So yesterday was the big day, the day on which the famously repugnant pickup artist Roosh “No Means Yes” Valizadeh originally planned to hold 165 meetups for his fans around the world, only to cancel them after a bit of a public outcry — you may have heard something about that.

While some of Roosh’s fanboys ended up meeting in secret, the only Roosh-related events that took place in public yesterday (besides a sparsely attended press conference called by Roosh himself) were rallies against Roosh and all of the noxious things he stands for.

Here’s a roundup of pics and videos from a number of these anti-rape-culture rallies.

In Glasgow:

https://twitter.com/jonbradyphoto/status/696077539312320512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/jonbradyphoto/status/696080040178671616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

And a longer video:

More details here and here; the second piece also mentions a protest in Edinburgh.

In Wellington, New Zealand:

@rooshv here's some in Wellinton. Where is your turn-out?

Oh yeah: zero pic.twitter.com/RxUauEgav4 — Jemaine Clement (@AJemaineClement) February 6, 2016

https://twitter.com/NathanRoss10/status/695879919880896512

https://twitter.com/PINKYFANG/status/696101569641582593

https://twitter.com/chrissybrown/status/695863971220357120

https://twitter.com/PINKYFANG/status/696048054512652288

Wait, you’re saying to yourself, surely that can’t be the real Jemaine Clement of Flight of the Conchords?

It is. He spent much of yesterday mocking the Roosh fanboys who showed up in his mentions.

@Cernovich no one has ever found a man holding a massive gun less intimidating. — Jemaine Clement (@AJemaineClement) February 7, 2016

It takes 5 of you to take me on because you are only each 20 percent of one man. https://t.co/wxOk4WQjdM — Jemaine Clement (@AJemaineClement) February 7, 2016

Point taken. In response: he lives with his mum. https://t.co/DZWYwRYray — Jemaine Clement (@AJemaineClement) February 7, 2016

Here’s a writeup on the protests there.

In Vancouver:

https://twitter.com/ashleylynch/status/696185668679012352

https://twitter.com/ashleylynch/status/696200789275119616

Lynch tells me that after she tweeted these pics she had “Roosh’s followers calling me at 1am and playing horror movies on my voicemail.” Because of course.

In Munich:

Protest gegen Roosh V in München. pic.twitter.com/vBRxDhTaB7 — Dominik Krause (@dominik_krause) February 6, 2016

In Windsor, Ontario:

Rally held to protest Roosh V and supporters of Return of Kings at Bert Weeks Memorial pic.twitter.com/NtZJlCgpZg — 𝗗𝗮𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗿 (@DaxMelmer) February 7, 2016

In Albuquerque:

Moments from an anti-Roosh V protest in Albuquerque, NM on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016. Check out my story for more. pic.twitter.com/QlL4Zu234E — David Lynch (@RealDavidLynch) February 7, 2016

More on that protest here.

There were also protests in Berlin; in Shrewsbury; in Newcastle (where a small contingent of the far-right English Defence League tried to hijack the protest); in New York City (though the only info I’ve found about it so far is from the blog of a Roosh fan) and presumably many other places as well.

If you have info or pictures or video of any of the other protests, please let me know by posting in the comments below, and I can add it to the post.

Here, by the way, is what things looked like at Roosh’s press conference yesterday.

Roosh Destroys Media At Washington DC Press Conference https://t.co/ujAwPWneNX pic.twitter.com/U56Fx2JrJ7 — Roosh V Forum (@rooshvforum) February 7, 2016

I guess I’ll have to watch the video of the press conference and see just how thoroughly Roosh “destroys” the media, huh? He’s certainly done a fine job of destroying his own reputation as a human being.

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