Absolutely no disagreement with this as far as it goes, but there is a second word which pretty much HAS to come into play as well: idiocy. By this I mean, how such a gaffe could develop into the current situation MAY have been at least understandable as little as two years ago – but it’s not two years ago, it’s now. #metoo had already been up and running at full steam for a year and half …
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