Have you gotten farther? Because I felt like they did end up saying it wasn't acceptable, and that the character who was defending it (which is TOTALLY NOT LIKE HIM) ended up owning up to being a total nitwit. And jerk. To both Annie and Nina.

The BH characters are flawed. VERY, VERY FLAWED. SO VERY. And the things they do that are wrong aren't, ultimately, excused. (I feel.)

ETA: Um. I feel like they're not ultimately excused by the meta, anyway. Do the characters themselves rationalize like hell? Oh, yes. Quite often.