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"their job Is to be stared at, they agreed to do it, they're not in some back alley, these women are safe"
Get real. A barista is "safe" till a dude waits till she gets off and follows her to her car. This is a bad joke at best, stalking at worst.
Okay? Literally anyone could ambush anybody, that's no reason for the barista to accuse all her male customers of being potential attackers.
This dude is clearly just being a goober. If he had any intention of actually attacking these women he probably wouldn't be putting his face so close to them in front of cameras.
Assuming the worst is not an effective argumentation style.
Also, it's nowhere close to the definition of stalking. It's a single isolated incident, he doesn't follow them from one location to another, he's not targeting anyone in particular, he's literally just at a car show going from one model to the next taking awkward photos.
You're really diluting the meanings of words, and that does not help women who are victims of actual crimes. You should probably think a little more deeply about the consequences of your apparent need to manufacture outrage in order to signal your own ostensible virtue.