And the author of this article is tying himself into a pretzel trying to absolve Tolkien of this great shame.

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    As an ND person, I know very well how harsh being ND is, and what the very real consequences of that are. And it might ultimately cost me my life.

    But we are still ultimately always responsible for our actions. And we must always be aware of this.

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      Gaiman behaves a certain way with certain women. How is a man going to know this unless he is there when it happens, Gaiman explicity talks about it or if a woman tells him?

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      This is true, but I don’t think it really makes sense here. He didn’t have a choice if he didn’t know anything was wrong with Gaiman.