▁was ▁widely ▁critic ized ▁for ▁inc endi ary ▁comments ▁made ▁on ▁Red dit ▁before ▁he ▁deleted ▁his ▁account . ▁In ▁their ▁argument ▁about ▁trigger ▁warnings , ▁Kirk ▁repeatedly ▁stated ▁that ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁participants , ▁a ▁self - des cribed ▁ra pe ▁victim , ▁should ▁be ▁ra ped ▁again . ▁Science ▁blog ger ▁P Z ▁My ers ▁condem ned ▁these ▁posts ▁and ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁debate ▁many ▁of ▁Kirk ' s ▁past ▁claims ▁about ▁femin ism , ▁writing ▁that ▁" this ▁kind ▁of ▁thing ▁has ▁always ▁been ▁part ▁of ▁his ▁YouTube ▁sch tick ." ▁After ▁the ▁incident , ▁Kirk ▁apolog ized ▁to ▁the ▁Red dit ▁user ▁in ▁a ▁private ▁message ▁and ▁later ▁made ▁a ▁public ▁ap ology . ▁Kirk ▁addressed ▁the ▁issue ▁further ▁in ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁video ▁entitled , ▁" R ape , ▁Fem in ism , ▁and ▁The ▁Ama zing ▁A the ist ," ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁again ▁apolog ized ▁for ▁the ▁incident ▁and ▁explained ▁the ▁context ▁in ▁which ▁it ▁happened : ▁his ▁remarks ▁were ▁meant ▁to ▁be ▁sat ir ical ▁comment ary ▁on ▁trigger ▁warnings . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁Kirk ▁was ▁a ▁guest ▁on ▁a ▁CNN ▁panel , ▁where ▁he ▁discussed ▁the ▁rise ▁of ▁at he ism ▁in ▁America ▁with ▁Christian ▁the olog ian ▁William ▁Lane ▁Craig . ▁ ▁Kirk ▁interview ed ▁Mil o ▁Y ian n op oul os ▁for ▁The ▁D run ken ▁Pe as ants ▁pod cast ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1