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HeartLinda: Discussion: Down with Molestia (Accusations)
Here’s how I think DM should ideally treat supporters of “Ask Princess Molestia”:
“You should stop supporting APM because it normalizes rape.”
Instead, what I see is this:
“If you support APM, you support rape culture.”
The difference between the two is that the first allows people who…
If you support APM, you support rape culture because it normalizes rape. These aren’t unrelated.
It also encourages rapists by trivializing rape.
http://rajsivaraman.wordpress.com/2013/06/05/a-scientific-case-against-rape-jokes/
(I will never not take the chance to link this)
This is the sort of attitude I think DM should try to avoid. You’re not giving people an opportunity to consider why “Ask Princess Molestia” supports rape culture, because people might not realize it at first.