People are individuals; and jackasses or the downright mentally disturbed can be difficult to live with, but there’s always a reason why. Instead of getting mad at misogynists—I can’t help but pity someone that insecure about half the human race—I do seek to genuinely understand them, which isn’t the same as approving of them or worse, condoning bad behaviour. This guy and many others still possess free will and not the kind of mental illness that negates their agency. But it’s still worth learning from them—and recognizing the hater, however tiny or not, in us all.