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mk  ·  3814 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Snapchat CEO Mortified By Leaked Sexist Frat Emails

    But - the true question is - where's the harm here? Who did those emails hurt? So the CEO partied a lot and did a lot of drugs and maybe doesn't have the most respectful opinion of sorority women...There is no physical or clear-cut harm here. There is harm in terms of propagating an anti-feminist environment, but physically no one is hurt, visibly, no one is hurt, so it's hard to be vehemently against him, I think.

I agree. This kind of banter is par for the course among many groups of boys/young men. It's distasteful, ignorant, and wrong-headed, but many of us have passed through similar waters, and all of us are friends and family with some who have.

There's little reason to think that he hasn't grown up since then. If he was 35 when he sent these emails, I would feel more comfortable judging him.