young women would keep him young and potent." In, short Mao was evil because bad guys are evil.http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/45480/was-chairman-mao-a-pedophile-and-how-would-tom-clancy/ You can probably see why your modern misogynists would feel a bit of kinship.
He has also endorsed the Unabomber because of course he did.Archived if you don't want to give Roosh the Rapist any clicks. If he hates technology so much, why doesn't he fuck off the internet?
===Rape===
Roosh's creepocity is best confirmed by his enthusiastic proposal to make rape legal on private property. He argued for this view, at length, in his essay, "How to Stop Rape":, Roosh VEnd Rape By Making It Legal, WHTM
Roosh has since asserted that he was "joking".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD6ajfna7tE However, he still blames the victims of rape:http://www.vox.com/2016/2/8/10938416/roosh-v-blame-women-rape
===Racism===
In 2013 Roosh tweeted "How far lost is Western society if fat, ugly Indian cunt @nitashatiku has a platform to denounce a productive, intelligent white man?" In 2015, Roosh began promoting Kevin MacDonald's anti-Semitic books via an article entitled "The Damaging Effects Of Jewish Intellectualism And Activism On Western Culture".http://www.returnofkings.com/62716/the-damaging-effects-of-jewish-intellectualism-and-activism-on-western-culture Despite this, many neo-Nazis still view him with suspicion because he is of Armenian and Iranian descent, and therefore not really white, in their view."Pickup artist Roosh V edges ever closer to neo-Nazism with an attack on “cosmopolitan,” “degenerate” Jews", We Hunted the Mammoth Extra irony points to anyone that points out that the Aryans are from Iran…
He has also allowed the outlandishly racist "anthropology" woo of Madison Grant and Lothrop Stoddard to be promoted on his site Return of Kings.Roosh V Forum by cardguy (03-09-2014, 01:35 PM) Roosh V Forum (archived from November 23, 2014).Roosh V Forum by Return Of Kings (12-26-2016, 01:15 PM) Roosh V Forum (archived from December 11, 2017).
===Religion and Anti-Semitism===
Following his conversion, Roosh fell in with one E. Michael Jones, a self-proclaimed theologian whose virulent anti-Semitism has earned him scorn from even other white nationalist leaders.https://angrywhitemen.org/2019/09/29/logos-rising-an-antisemitic-self-styled-theologian-is-influencing-a-new-generation-of-reactionaries/
Unsurprisingly, Roosh quickly integrated his newfound religious fanaticism and hatred of the "Christ-killers" into his other bigotries, going so far as to claim that COVID-19 was sent by God to punish globalists and sinners.https://angrywhitemen.org/2020/03/28/roosh-valizadeh-believes-cleansing-virus-is-gods-judgment-on-the-world/ Said anti-Semitism also ended up getting him banned from YouTube following a rant in which he blamed the Jews for (among other things) trying to use Bratz dolls to groom young girls for prostitution.https://angrywhitemen.org/2020/07/14/roosh-valizadeh-claims-bratz-dolls-are-a-jewish-plot-to-groom-children/ He immediately accused YouTube of religious persecution, happily accepting Andrew Anglin's offer of support.
On September 1st 2020, Roosh shared a TruNews video in which participants called Antifa a violent organization founded by Jews in the 1930s, called it a terrorist organization, and claimed that it is still funded by Jews to this day.https://twitter.com/rooshv/status/1300960971897417738
==Public events==
As hard as it may seem to believe, Roosh does occasionally emerge from his mother's basement.Warning: Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3432531/Pictured-pick-artist-center-international-pro-rape-storm-t-shirt-shorts-door-mother-s-home-lives-basement.html
===Dr. Oz===
Roosh had a piss-poor performance on the Dr. Oz show, where he was invited as the "leader of the international fat shaming movement".http://wehuntedthemammoth.com/2015/04/28/roosh-v-seduced-and-abandoned-by-the-dr-oz-show/ Even redditors on /r/theredpill agreed that their hero was a closet beta male had done badly.http://wehuntedthemammoth.com/2015/04/30/red-pillers-thoroughly-underwhelmed-by-roosh-vs-beta-as-heck-appearance-on-dr-oz/
===Montreal===
Montreal's mayor condemned his visit to Canada for the purposes of giving a talk because he gives talks, apparently. He personally began to attack Montrealer and feminist Aurelie Nix for her part in the cancellation of his event as well as the anti-rape-culture protest that later took place.https://awomanontheinternet.wordpress.com/2015/09/11/dear-spvm-aurelie-nix-the-truth-about-daryush-valizadeh-aka-roosh-v/ He and his followers sent death and rape threats to Nix as an attempt to pressure and scare her. Nix pressed charges against Roosh and later published an account of her experiences as well as many threats she received on her blog A Woman on The Internet.https://awomanontheinternet.wordpress.com/
====Alcohol====
Roosh also had a drink thrown in his face by a woman who recognized him (and whom he was trying to pick-up) at a local bar;http://wehuntedthemammoth.com/2015/08/10/beer-soaked-roosh-v-files-charges-against-alleged-drink-tosser-retreats-to-fainting-couch/ two friends of the woman then also threw beers at Roosh,https://www.rooshvforum.com/thread-49670.html and patrons of the bar finally chased him down the street. He claims to have filed a police report afterwards. Paul Elam spoke in support of Roosh, saying that he would have been justified in considering that an act of attempted murder and retaliating with lethal force.http://wehuntedthemammoth.com/2015/08/10/mra-paul-elam-if-a-feminist-pours-a-drink-on-me-id-be-justified-in-killing-her/
====Islamophobia====
As an explanation for this reaction, Roosh picked Islamophobia:
Perhaps Roosh has never Googled "feminism" or "percent of Canadians who support legal rape". Even more ironic is Roosh's later endorsement of Donald Trump.
====Journalism====
Roosh thinks that the evil Liberal Media conspiracy uses him as a scapegoat:https://heartiste.wordpress.com/2016/02/09/roosh-rapes-the-media/
On the bright side, he thinks he might be able to get some sex out of this:
Note not only how he "masterfully" puts money and women in the same category of "trade OBJECTS", but also in that, while giving them the same category, he prioritizes money over women within that category.
==Books==
Roosh has self-published fourteen nausea-inducing ego-stroking pamphlets sex tourist 'advice books' (such as Bang Colombia: Textbook On How To Sleep With Colombian Women and Bang Lithuania: How To Sleep With Lithuanian Women In Lithuania and Don't Bang Denmark: How To Sleep With Danish Women In Denmark (If You Must)). These books have faced criticism from the majority of the countries that they focus on, and publications in Norway,Dagbladet, Kvinneforakten på nett Lithuania,Delfi, Amerikiečio knygoje – patarimai, kaip permiegoti su lietuvėmis Colombia,El Pais, Estadounidense vende por internet 'manual' para acostarse con colombianas Denmark,Ekstra Bladet, Derfor skal du ikke knalde danske piger Poland,Na:Temat, Jak zaliczyć każdą Polkę - Amerykanin wyjaśnia w książce. Włoch mu odpowiada: Im chodzi o romantyzm and IcelandDV, Ráðleggur fólki hvernig á að sænga hjá íslenskum konum find him as revolting as we do. An Icelandic organization even labelled Bang Iceland a "rape guide."DV, Femínistar fordæma flagarabók Vöreks Mercifully, they are all out of print ever since his conversion, when God told Roosh to stop encouraging men to sin (as opposed to encouraging them to rape).http://www.wehuntedthemammoth.com/2019/05/24/do-not-bang-pickup-artist-roosh-v-embraces-jesus-bans-talk-of-fornication-from-his-web-forums/http://www.wehuntedthemammoth.com/2020/01/15/roosh-v-now-an-orthodox-christian-stops-selling-his-pickup-guides-because-they-promote-bodily-pleasure-through-casual-sex/ It is noticeable that he shows regret over allowing his books to lead men's souls astray, yet displays no such remorse to the women he seduced and raped.
Most recently he has put out a book entitled Free Speech Isn't Free, which rather than cover his usual fare of sex-centric travel guide, consists of him complaining about people who don't agree with him and fearmongering about how the PC police are going to take away your right to be a hateful ass if you're a straight white man like him.
==Accusations of rape==
Many people have accused Roosh of rape based on the things he has written in his own books or blogs. In Bang Iceland, he says:
On an account with another Icelandic woman, he says:
In Bang Poland, he says:
(Would that have been one of those old-school nautical collapsing telescopes, Roosh?)
And in Bang Ukraine, he says:
In 30 Bangs, he says:
On February 14, 2016, blogger and author S. Jane Gari revealed that a person had contacted her, claiming to be an Icelandic woman and accusing Roosh V of raping her.http://www.wehuntedthemammoth.com/2016/02/14/an-icelandic-woman-has-come-forward-to-accuse-roosh-v-of-rape-blogger-reports/ This woman also told the blogger that she was in contact with two other women from Poland who had very similar stories.http://www.sjanegari.com/#!Roosh-Valizadeh-Accused-of-Rape/c1ntm/56ba37d30cf2b4e0b62292e2 When the blogger got asked if she can be sure that the alleged woman isn't just a rival PUA company that wants to take down Roosh, she replied "that would suck. I hope that's not the case. I'll give her the benefit of the doubt. I like to believe good will triumph."http://archive.is/2016.02.19-031157/https://twitter.com/SJaneGari/status/697185605663518722 It's unclear if the blogger has verified the identity of the accuser, or if it's just an anonymous person behind an email account. Roosh subsequently denied the allegation, and his lawyer says that, in order to find out the identity of the accuser, he is willing to take legal measures to make Gari give up information. According to the lawyer, Roosh will, when the accuser is found, sue him or her for defamation.returnofkings.com: S. Jane Gari Publishes Fake Rape Allegation Against Me, Prompting Legal Action On February 23rd, Roosh blogged that he's in mediation with Gari, and added a "Postscript: Further developments have transpired and will be shared soon"returnofkings.com: Legal Update: Stephanie Jane Gari Hires Attorney From South Carolina
==Websites==
===Return of Kings===
The Return of Kings blog itself was a great example of Poe's Law in action, as the blog has published several (more or less obvious) troll submissions, which then often end up endorsed and discussed by manosphere idiots luminaries in dead earnest.
The website was unabashedly homophobicReturn of Kings, America Is Becoming A Homosexual NationReturn of Kings, Why Women And Gays Should Not Be Allowed In Male-Safe Spaces and transphobic,Return of Kings, 8 Ways To Spot A TranssexualReturn of Kings, 5 Ways To Stop Omega Males From Becoming Transsexuals as well as pretty much useless for dating advice. Like most PUA blogs, it mostly functioned as a place where men could openly berate women and be celebrated for it.
Since the election of Donald Trump (whom Roosh greatly supported and admired), Return of Kings began turning more and more into the Daily Stormer as opposed to just a misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic swamp. This eventually started to cause issues for them, such as when commenting platform Disqus emailed Roosh to notify him that they would no longer be supporting Return of Kings due to violations of terms of service on October 17, 2017.Twitter, @RooshV "Return Of Kings just got shut down by Disqus." 17 OCT 2017 On February 27, 2018, RooshV/Return of Kings alongside Paul Elam's A Voice for Men were officially added to the SPLC Hate Groups list under a new category "Male Supremacy".https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/ideology/male-supremacy
Roosh shut Return of Kings down in October 2018, claiming that low revenue and burnout had caused him to lose interest in maintaining the site.http://www.wehuntedthemammoth.com/2018/10/01/roosh-v-gives-up-with-no-one-paying-attention-to-him-any-more-the-pickup-artist-puts-down-his-flagship-website/ In reality, it's much more likely that the true culprits are him being banned from PayPal and Disqus, along with the fact that he simply isn't popular anymore even among his fellow scumbags.
===Reaxxion===
Although he admits that he hasn't seriously played any video games since 2000, Roosh decided to create a gaming website inspired by the ethical journalism anti-feminist/anti-social justice movement Gamergate (exploiting gamers for his own enrichment? sounds very familiar, and very ethical). Called Reaxxion, the site was intended as a place for and by heterosexual men to escape all the horrible SJW oppression found on other gaming websites. But to prove that it wasn't a haven for sexist bigots, the page gladly welcomed comments from "homosexuals or attractive women."We Hunted the Mammoth Roosh’s Reaxxion: Douchebag Non-Gamer Starts Gaming Website for Douchebags However, in one case someone submitted an old John Birch Society propaganda piece and replaced every instance of "John Birch Society" with "Gamergate" and "communist" with "SJW".David Futrelle, "Roosh V’s game site Reaxxion tricked into publishing an old John Birch Society pamphlet as a #GamerGate manifesto", We Hunted the Mammoth
After just 9 months of operation, Roosh announced he was shutting the website down because it didn't attract enough traffic to sustain itself financially.David Futrelle, Roosh V shutters Reaxxion, his dopey game site “for masculine men,” due to people forgetting he even had a game site, We Hunted the Mammothhttp://www.reaxxion.com/10995/reaxxion-is-closing It's almost as if a disorganised fringe movement united only by hatred, especially one within a community the creator hasn't been part of for donkey's years, is a terrible target audience for a website.
===Kings Wiki===
Kings Wiki a.k.a. "alt-right edgelord wikipedia" is Roosh's fledging "neomasculinist encyclopedia"http://en.kingswiki.com/w/index.php?title=Project:Introduction&action=historyRoosh (2 April 2016), Creation of Kings Wiki, a wikipedia for us, Roosh V forum that stands for "Masculinity and Nationalism".http://en.kingswiki.com/ The website already has some lovely quotes:
American women manages to be sexist, racist, and wrong all at once:http://archive.is/QsHLM
Branch swinging reminds males that females see them as nothing but temporary sex-givers:http://archive.is/VYJTB
Femininity reminds women to obey, dammit!http://archive.is/XsBMh
Feminists explains why feminists are good lays (but are going to destroy America!):http://archive.is/nPR7Y
The wiki also features absolutely-necessary articles on shampoohttp://archive.is/iTwFL and female hair length,http://archive.is/Hub4q the latter of which is considered one of the wiki's most developed articles.http://www.returnofkings.com/86318/introducing-kings-wiki-a-wikipedia-for-us
Due to ideological differences, in early July 2017, Roosh banned Kings Wiki's co-founder, Jean Valjean, from Roosh V Forum, and redirected the KingsWiki.com domain to ReturnOfKings.com. Valjean broke away from the Kings Media conglomerate, re-branding the project as Male Monarchs Wiki.
==See also==
*Davis Aurini: Another cheeky brah who rode the MRA train all the way to neo-fascism.
*Andrew Tate: Like Roosh V but somehow even more extreme.
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