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Los Angeles' very own douchebag pickup artist, Julien Blanc, has been kicked out of the entire country of Australia for his misogynistic and racist seminars that teach men aggressive methods to manipulate women into having sex with them.
Australia's Immigration Minister, Scott Morrison, confirmed to The Guardian that they cancelled Blanc's visa on Thursday night. Victorian police tweeted, "We can confirm that Julien Blanc left Australia overnight. His assistant is also due to leave shortly."
Morrison told Sky News (via The Guardian): “This guy wasn’t putting forward political ideas, he was putting forward abuse that was derogatory to women and that’s just something, those are values abhorred in this country.”
Blanc, who's a "dating coach" at his Los Angeles-based company Real Social Dynamics (RSD), has been touring through Australia since Oct. 29, holding speaking engagements. He had plans to stay through to December. Some of his vile and manipulative dating tips to get women into bed include emotional abuse and physical abuse—like pushing women's heads towards his crotch and choking them. He even created the hashtag #ChokingGirlsAroundtheWorld to accompany photos he posted on social media of him doing just that.
He posted a video on Sept. 8 of one of his lectures on YouTube about how to seal the deal with Japanese women, titled "White Male In Tokyo (And The Beautiful Methods To It)." "When you go to Tokyo….if you’re a white male, you can do what you want," Blanc said. "Just grab her, pull her in. She’ll giggle. Just say 'Pikachu' or 'Pokemon' or something to take the pressure off." His lecture is followed by a disturbing video montage of him doing just what he's been preaching. And creepily enough, the men in the audience giggle in the video while all this goes down.
The video can be seen below:
Some of the articles Blanc posts on his RSD blog include charming titles like "How To Uncover A Girl's Emotional Blueprint And Manipulate Her Self-Esteem" and "Retard Player Who Tanks VS The Genius Player Who Fucks: Which One Are You?"
Activist Jennifer Li launched the #TakeDownJulienBlanc campaign and started a petition on Change.org protesting Blanc's practices. Her petition has already garnered over 32,600 signatures as of today.
She writes:
Julien Blanc and his group, RSD (Real Social Dynamics) are a group of sexist and racist "pick up artists," who have made a living by teaching men how to violate women through physical and emotional abuse. Do not associate your hotel's good name with a man who chokes women around the world as part of his pick up game. Please stand with the women of Australia, the women of America, and women everywhere, and do not host an event where men are being taught how to violate and harass women.
Standoff here at #takedownjulienblanc. He's still running seminar but they're being kicked off the boat @theheraldsun pic.twitter.com/wZeeo4qotR
— Tom Minear (@tminear) November 6, 2014
Here's a Vine of the protesters chanting "walk of shame" to the men coming off of the boat:
According to RSD's website, they have scheduled seminars coming up in Japan, Canada, and a bevy of European countries.
