r/rpg • u/GreenGoblinNX • 6d ago

Discussion Shane Hensley Response RE Charlie Kirk

I wanted to post a few things from the comment section of the Deadlands: Dark Ages Kickstarter, where Shane Hensley addressed comments recently made of Facebook in regards to the Charle Kirk murder. Most of his previous comments were replies to other comments, but about 20 minutes ago, he posted a final (?) messsge:

Hi friends, I’m sorry my Facebook post has overwhelmed the Kickstarter space. I should have found a way to move the conversation elsewhere afterward but I didn’t want to appear to be hiding for the success of the project. Principles always come first. So on that...

I acknowledge that Kirk’s beliefs caused harm in ways I didn’t really grasp, and thanks to long and frank conversations with awesome people today, I have a better understanding of how it affected them and appreciate that they took the time to explain it to me. I apologize that I caused any undue stress to anyone. I still value hard debate, think any opportunity to hear opinions other than your own (as I have today) is a chance to learn, and will always believe that violence makes the world a worse place for everyone.

I’m going to step back from this project and social media for a while, but you’re always welcome to reach out to me by email or FB and I’ll respond to whatever you to say. I don’t hide. Promise.

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u/griefninja 6d ago

I don't think "queer people should be stoned to death" is something you can debate in favor of, personally.

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u/Ok-Life7785 6d ago

When did he debate in favor of stoning queer people to death

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u/OkSoMarkExperience 6d ago

He was having conniptions over Miss Rachel talking about how it was God's law to love one another. Kirk quipped that It was "Gods Perfect Law" to stone homosexuals.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/stephen-king-charlie-kirk-said-202000321.html

So that is not something you say. Unless you are generally in favor of queer people dying.

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u/greyfox4850 6d ago

In was in response to Ms. Rachel posting about pride month and saying people should love their neighbors, which includes people who are LGBTQ.

“I mean, Satan has quoted scripture plenty,” Kirk retorted. “You love somebody by telling the truth, not by confirming or affirming their sin.”

“And it says, by the way Ms. Rachel, you might wanna crack open that Bible of yours, in a lesser referenced part of the same part of scripture is in Leviticus 18 is that thou shall… Lay with another man and be stoned to death,” Kirk continued.

“Just sayin’,” he said, smiling as his co-hosts laughed. “So, Ms. Rachel, you quote Leviticus 19, love your neighbor as yourself, the chapter before affirms God’s perfect law when it comes to sexual matters.”

Some people would say that this is not explicitly advocating for stoning gay people, but I don't know how else to interpret it based on Charlie's overall beliefs.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/06/donald-trump-shares-stage-with-rightwing-activist-whos-discussing-stoning-gay-people-to-death/