I was on the road to running a brutality match when that Satancon video hit. I had to deal with people cancelling going including people who were helping run the event. It also caused another exodus of Patreon support.
Karl’s attitude was that people who didn’t want to attend brutality or support InRange because of that were wrong because it had nothing to do with the channel a was never discussed on the channel. The notion that people choose to support or not support a product or venture because of the people running it and profiting from it was something he resented. He was angry that people found that “ritual” offensive.
I was never part of TST. I never attended a meeting. I told Karl directly I thought their tactics were antagonistic and ineffective. Yet I got drafted into being a defacto brand ambassador having to explain to gun people and business contacts what Karl claimed he was actually involved with in the interest of keeping our business ventures going.
The reason TST stuff stopped being an ongoing issue for running events is he resigned/was pressure out following that Satancon video. The leader of the organization didn’t like the anti law enforcement message that was part of it because they rely on LE protection against people trying to blow them up regularly.
All of this is just another example of Karl engaging in edgey contrarian behavior then claiming he’s the victim when people don’t like it.
And when people he works with get exhausted in dealing with blowback and bad press that he’s completely brought on himself with his messaging and delivery; they’re anti civil rights.
