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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 6179672" data-attributes="member: 19675">Agreed, 100%.But lets look at facts:In this case, there was a misunderstanding of the strip on the part of people who had been traumatized by rape.  Comprehension error on Team ReadersInstead of a a plain-jane apology and/or explaining the strip in order to correct the misunderstanding, they got a little snarky and kind of "mailed it in."  PR error Team Cartoonists.When the apology wasn't accepted- and given the apology's content and the intended audience, its not a surprise- they upped the ante with the shirts.  THAT pissed off the first group more, and got people who WEREN'T rape survivors pissed off.  Biiiig PR error Team Cartoonists.Sometimes- especially in the arts- its not about facts, but understanding.The initial wave of reactions was a simple misunderstanding that could have been rectified with decent communications skill.  The second wave was 100% fine by me.Do you remember the controversy over Ice-T's "Cop Killer" song?  I have multiple copies, despite having family & friends in law enforcement?I also have G'n'R albums despite the racist lyrical content of some of the songs.What about Robert Mapplethorpe's art?  Lots of controversy there.  I fully supported his art, but also understood why people reacted to it the way they did.  RM never really tried to educate people as to the "why" of his work: he may have felt it would have been futile- and he may have been right- but he didn't try.  Instead, he rode the wave of controversy...until it crashed on him.Controversial art and speech are necessary for society.  But it has a cost to its creators, and it always will.  It can backfire, sometimes ruinously.  If you don't want to be a part of that equation, don't engage society on that level.</blockquote>

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