TSR Who's running the TSR3 social media accounts?

Ernie Gygax (before he and Stephen Dinehart accused the whole affair of being orchestrated by WotC and then deleted their Twitter accounts) indicated that Justin LaNasa was running the social media accounts for TSR3, Giantlands, and Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum.

After a full week of insults, barbed exchanges, and problematic statements from all three accounts, the following has been posted by somebody who identified themselves as "Michael", perhaps suggesting that Justin LaNasa is no longer with the company (which seems unlikely), leaving many on social media to question whether "Michael" exists. The new TSR3 was founded by LaNasa, Stephen Dinehart, and Ernie Gygax, and despite the acrinomious social media activity, the former two founders' names have largely escaped much of the criticism.

UPDATE -- the below tweets now appear to have been deleted.

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Around the same time, the header above the available events at the Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum website was altered to read: "Most role playing games will be played in old school fashion so if you're easliy offended or Rude ! DO NOT PLAY !" (sic)

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So who is TSR3 co-founder Justin LaNasa? He was an American politician who ran for office in 2014 and 2020, and who was involved in a minor scandal during the latter campaign.

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[imagineGod]

And there it is.

And did I name one person? Harassment is targeted.

Ernie Gygax is targeted repeatedly by name and is not here to defend himself. Is this what social media has turned into now?

 

[Bolares]

Or the ridicule I read on this very thread against Michael ? Is that somehow good for our community? That Michael cannot be a human who got upset by the scorn online and stopped posting on social media for TSR?

This can only be trolling

 

[Sacrosanct]

Or the ridicule I read on this very thread against Michael ? Is that somehow good for our community? That Michael cannot be a human who got upset by the scorn online and stopped posting on social media for TSR?

This Michael person (if they exist) was hired as a PR professional. If they stopped the literal job they were hired for because people are upset at TSR3, then they are in the wrong job mate.

 

[imagineGod]

IG, do you know Michael personally?

Can you tell us why TSR Games chose to delete the posts which said he was the new PR person?

And neither do you. Can you explain why you should deny Michael humanity?

 

[Steampunkette]

And the Satanic Panic is the model of behavior you wish to justify as civilized behavior good for human dociturs?

I think this is a very telling thing. The satanic panic was a group of intentionally misled and foolish people who were actively lied to about what D&D was responding without any form of critical thought or exploration of evidence.

You are comparing that to a person making a series of terrible statements, a bunch of people seeing those terrible statements, and a bunch of people reacting to those terrible statements.

These two things are not equal, by any stretch of the imagination. It's very much an equivocation. Un attempt to say that both sides are wrong because they're doing it the wrong way...

What, pray tell, is the right way to rebuke Ernie Gary Gygax for his transphobic comments, and the company for the same?

 

[Morrus]

And neither do you. Can you explain why you should deny Michael humanity?

Stop. Posting. In. This. Thread. Now.

 

[Umbran]

And did I name one person? Harassment is targeted.

Mod Note:
The owner of the site told you to not post in this thread, or on this topic. You're done.

Someone just earned himself at least a week away from EN World. Please do not follow his example.

 

[bedir than]

(posted as mods posting)

 

[Bolares]

edit: started posting before the mod notes.

 

[Rob Kuntz]

I never said those harassers should be banned. Yet those harassing Ernie want him banned.

Ernie Gygax is not TSR Games. He may be a shareholder but he is a real human.

Those people claim Ernie hurt, what are their names? Which individual did Ernie directly target dirrctly. I have not seen any evidence yet, just a witch hunt in the public square outside the law.

I understand your frustration, but unfortunately Ernie does not care to understand others', family, friends, those he mocked or offended, the list goes on. His family and closest friends will be there to pick up the pieces after this shame-filled travesty that should not have happened ends. There are no courts but the social kind to hold him, his actions and words, his partner's actions and words, the whole rotten assemblage, accountable. His family pleaded with him; so did I. And instead he let loose the dogs of war. He stated to me in his last e-mail that he wished he could go back to better times. Well, he could have created better times instead of abandoning the concept as a passed by artifact. That was not his choice.

Edit: Did not notice mod intervention before posting. Sorry.