Reply #89: Notice the lengths to which some people will go to try to diminutize what you saw with your own eyes

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The bending over backward...The "No, this is OK because..." argument.

The "Cool! I can't wait to play this!" comments.

If the targets of the violence and "cutesy" one-liners were digitally-simulated puppies, or Jewish rabbis or a whole host of other figures, there would simply be fewer people willing to stand there making the argument that it's "Ok". But with women in our society, there is an element of acceptance of misogyny which runs so deep, you have people who don't even realize how despicable they'd sound to themselves in any other context.

PB