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The organizer of the 鈥淚nternational Meet Up鈥� had been rightly dubbed by the Daily Dot in 2014 the 鈥渨eb鈥檚 most infamous misogynist.鈥� His plans were to have his followers arrive at pre-arranged public spaces, query each other with secret passcodes (which Roosh V himself had posted publicly online), and then proceed to the secret locations of 165 meet-ups in 43 countries. Or so he promised.

By Feb. 3, though, visitors to Roosh鈥檚 personal website found only a short message in a large, bold, black font: 鈥淢eetup Cancelled.鈥� Under immense pressure internationally, Roosh鈥檚 promises had dissolved into nothing.

To know Roosh鈥檚 anti-woman extremism 鈥� on full display at his online network, Return of Kings 鈥� is to understand why 40,000-plus people in Canada last year signed a petition urging that he be refused entry under that country鈥檚 speech laws; why an all-woman boxing club in Toronto promised to confront any meet-ups they found; and why media figures, innumerable online commenters and even a leading Australian Green Party member denounced his organizing effort.

Roosh鈥檚 misogyny is as sensational as it dangerous. He has openly advocated for the legalization of rape, so long as it occurs on private property. He has self-published nearly 20 books in which the self-described 鈥減ick-up artist鈥� instructs readers on how to 鈥渂ang鈥� women in different countries. Taking his lead, his online followers have discussed the best spots to rape women in some of those countries. And, in the build-up to his failed day of woman hate, he encouraged followers to 鈥渆xact furious retribution鈥� from any female who confronted them 鈥� videotape them, post those videos online, identify and then collectively harass them.

People around the world, like these three women at a June event in New York City, condemned rape advocate and self-described 鈥減ickup artist鈥� Daryush Valizadeh鈥檚 call for 鈥渕eet ups鈥� in 43 countries earlier this year. In the end, 鈥淩oosh V鈥檚鈥� macho-man organizing plans developed a case of the vapors and fainted dead away.

Roosh V鈥檚 following, his efforts notwithstanding, is essentially an online movement, part of a larger cyberworld peopled by misogynists and known as the 鈥渕anosphere.鈥� But one need only remember the women who were mercilessly harassed by 鈥淕amerGate鈥� trolls to understand how serious online terror can be. During that campaign, men viciously harassed women who pointed out sexism in the electronic gaming industry, to the point that at least one had to flee her home.

It was ironic that the tactics endemic to the manosphere were turned on Roosh, who has not hidden his real identity, and his followers. Reacting to the vitriol directed their way, Roosh tweeted, 鈥淎nonymous doxxed my family鈥檚 address. Whatever I鈥檝e done in life, they don鈥檛 deserve to be harassed or harmed.鈥�

And about that, if only that, Daryush Valizadeh was surely right.