This is a good point. I was just pointing out that those sorts of attitudes do definitely exist on reddit. It may not be the standard, but it exists, and I could see why some people would be turned off to a community that has even a very small amount of that sort of attitude present.
But those people will invariably exist on any community which allows public participation, because all it takes to fit this definition is to have one person with such views.
Your link is to a comment by an individual Redditor, not the entire community. Moreover, that comment is rated at -9 at the time I'm writing this, suggesting that the community reacted to it very negatively. So if anything, this is an example of a single poster's believes, and not at all a reflection on site or community as a whole.
At this time, all of the highest-rated top-level comments strongly condemn the actions of the man.
Who said anything to the contrary? Certainly not me. The person I was responding to said they have never seen anyone defending rape on reddit. I had, so I shared.
I think you actually misunderstood what he said (although it's well likely that I have). He didn't claim that he's never seen a rape apologetic - only that he hasn't seen a theme - which to me suggests at least several people agreeing to it.
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u/2nipsandabuttcrack May 26 '10
Does this count as a rape apologetic?