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I support their views on free speech, but as a matter of conscience, principle, and (more cynically) optics, they should donate all proceeds they make off of Br
by jszymborski 10y ago
I support their views on free speech, but as a matter of conscience, principle, and (more cynically) optics, they should donate all proceeds they make off of Breitbart or neo-nazi orders to civil liberties/rights organisations like the ACLU (which they mention in their post).
- keithwhor 10y agoI think this might the most reasonable stance I've read. I'm surprised the executive team didn't come up with something similar already.
- aaron-lebo 10y agoShould Apple donate the profits of every Macbook sold to neo-Nazis? How do you identify them? Don't censor people and play into their victim complex. Treat them the exact same way you would anyone else and if you can't convince them through argument that they are wrong then you have nothing to stand on.
- paulgb 10y agoWhat? Shopify can identify which profit comes through which account
- tedunangst 10y agoAdd a checkbox to the order form. "Donate the profits from my purchase to the ACLU."
- mwpmaybe 10y agoThese are neo-nazis buying products from a neo-nazi publication that happens to use Shopify for their online store. They're not going to opt-in to an ACLU donation. What the GGP is proposing is that Shopify take their cut of the transaction and donate it to the ACLU.
- cgag 10y agoSometimes I wonder if they might not literally be Nazis.
- jszymborski 10y agoI didn't mean to conflate them, but I think it's fair to mention far-right groups in the same breath.