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If you send money to fascists be prepared for the money to be intercepted. Simple as that
by dangerwill 5y ago
If you send money to fascists be prepared for the money to be intercepted. Simple as that
- ameminator 5y agoAs much as you may dislike "fascists", you don't get to tell other people who they can or cannot send money to.
- malermeister 5y agoOther people sent money to GoFundMe. GoFundMe now has it, and as you said yourself, you don't get to tell them who they can or cannot send it to.
- ameminator 5y agoIf I accept money on behalf of someone else, with the expectation that the cash will be given to that person and I just use the money as I please, this is called fraud. If I set up a monetary relationship between 2 entities and then I interfere with that relationship, this is called tortuous interference with contracts.
- dgabriel 5y agoGoFundMe tells a lot of people who they can or cannot send money to via their platform. First, there are laws around sending money to designated terrorist organizations, then there are restrictions around violence, pornography and sex work, and many more. The giant list can be found here: https://www.gofundme.com/c/terms https://www.gofundme.com/c/terms If you want to mail a check to these truckers, have at it, but GoFundMe is not obligated to collect money on their behalf. Here's another example, but not one Ron Desantis would ever care about - https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200131-gofundme-shuts-us-based-palestinian-groups-account/ https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200131-gofundme-shuts-us...
- peteradio 5y agoThey can't collect the money under false pretense and redistribute as they please. That's clear fraud.
- ameminator 5y agoThey weren't obligated to continue to collect money on their behalf, but once they started collecting that money, they are obligated to handle it responsibly. They do not get to decide to withhold money unilaterally and give it to other charities (as GoFundMe has stated they intend to do). A telephone company can't decide to give me a phone number then tell me who I can or cannot call. My ISP cannot tell me which websites I can or cannot access (without a court order). If GoFundMe allowed the convoy to open a charity drive, they cannot unilaterally close it and confiscate the money.
- tandymodel100 5y ago
- HideousKojima 5y agoThe people opposed to government-enforced medical mandates are fascists? The wordhas truly lost all meaning. Though according to Orwell, it already had even before the end of WW2
- empty_banana 5y agoReally, how did the media convinced masses that people fighting for all's freedom are fascists?
- 16012022 5y ago“All’s” — im sorry but if 50%+1 people will disagree with the cause, your so-called freedom fighters are not fighting for everyone
- astraloverflow 5y agoThe "all" in the gp refers to the fought for freedom(s) applying to everyone, not that it has majority support or that is wanted by everyone.
- peteradio 5y agoFascist according to what definition? I think you are deeply confused.
- NikolaeVarius 5y agoYou are the part of the reason that modern extremism exists in the first place.
- dang 5y agoPlease do not take HN threads further into hellish ideological flamewar. We want curious conversation here. Also, please keep personal attacks off this site. Not ok here. Edit: you've been posting so many personal attacks and breaking the site guidelines so repeatedly that I've banned the account. That is seriously not cool here. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
- dang 5y agoPlease do not take HN threads further into hellish ideological flamewar. We want curious conversation here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html