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The quotation marks weren't there originally. It read:

> shamed as town sluts

Though it was still clear what the writer meant. I'm surprised that someone ran with an uncharitable interpretation like they did.



I'm not. Willful (or motivated ignorance based) misinterpretation to create a strawman and then tearing that down in ways that cater to the community's biases is dirt common "bad behavior" in any internet comment section where contributions are scored like they are here.


ah, thank you for the extra context. I appreciate knowing that, its certainly an easier mistake to make without the quotes.

> I'm surprised that someone ran with an uncharitable interpretation like they did.

I am less so, maybe I'm getting old and falling into elderly tropes, but I feel like there's a growing uptick in society with people seeking a platform to moralise, while skimming the content and not understanding it. The short-cuts that were originally just amber/red flags (e.g. like the casualness of throwing out a harsh label like "slut") are starting to become the offense, as opposed to the actual behaviour (the underlying cruelty) that they originally hinted at.




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