Human vomit fountain Roosh V has canceled his planned "international meetup" day. Originally, the meetups were meant to attract men's rights activists who might want to get together and gab about stuff like legalized rape. Two of these events were supposedly planned in Seattle. (At the meetup points, attendees were then meant to ask one another, "Do you know where I can find a pet shop?" and then be directed to the Misogynists Anonymous meeting location.)

We wrote about Roosh V yesterday, because we were wondering if the upcoming events were worth covering at all. Roosh V's media strategy seems to rely on outrage from publications like ours, and we weren't sure we wanted to give him more of a platform. Here's the argument I presented on Wednesday:

So here's the dilemma: It's one thing to see this information, write about it, and show up to counter-protest in force. But this all works to Roosh V's advantage. While the majority of people might be turned off by Roosh V's rhetoric, all he needs is for the conflict to hit a level of media saturation so that it reaches the men out there feeling most alienated and most rejected by women and general society. These are the people Roosh V recruits for his men's rights bullshit. He preys on people who have socialization issues, or issues with women, then exploits their fears and personal tragedies for the benefit of his personal brand.

We put the question to Slog readers, who overwhelmingly voted that we should ignore Roosh V. Others, however, suggested alternative strategies. Some gems below:

• I dunno. Send him a bunch of dildos? - GermanSausage

• I think a photo spread would be a great way to handle this story. Show up for the meet up and take pictures of all who have found "the pet shop." Post them on SLOG. They are meeting in a public place so they are fair grounds to have their photos taken. - lilt

• There's a pet store like six blocks from the statue of Lenin. Just send a representative from Petco over there with some puppies to direct people to the pet store. - malen

• Some sort of flash mob rendition of West End Girls? - Anti-m

• How bout a bunch of leather daddies and puppy players greet them with collars and leashes and make a big gay stink out of it? "I got yer pet shop right here." Assuming we want a sex-positive discouragement of actually attending the meeting. Alternatively, we could give out bad information and direct them to a sekrit location full of the above. - bobjoebob

• Mad max fury road cosplay!! - adi00

Thanks, Slog. Also, the thing that made Roosh V cancel the meetups? Apparently it was the threat of a women's boxing club showing up to meet them.