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I am glad the shirt was taken down, but honestly, the post explaining this decision (bottom of the page) was so condescending and insensitive that, for me, it really soured any possibly sense of victory. Mike/"Gabe" made it very clear that he felt he had "caved into to [sic] pressure from a vocal minority" (translation: man, all these whiny bitches!), that he would "never apologize for the joke"--which he maintains is "funny"--and strongly implied that he doesn't believe any negative reaction to the joke is warranted. He then scoffs at the people who have said they do not wish to attend PAX because they think he and Jerry/"Tycho" are promoting "some sort of rape culture" (translation: I don't belive in rape culture, or at least, I don't want to take the time to think about it), since he insists this simply "isn't true" (despite numerous actions to the contrary), and tells these people that they just shouldn't come to PAX at all. But hey, he's not a complete monster: he'll give you a refund! And finally, even though this post's thesis was that they'd rather just remove the shirt if it would make people uncomfortable at PAX (even though they thought this was an unwarranted reaction), Mike has said that he will wear the shirt to PAX himself. And his tweets to people attempting to engage him on the topic have been flippant and dismissive to the point of cruelty. I don't think Mike could possibly make it and clearer that he doesn't give a single shit about the feelings of rape survivors, or any fan who doesn't condone glib, damaging attitudes toward rape. Post a comment in response: |
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