This is not an apology. An apology would be him coming out and saying "What I said was completely wrong and there is no reason for anyone to support a culture of rape, especially in a community that already has a reputation for being so insular."
What he said was "I'm sorry, I just felt my right to yell "rape that bitch" was being threatened, so I defended it in a completely scummy way which reflects what a complete piece of shit I probably am in my personal life if I'm willing to say stuff like that on a live broadcast."
It also needs to be said that you don't only alienate women when you use language like that. You alienate friends, family and allies of survivors as well.
Kudos to Patrick for helping bring this issue further into the light. It's important that a lot of gamers be confronted with what a hostile, insular culture we tend to appropriate, especially in regards to sexual violence and other gender issues, often without being at all conscious of it.
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