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Holocaust denier David Irving. Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams. World Trade center bombing suspect Bilal Philips. All have had their visas canceled by the Australian government at one time or another.
Last Thursday, dating coach Julien Blanc joined the list. A week after he arrived in Australia to teach a series of dating seminars, his visa was canceled in response to an Internet campaign against the self-styled pick-up artist because of his controversial tactics in pursuing his goal of sex with women.
Blanc works for Real Social Dynamics, a business that profits from a growing online subculture of mens rights activists and pick-up artists (PUAs). They pay thousands to attend boot camps at which Blanc and others teach guys how to game their targets (PUA lingo for women) using tactics criticized as misogynistic and even violent. You might recognize the language and ideology from the manifesto of Santa Barbara sorority shooter Eliot Rodgers, who frequented PUA message boards.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/11/10/dating-coach-julien-blanc-kicked-out-of-australia-for-his-controversial-tactics/
The internet as a source of good. I love these stories
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)"Dating coach" indeed. More like a how to commit assault and get away with it coach.
SheilaT
(23,156 posts)look sweet.
Which it's not of course, but this guy openly advocates attacking women in public.
dawg
(10,624 posts)I guess just for meaningless sex. I know that's the reason. But if a woman really has self-esteem problems, wouldn't just using her like that be an act of cruelty?