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<blockquote data-quote="Abstruse" data-source="post: 8319706" data-attributes="member: 6669048"><p>Three possible explanations for it.</p><p></p><p>1) Ernie doesn't actually hold these beliefs and it is all performative in order to pander to the "anti-woke" audience that other industry pariahs court like the aforementioned Pundit, Venger, and others over the recent history of the industry. This could be Ernie's idea or LaNasa's and Eenie is going along with it.</p><p></p><p>2) They did not know Ernie held these beliefs because they did not discuss things like this with him. Many people have the luxury to not discuss politics if they choose because politics rarely affects them directly. And if Ernie wasn't making posts on social media about them or discussing them with others via phone, email, in-person gatherings, etc. they would have no way to know.</p><p></p><p>3) They ignored the red flags intentionally because of past friendships and/or familial relationships. Without a public platform, calling out posts like this can frequently get the person responding in trouble within the family and/or friend circle for "stirring up drama". Now that the posts are news in the RPG industry and have been seen by hundreds of thousands of people, those statements and beliefs are no longer a "private" matter and require a public response.</p><p></p><p>Or it could be something else entirely or a combination of those. No real way to know for sure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Abstruse, post: 8319706, member: 6669048"] Three possible explanations for it. 1) Ernie doesn't actually hold these beliefs and it is all performative in order to pander to the "anti-woke" audience that other industry pariahs court like the aforementioned Pundit, Venger, and others over the recent history of the industry. This could be Ernie's idea or LaNasa's and Eenie is going along with it. 2) They did not know Ernie held these beliefs because they did not discuss things like this with him. Many people have the luxury to not discuss politics if they choose because politics rarely affects them directly. And if Ernie wasn't making posts on social media about them or discussing them with others via phone, email, in-person gatherings, etc. they would have no way to know. 3) They ignored the red flags intentionally because of past friendships and/or familial relationships. Without a public platform, calling out posts like this can frequently get the person responding in trouble within the family and/or friend circle for "stirring up drama". Now that the posts are news in the RPG industry and have been seen by hundreds of thousands of people, those statements and beliefs are no longer a "private" matter and require a public response. Or it could be something else entirely or a combination of those. No real way to know for sure. [/QUOTE]
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