As GoFundMe pulls Luigi Mangione fundraisers, another platform is featuring one on its front page
As GoFundMe pulls Luigi Mangione fundraisers, another platform is featuring one on its front page

As GoFundMe pulls Luigi Mangione fundraisers, another platform is featuring one on its front page

GiveSendGo stands firmly behind its decision to host content related to Mangione.
“We believe every person is entitled to due process in a court of law — not in the court of public opinion,” Alex Shipley, GiveSendGo’s communications director, said in a statement. “To be absolutely clear, we do not support or condone vigilante justice. However, people have a constitutional right to a strong legal defense, and access to that defense should not be reserved only for the wealthy or those who fit a particular narrative. Our role is to give individuals and their communities the opportunity to fundraise for that defense, because true justice is served when everyone has equal access to a fair trial — regardless of the verdict.”
I don't really care. People should be allowed to crowdfund for legal defense fees. Taking away that ability would only further hurt poor people and enable the wealthy.
GoFundMe is scared. The other people need publicity so they’re willing to host it. I’m not a fan of that crowdfunding site, because of their religious background, but I’ll donate if this is the only outlet.
Classic case of lemmy liberals moving the goalpost. "They're only doing good when they're helping further my agenda" gtfoh with that stuff
As a leftist I agree.
Although I don’t agree with them fund raising for Rittenhouse, I respect their decision and I wouldn’t want them to fund for Luigi but not someone I don’t agree with. That’s a double standard that we call out the right for and I think we should practice what we preach.
They’re focusing too much on the payment site. Yes, they have fun raised some very questionable people, but I would also argue that Luigi is a very questionable person at this point.
The focus really needs to remain on the fundraising.
Someone who knows enough about language to be a commissioned grammar cop should also know that "Liberals" ≠ the Left.
Liberals aren't the ones decrying th hypocrisy of bad actors. That's the Left.
An example of typical liberals is the .world admins and mods making it forbidden to discuss jury nullification and removing factual and relevant criticism of Dem leadership, labeling it "misinformation".
So you don't think he deserves the same quality of defense as Kyle Rittenhouse?
You choose how much to pay them from a list. The lowest is $3. So, that’s the “chunk” it’s added on to the donation amount. The only thing the fundraiser loses is whatever the transaction fees are. Which is probably like 3% plus ~$0.25 each
You can actually write in a $0 tip to the platform
Wait why didn't a gofundme for Rittenhouse violate their ToS??