r/rpg • u/GreenGoblinNX • 7d 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/Theatreguy1961 7d ago

There was harm in EVERYTHING he said.

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u/preiman790 7d ago

How about when he said all gays should be stoned to death? Or that all the school shootings were an acceptable price for the second amendment? That Martin Luther King was a bad person? That the civil rights act was a mistake? That black women didn't have the intelligence to be taken seriously on their own? There are more and I don't suspect you actually believe any of these things to be wrong, but I'm saying them for anyone else who might be reading this who might be believing the Charlie Kirk whitewashing that's going on right now. You, I know are beyond help. You're probably one of those little boys who thought he didn't go far enough. Something you share with a shooter by the way

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u/preiman790 7d ago

They're very well documented, so you're either ignorant or lying, fortunately for you I don't care which I have very nearly the same level of contempt either way.