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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.”

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[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 hours ago

I hope givesendgo has increased their security since the last time i heard any mention of them...

During the covid convoy in Canada.

I still have that donor list CSV file around here somewhere.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 14 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Previously, when the chance that most of those fundraiser listings were made by scammers, I wasn't too concerned with them being removed.

Now that he has a lawyer, surely there'll be an official listing that will remain. /s

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 76 points 1 day ago

Well fuck you GoFundMe.

"To be absolutely clear, ***^we are legally required to say that *** we do not support or condone vigilante justice."

FTFY

[-] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 22 points 16 hours ago

Also fuck you GiveSendGo, even if in this case they're being kind of cool. Their normal clientele are neo nazis and alt right Conservatives [wikipedia]

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 10 points 14 hours ago

Was just going to say that often, the "Free Speech" platforms tend to be geared to being able to freely hate on people.

[-] jakeyounglol@lemm.ee 6 points 14 hours ago

yeah! it’s horrible that “free speech” became code for freedom from social consequences of speech ಠ_ಠ

[-] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 82 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Know what this article doesn’t tell us? How much they break off for themselves, let alone the massive PR boost they get.

These fucks helped Kyle Rittenhouse. I don’t give a shit that they appeal to this ridiculous 2012 libertarian fuckboi idea of “hur dur we are equal opportunity for everyone!” They’ve been on the wrong side of history many, many times. Yay congrats you got it right this time arguably! Not good enough tbh.

I’m sure Gab and truth social platformed some good people too.

[-] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 10 points 16 hours ago

So you don't think he deserves the same quality of defense as Kyle Rittenhouse?

[-] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 3 points 15 hours ago

If you think these fundraising efforts are what are standing between his having a quality defense and not I don’t know what to tell you other than go actually read about these people.

[-] 2pt_perversion@lemmy.world 110 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] ramsorge@discuss.online 39 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 4 points 16 hours ago

Wait why didn't a gofundme for Rittenhouse violate their ToS??

[-] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

insert vague appeal to the law and everyone gets a fair shot as if that has literally anything to do with facilitating a slush fund for the political pariahs rallying around a kid who traveled across state lines to kill progressives

[-] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 27 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Exactly the point succinctly put. You either accept fundraising for all types of criminals or reject it. There's no in between. It is on the donor to determine whether they would donate or not.

To expand on my previous comment I have been appalled that the main stream media for the last 14 months has been justifying the slaughter of innocent Palestinians in the interest of self defence but the same people are outraged at the murder of one CEO.

The double standards are sickening and I think we should all treat others as we want to be treated and hold ourselves to the same accountability as we hold others.

[-] ramsorge@discuss.online 7 points 1 day ago

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.

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[-] ramsorge@discuss.online 10 points 1 day ago

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

[-] Sineljora@sh.itjust.works 3 points 16 hours ago

You can actually write in a $0 tip to the platform

[-] ramsorge@discuss.online 2 points 16 hours ago

Oh, that’s nice. Hmm

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