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Comedian Sarah Silverman was criticized heavily Wednesday night after she tweeted a joke about being raped by Bill Cosby. Silverman, who has more than 5 million followers, perhaps seeing the feedback the tweet was generating, later said she would have edited the joke to make it less graphic. In the original tweet, which was not erased, Silverman said, “Bill Cosby gave me one of those ‘don't be dirty’ lectures but I was unconscious & he was talking about my [anus].” An hour later, she returned with a tamer version of the joke: “Bill Cosby gave me one of those ‘don't be dirty’ lectures but I was rendered unconscious.” Many...