IMHO:
C'mon, guys and gals, lighten up! S'right, I can understand why you were offended, tho I wasn't (de gustibus, you know).

But offense or not, words like 'rapist" strikes me as overkill, by a wide margin. Heck, if one were to be thin-skinned about this one might take offense at the discussion of Faldage's poetry book. G'bear's new to the board; cut her some slack, huh? It's fine to be firm on the point, but firmness with understanding, to teach, not to excoriate.

JMH and uninformed O.