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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doctorhook" data-source="post: 9667929" data-attributes="member: 58401">I’m pretty disappointed about this, but also not really sure anything has changed from my perspective since last week. I don’t put much stock in anything Mr. Bledsaw has said, so I guess I don’t believe his account of these events. Goodman Games needs to cut this partnership immediately and permanently; they tried to walk a fine line with this project but that’s failed spectacularly.Regarding Mr. Bledsaw’s comments, it just seems sad. It’s pure garden-variety lashing-out behaviour by a racist boomer struggling with his own fading relevance; I’ve read the same screed hundreds of times from others, it’s just ignorance and fear turned into pity and rage.I might just be being charitable to Mr. Goodman here, but when he previously talked about “building bridges”, I wonder if he hadn’t just fallen into the trap of forgiving Mr. Bledsaw personally and forgetting how offensive his public behaviour had been. They seem to have known each other a long time, and maybe Mr. Bledsaw is “nice” in person or seems deserving of pity—unfortunately that’s not worth a damn when his public profile is unrepentantly racist and offensive. None of that is an excuse for GG trying to build a relationship with JG, but it might be an explanation.I truly hope Mr. Goodman sees why this project is radioactive and publicly discards it immediately. I want to believe Goodman Games is still alright, but they need to demonstrate a full-throated commitment against the kinds of values Mr. Bledsaw has espoused. No more half-measures, no grey areas.</blockquote>

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