Well they say once you go black...

"cesspool"

I think he was trying to absolve her of any blame.

The insanity in this post has me so angry that I can barely see straight. This response isn't going to be some even-handed editorial as the comment section of a gaming blog is just not an appropriate place for that, and the other side is already been thoroughly represented (i.e. yes, rape is horrible).

The widely accepted statistic for false rape accusations is between 2-8% even though 14 out of 20 studies have placed them at a much higher rate. But even if we accept the 2-8% statistic, the numbers are not low as the statistic would suggest. For example, in 2009 there were 88,097 rapes reported according to the…

Don't take this the wrong way, but you are a fucking idiot and a terrible journalist.

But you are raking him over the coals for not "starting the conversation" over whether something like that is rape. He denies having sex with her and that's where this should probably end as far as being in the public eye. Any thing further are issues that can be taken up with an attorney present. God the Tumblr…

You should be fired.

I think she pays to have her articles published. It's the only possible explanation if a just god exists.

Why is Patricia still allowed to write on this site?

Now, there's a lot about this paragraph that is kind of gross. As our sister site Jezebel says, Temkin is basically "employing the tropes of rape culture in his own defense, even while wrapping himself in the language of social justice and positioning himself as a good feminist." Nevermind the non-apology (if it was…

How the hell is it his responsibility to start a conversation about anything? Is it her responsibility too, I wonder, given that, y'know, her claims carry just as much weight as his own since none of us where in the room... ?

He addressed it in public because the accusation was a public one. It's not like she called him up and made the claims, she posted it in a public forum.

Ummm.. what if this turns legal? You don't think maybe the kinds of meandering thoughts and questions you hoped he would pose could potentially hurt his case?

This article is loaded with gold:

Yeah ... "this person who felt cornered by a horrible situation should've used it as a teachable moment" is a weird conceit for an article tbh

When we were younger you raped me, and i've waited until you're mildly successful to actually tell someone, i've no real proof that it happened other than my word, don't respond to this post with satire or deflect it as a joke, instead i want you to appologize to me and contemplate what you did wrong.

So why did you write up a huge post criticizing his ability to read consent properly when he says they didn't even have sex to begin with?

It's not his job to "start a conversation". He was personally accused, he has a right to personally respond. Or does being mildly internet-famous suddenly make you responsible for our entire society?

In what world was he REQUIRED to start a larger conversation? It's a personal matter, and he says it is painful to him, so not wanting to open up the floor to a greater debate is pretty understandable.