[quote="Jard"]
That being said, I am open to the idea, if you are, of donating an amount equal to my pledge to a cause that fights racism or helps refugees. Sulldawga, Thirdkingdom, Wyzard, and Atlicaltl, if you'll pardon my snooping I've deduced that you guys are all part of the same ACKs campaign that seems to take equal parts here and over on big purple, so I am curious what you think. Do you think it's a fair and appropriate response for those who dislike Vox Day, want to do more than just say so, but who don't wish to cut ties with ACKs, to do a matching pledge to a charitable organization?
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I'm not cutting ties with ACKS. I'm still in on the KS, and just subscribed to the Patreon yesterday. I don't want to live in a world where Vox Day denies *me* access to a product that I really like, and like I said I understand, respect, and sympathize with Alex's comments here. That he doesn't believe in financial boycotts of things to leverage change is also a factor; while he's stated he'll respect those patrons who choose to do so, he will not allow such actions to sway his decision-making. He's done a reasonably good job, I think, explaining the history of that and how it falls on multiple sides of the political spectrum.
Still, I've made my case for why I think ACKS and Alex are being used by the racist construct Vox Day and encourage Alex to reconsider whether he wants to be used that way. It's going to be a souring of the KS product to have the Dark Lord and his Vile Faceless Misions repesented within it. IMO, it stains the product in a sad way.
If Alex comes to agree with me as a result of me and others speaking up about it, then I'll have done my work. If he doesn't, he and I can disagree about it. For now, I'm still buying the product. We'll see how I feel when I'm actually holding it in my hands and looking at what I see as Vox Day's corrupting infiltration.
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Rodriguez, I gave a quick answer to your query about Vox Day's harm to others in post #119 above, which got caught up in moderation because of the links. And then I had difficulty posting to the forums, so I was unable to edit out some light snark from the late hour. My apologies for that.
That glitch also delayed the response I just made. Apologies for seemingly disappearing from the conversation.