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Unfortunately, as a concern for the safety of my employees, we don't push the envelope as much anymore...and I can't say I feel good about having caved in.
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This seemed central to me. He wanted to make funny, ironic, and offensive shirts, and then people started sending legitimate threats. He was faced with a choice, and he chose to mellow out instead of either shutting down or facing the nut bags. And he got pissed having to mellow the messages.
He may have been a dick to Halx and the member, but the reason for shutting down seems reasonable and shutting down instead of selling is actually commendable.
And most of their employees are likely in a third world country.