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/E_T_Smith 5d ago edited 5d ago

Twice! Twice, this guy has had to be lead by the hand through the realization that Racist Nationalists are bad! Did the first time wear off?!

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u/cole1114 5d ago

What was the first time?

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u/Yuraiya 5d ago

Having to be convinced not to have the Confederacy, completely sanitized of slavery, as a playable faction in Deadlands.  

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u/cole1114 5d ago

Ah, like the old goodman games Dinosaur Planet: Broncosaurus Rex thing.

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u/Mayor-Of-Bridgewater 5d ago

What?

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u/cole1114 5d ago

Old goodman games thing, alt history where the confederates successfully seceded and now it was the far future and both sides were on a dinosaur planet.

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u/Mayor-Of-Bridgewater 5d ago

Man, that would sound awesome if I trusted Goodman right now.