Filed under: DC bloggers, Daryush Valizadeh/Roosh V/Roosh Valizadeh/Roosh Vorek, Ate, Pronounced Uh-Tey, The "Hell No We Won't Go" to Blogger Happy Hour Boycott
UPDATE, 6:15 p.m.: MANY MORE PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN IN TO BE ADDED TODAY !!! WORKING ON UPDATING !!!

Thank you, all, for the lively comments, anonymous tips and e-mails regarding the Blogger Happy Hour Boycott of Roosh V and VK (see the original post for details and this commentary). If you want to join the coalition, please send an e-mail to BHDCtips@gmail.com, or put a tip in the always anonymous tip box.
Please note: this is not a boycott of the I-66 or Rob Goodspeed happy hours.
Some have asked whether they have to do anything beyond posting the logo and/or verbally joining the coalition. The answer is no, but a few bloggers have said that they plan on picketing the upcoming blogger happy hour to spread the word about the racism, sexism, homophobia, hypocrisy and violence that they say has been spread by Roosh and VK.
As promised, here is the updated list:

*****UPDATE: From Latest Obsession: “They sound like jerks…never linked to them and never will…”
*****UPDATE: ThongSpeedz has added the boycott logo.
*****UPDATE: Ashburnite: “Not that I don’t support it, for the most part I’m just trying to stay away from the drama.”
*****UPDATE: From Thomas Circle: “I think Ashburnite speaks for many of us who will remain silent during this ordeal so that we don’t hurt Kassy’s feelings or inspire acts of revenge violence from Roosh or VK. Many of us love Kassy deeply. She is a sweet and innocent soul.”
*****UPDATE: Best DC Blog, one of the most popular blogs in the metro area, has joined the boycott.
*****UPDATE: “Brunch Bird and View From Dupont removed Roosh and VK from their blog rolls this week,” a commenter informs us.
*****UPDATE: “I have been boycotting them for more than a year now,” says The Senator from CPMC. “Especially after the last one I attended where I offered Roosh a handshake. He wouldn’t do it. I expected his immaturity and was embarrassed for him.”
*****UPDATE: Says Andy, “I don’t like what Roosh and VK have openly said about Kassy K, so I will not be attending. It’s my own reason for boycotting, and I feel like this is something, at least.”

*****UPDATE: Commenters indicate that Big Sky Girl, Finding Blanche, Bad Things I’ve Done Lately, Dealing in Subterfuges and Uneven Steven support the cause. If this information needs to be updated, e-mail BHDCtips@gmail.com
*****UPDATE: Night Rider weighs in: “…I wouldn’t want to hang out with these dudes… So if that makes me a supporter, so be it.”
*****UPDATE: Sommer Mathis, editor of DCist, says, “Not a single person who contributes to DCist has been contacted about, heard of, or has anything to do with this.” However, at least two individual DCist writers have expressed their support in private.
*****UPDATE: Charlene’s Shanty Shack has joined the boycott by adding the logo.
****UPDATE: Church of the Big Sky and Sugar N Spice plan on joining, according to commenters. If this information needs to be updated, e-mail BHDCtips@gmail.com
*****UPDATE: From Temple Snark: “Roosh…seems to have a disgusting one-track idea about women…”
*****UPDATE: Republic of T: “I don’t go to any blogger happy hours these days.” He calls on bloggers to “take back the blog.”
*****UPDATE: The bitches at Bigger Bitch Than You have posted the boycott logo.
*****UPDATE: From Anon: “I write a sex blog for women and will be adding the logo.”

*****UPDATE: “Will I be joining the boycott? Well, I probably will be…joining the boycott…,” says blogger David Barzelay.
*****UPDATE: “[B]y all evidence he appears to be a self-proclaimed misogynist and all-around disgusting creep,” DCist editor Sommer Mathis has said regarding Roosh V. “I mean he is selling a T-shirt that says ‘I Pump and I Dump’ on his site, and in his ‘Hall of Fame’ posts includes something called ‘Girls Lack Conversation Skills.’ Ick. Enough said.”
