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The Daily Mail headline and lede are purely manufactured. Neither McCaskill nor anyone else is leading a boycott and there is no such growing pressure for one. McCaskill and a few others have said they will quit watching the show, but no one—at least that I have seen—is telling other people they shouldn’t watch the show. I happen to believe that their criticism of the scene in question is off the mark, but they have every right to express their displeasure. They would also have every right to say the show should be boycotted, but they haven’t done that.

"I happen to believe that their criticism of the scene in question is off the mark, but they have every right to express their displeasure."

I agree. Sansa is playing the Game of Thrones. Ramsey controls Winterfell and will be named warden of the North after his father, Roose Bolten, if Sansa doesn't intervene.

Ramsey likes to victimize people under his control. Sansa is playing the victim to appease him. Ultimately, I think Sansa will take control of Winterfell with the help of Theon.

Cersei Lannister: "When you play the game of thrones you win or you die. There is no middle ground."

Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish: "You know what I learnt losing that duel? I learnt that I'll never win. Not that way. That's their game, their rules. I'm not going to fight them: I'm going to [redacted] them. That's what I know, that's what I am, and only by admitting what we are can we get what we want."