I mean, I think he’s done that. He’s deactivated his Patreon, deleted his YouTube channel, and said that he’ll comment more when his mental health is better. Maybe I am a soft-hearted fool but it sounds like he’s done just that.

that’s being fairly charitable to him, i think–he reactivated his patreon when he dropped the now deleted “i’m sorry” video and based on that and the content of his video it seems like he was planning a monetized comeback (to ostensibly pay into Hbomb’s financial damage fund) before overwhelming backlash made him scurry back into the shadows and close it again

Okay, sure. Forgiveness is important. But, like, first let’s get the situation remedied. Step 1 isn’t let’s immediately forgive them without saying anything. Step 1 is holy shit look at all this blatant plagiarism going on, let’s make sure people know this is happening so that the original creators can avoid having their work stolen.

Like, yeah, this guy and all the other plagiarists are people. So are all the people they’re stealing from. Getting the word out and not dwelling on what they did forever aren’t mutually exclusive.

You can set a boundary and forgive someone without letting go of that boundary.