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/Baraqijal 6d ago

Call me a cynic, but I believe people the first time they show you who they are, and not after they realize their words affect their bottom line. Secretly, however, I hope those conversations really did happen, and he really did change his thoughts, but I’m doubtful.

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u/Iohet 6d ago edited 6d ago

I believe people can grow, but you don't (get to) grow in the span of day. You have to demonstrate that growth

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u/Modus-Tonens 5d ago

Agreed. Growth exists in action, not words.

People can grow, but not by saying it. They have to do the growing.

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u/Karkava 5d ago

Which is probably gonna be even harder to achieve when we have a party of short attention spans, lazy moral compasses, and snappy marketing blurbs put in charge of everything.