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1StrongBlackMan

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2. Probably in the same way ...

Reply to Prophet 451 (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 17, 2014, 07:06 PM

Nov 2014

you (presumably a male; but, even if not a male, a person that speaks out against rape jokes) probably don't hear misogynistic comments in real life.

People tend to self-modulate when they know that someone "like them" doesn't share/put up with their B.S.

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