It's really kind of sad that this sort of thing even needs to be explained to the tech culture. I can only hope that the apologists for Gabe grow up at some poi

It's really kind of sad that this sort of thing even needs to be explained to the tech culture. I can only hope that the apologists for Gabe grow up at some point; maybe when they have daughters of their own whose safety they have to look after. It's never been about the original strip. It's always been about PA's reaction to their own community telling them that the strip was over the line. Rather than apologize, they made it personal, and set out to mock victims of rape. It's not about free speech, and it never was. It's about what happens when a person who was picked on as a kid gets the power to bully back, even if he is clearly in the wrong. If you have a community, you are responsible for setting the tone. That's your responsibility as a leader. Throwing gas on the fire by making merchandise, and still bringing this shit up 3 years later is not the way to be a leader. Is Gabe responsible for his followers being assholes? No, not directly. But dredging up the dickwolves again isn't going to help matters at all. People are sheep, even the ones who think they are the smartest ones in the room. Obviously, all the people arguing on behalf of PA showing zero maturity have never had a mother, sister, or daughter who have been raped. Otherwise they get over the intellectual arguments, and act like a human being. All the other arguments excusing Gabe's unprovoked outburst are intellectual bullshit that no one cares about.