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"This is entirely outside of the mission of GoFundMe." https://twitter.com/gofundme/status/1278759152492220416 https://twitter.com/gofundme/status/1278759152492

by bruceb 5y ago

"This is entirely outside of the mission of GoFundMe." https://twitter.com/gofundme/status/1278759152492220416 https://twitter.com/gofundme/status/1278759152492220416 It is not if they agree with what is happening. They are fine with occupying if they back the cause.

defaultname 5y ago
- gjsman-1000 5y ago
  The tweet literally says it is for CHOP.
  - s5300 5y ago
    Which was something like the entirety of a half of a city block mostly centered around urban farms
    - joemazerino 5y ago
      - dang 5y ago
        Please keep flamewar rhetoric off HN. It's not what this site is for, and it destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - bendbro 5y ago
      You are seriously misinformed on CHOP/CHAZ. Likely 1-5% of the area was devoted to a garden. The rest was filled with protesters waging nightly war on the police and surrounding businesses. More than that, CHAZ/CHOP protestors were directly responsible for multiple killings of black people.
    - throwawaysea 5y ago
      It was not mostly centered around urban farms. That was only a tiny, tiny slice of Cal Anderson park. It wasn’t an actual farm either, but desperate PR - they threw down a few bags of soil a few inches deep, and obviously nothing came of it (in terms of food production). I am not sure the size of CHAZ even matters - it was a chokehold on the most frequented parts of Capitol Hill, the businesses in and near it, and the roads used by tens of thousands daily that run through it. As for how safe it was - it was a lawless zone that gave safe harbor to crimes (including murder) and weapon stashes used by BLM/antifa affiliated rioters to attack the nearby police precinct. Here are some sources: https://nypost.com/2020/06/20/my-terrifying-5-day-stay-inside-seattles-autonomous-zone/ https://nypost.com/2020/06/20/my-terrifying-5-day-stay-insid... https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/father-of-man-killed-inside-seattles-chop-zone-files-3-billion-in-claims-against-city-county-state/281-54f55ebf-49d9-4691-b559-907213a95696 https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/father-of-man-kille... https://dailycaller.com/2020/09/02/seattle-police-protest-weapons-knives-spikes-shields-tent-park/ https://dailycaller.com/2020/09/02/seattle-police-protest-we... https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-police-investigating-death-in-cal-anderson-park/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-police-inv...
- indecisive_user 5y ago
  Did you watch the linked video? It spends half the time talking about the CHOP and how the fundraiser is supporting it. The founder says they want to maintain a police free location to further the goals of BLM
causality0 5y ago
Any and every corporation with more than a hundred employees is a money-generating sociopath. GoFundMe doesn't give a damn about anything at all, they just recognize it's profitable to back some causes and unprofitable to back others.

by bruceb 5y ago

defaultname 5y ago

gjsman-1000 5y ago
The tweet literally says it is for CHOP.
- s5300 5y ago
  Which was something like the entirety of a half of a city block mostly centered around urban farms
  - joemazerino 5y ago
    - dang 5y ago
      Please keep flamewar rhetoric off HN. It's not what this site is for, and it destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - bendbro 5y ago
    You are seriously misinformed on CHOP/CHAZ. Likely 1-5% of the area was devoted to a garden. The rest was filled with protesters waging nightly war on the police and surrounding businesses. More than that, CHAZ/CHOP protestors were directly responsible for multiple killings of black people.
  - throwawaysea 5y ago
    It was not mostly centered around urban farms. That was only a tiny, tiny slice of Cal Anderson park. It wasn’t an actual farm either, but desperate PR - they threw down a few bags of soil a few inches deep, and obviously nothing came of it (in terms of food production). I am not sure the size of CHAZ even matters - it was a chokehold on the most frequented parts of Capitol Hill, the businesses in and near it, and the roads used by tens of thousands daily that run through it. As for how safe it was - it was a lawless zone that gave safe harbor to crimes (including murder) and weapon stashes used by BLM/antifa affiliated rioters to attack the nearby police precinct. Here are some sources: https://nypost.com/2020/06/20/my-terrifying-5-day-stay-inside-seattles-autonomous-zone/ https://nypost.com/2020/06/20/my-terrifying-5-day-stay-insid... https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/father-of-man-killed-inside-seattles-chop-zone-files-3-billion-in-claims-against-city-county-state/281-54f55ebf-49d9-4691-b559-907213a95696 https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/father-of-man-kille... https://dailycaller.com/2020/09/02/seattle-police-protest-weapons-knives-spikes-shields-tent-park/ https://dailycaller.com/2020/09/02/seattle-police-protest-we... https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-police-investigating-death-in-cal-anderson-park/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-police-inv...
indecisive_user 5y ago
Did you watch the linked video? It spends half the time talking about the CHOP and how the fundraiser is supporting it. The founder says they want to maintain a police free location to further the goals of BLM

causality0 5y ago

Any and every corporation with more than a hundred employees is a money-generating sociopath. GoFundMe doesn't give a damn about anything at all, they just recognize it's profitable to back some causes and unprofitable to back others.