Julien Blanc boasts about shoving Asian women’s faces into his crotch in Japan: “You can do what you want. I’m just romping through the streets, just grabbing girls’ heads, just like, head, pfft on the dick.”
The dating expert has just been denied permission to enter the UK, where he planned to run a series of seminars sharing his “seduction” techniques. For some, Blanc’s case is a “free speech issue” and the government has no business limiting him.
Blanc, 25, uses the hashtag #ChokingGirlsAroundTheWorld on social media, and tours the world giving seminars and $2,000 bootcamps. He was due to arrive in Britain in February for a series of events.
But there is no requirement to tolerate speech that unambiguously directs violence, and thus no “free speech” defence for Blanc.
This month Blanc was also forced to cut short an Australian tour after widespread protests led to his visa being cancelled. The Australian immigration minister, Scott Morrison, said his government’s decision was in reaction to justified public outrage.
“This guy wasn’t putting forward political ideas. He was putting forward abuse that was derogatory to women and those values are abhorred in this country,” he said.
Blanc has already described himself as “the most hated man in the world”. He could be banned from entering Ireland too, the Department of Justice confirmed.
Thousands of people have signed petitions in Australia, Germany, South Korea, Japan, Canada, the UK and Brazil to ban Blanc and his seminars.