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Florida governor to investigate GoFundMe over Canada trucker donations

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Re: Florida governor to investigate GoFundMe over Canada trucker donations

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Post by rayiner »

mindslight wrote: post #140
temp8964 wrote: post #15

GoFundMe should be political neutral, but it openly turns left. I recommend a long post explaining this phenomenon: https://richardhanania.substack.com/p/why-is-everything-libe...

Anyone complaining about some big "left" collusion is essentially bashing a straw man. The actual truth is that there are more than two groups of political interests. Corporate interests are biased towards corporate interests , period. They're basically indifferent on social issues, and so from the right they appear "left" because they echo the broadest appeal as a marketing technique. Shoehorning everything that you…

The article is, in fact, doing the opposite of "complaining about some big 'left' collusion." It's an explanation of how a vocal minority can produce similar results without any sort of conspiracy.

> They're basically indifferent on social issues, and so from the right they appear "left" because they echo the broadest appeal as a marketing technique.

The notion that this stuff has the "broadest appeal as a marketing technique" doesn't hold water. Why are Hispanics suddenly "Latinx" now, when virtually no Hispanics identify with that term? https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2020/08/11/about-one-in...

Last year, they had "Black Trans" posters at our local mall. My county is half Republicans, and a lot of the Democrats are middle class Black people who definitely do not have socially progressive views on gender identity.

Re: Florida governor to investigate GoFundMe over Canada trucker donations

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Post by 6d6b73 »

defaultname wrote: post #198

This sort of discussion never goes well, but using GoFundMe to finance occupations, especially across national borders , is an incredibly dangerous game. If a GoFundMe to harrass and harangue Ron DeSantis -- to effectively sponsor people to park outside his home and blast horns, among other things -- would he be okay with that? How about if Canadians paid millions for people to park on US interstates? Is that okay? T…

It's a protest not an occupation

Re: Florida governor to investigate GoFundMe over Canada trucker donations

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Post by rayiner »

mindslight wrote: post #140
temp8964 wrote: post #15

GoFundMe should be political neutral, but it openly turns left. I recommend a long post explaining this phenomenon: https://richardhanania.substack.com/p/why-is-everything-libe...

Anyone complaining about some big "left" collusion is essentially bashing a straw man. The actual truth is that there are more than two groups of political interests. Corporate interests are biased towards corporate interests , period. They're basically indifferent on social issues, and so from the right they appear "left" because they echo the broadest appeal as a marketing technique. Shoehorning everything that you…

The article is, in fact, doing the opposite of "complaining about some big 'left' collusion." It's an explanation of how a vocal minority can produce similar results without any sort of conspiracy.

> They're basically indifferent on social issues, and so from the right they appear "left" because they echo the broadest appeal as a marketing technique.

The notion that this stuff has the "broadest appeal as a marketing technique" doesn't hold water. Why are Hispanics suddenly "Latinx" now, when virtually no Hispanics identify with that term? https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2020/08/11/about-one-in.... Last year, they had "Black Trans" posters at our local mall. My county is half Republicans, and a lot of the Democrats are middle class Black people who definitely do not have socially progressive views on gender identity.

Re: Florida governor to investigate GoFundMe over Canada trucker donations

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Post by tomohawk »

defaultname wrote: post #198

This sort of discussion never goes well, but using GoFundMe to finance occupations, especially across national borders , is an incredibly dangerous game. If a GoFundMe to harrass and harangue Ron DeSantis -- to effectively sponsor people to park outside his home and blast horns, among other things -- would he be okay with that? How about if Canadians paid millions for people to park on US interstates? Is that okay? T…

I'm glad the governor is looking into this. Undoubtedly there are FL residents who contributed to this worthy cause via GFM, and then to have GFM suddenly say they're going to redirect the funds? Seems like some sort of fraud to offer a service for one thing and then change it after money has changed hands. GFM obviously realized this was a problem, so changed their minds and is providing automatic refunds. But this sort of fraud can only have a negative impact on the cause people were wanting to fund.

But GFM at the very least comes across as partisan, if not hypocritical. If they're going to be a partisan funder, then I'm sure there are other laws they need to comply with which they currently don't.

Re: Florida governor to investigate GoFundMe over Canada trucker donations

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Post by pessimizer »

alea_iacta_est wrote: post #142
wesleywt wrote: post #127

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Are you sure you are on the right side of the argument yourself? Suppose next year, the government mandate that you lose weight, or stop smoking or run everyday, all that of course for the "greater good". And then the year after that, it requires that you give pills to your children because that makes them "less indisciplined" and so on and so forth. Stop being so certain and think a little bit. By accepting this man…

I can't catch fat. Suppose next year, people who are asymptomatic typhoid carriers aren't allowed to work in food service.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon

Re: Florida governor to investigate GoFundMe over Canada trucker donations

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Post by bavent »

filed wrote: post #218
bavent wrote: post #188

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I don’t watch that trash either. Also please be mindful of the rules of HN.

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Yes we went over this. I’m so scared. Literally shaking and crying right now.

Re: Florida governor to investigate GoFundMe over Canada trucker donations

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Post by alea_iacta_est »

giaour wrote: post #217
alea_iacta_est wrote: post #154

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> That's not how anything works. That's how everything works, it's called a precedent.

In this case, the precedent would be *vaccine mandates*, not government-mandated kale with every meal. You're conflating mandates for which there are precedents with completely novel and exotic government actions.

Exotic like what, lockdowns for example? How crazy of me...

Re: Florida governor to investigate GoFundMe over Canada trucker donations

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Post by pessimizer »

temp8964 wrote: post #15

GoFundMe should be political neutral, but it openly turns left. I recommend a long post explaining this phenomenon: https://richardhanania.substack.com/p/why-is-everything-libe...

> GoFundMe should be political neutral

Why? Are you advocating for ISIS to be able to do a gofundme?

Re: Florida governor to investigate GoFundMe over Canada trucker donations

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Post by filed »

stirfish wrote: post #199
filed wrote: post #190

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What does "prepare to reap what you sow" mean? I'm baiting you btw.

It means prepare for the right to deny services to the left. Right owned companies.

Prepare for power to be used against you when we have it. AG, president, senate, regulatory agencies.

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