Why you should want racist people to donate money to other racist people

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Right now, a lot of people are angry that a woman is getting a lot of GoFundMe donations for saying a racial slur. However, if a racist person gives a dollar to another racist person, the number of total dollars held by racist people goes down, because GoFundMe donations to personal campaigns are not tax-deductible. Hence, you should want people you dislike to exchange money with each other as many times as possible in order to decrease the total money in their possession.

And if you don't like Karmelo Anthony, you should be glad that a lot of people who hate white people are losing money giving it to his family. They haven't used the money for legal expenses, which likely means they're going to blow through the money and spend it in irresponsible ways. Not only do Karmelo's supporter now have less money overall, it's likely going to be spent inefficiently on things that don't bring a significant benefit (people who receive windfalls don't usually spend them in the most responsible ways).
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You treat the money supply as if it is a constant. Since when? There is no ceiling to the money supply, not even if you're a communist. They, too, like the idea of a continuously growing money supply, they just don't like to admit it. I question the integrity of anyone not willing to discuss the negatives of their particular take on politics/economy.
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@fauxlaw
You treat the money supply as if it is a constant.
It's not, but these donations don't increase the money supply. And even if the taxes paid somehow increased the money supply (which is a big assumption about the effect on government spending), they don't increase the sum of money held by the donors and recipients.
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I am not sure that robbing a woman's purse is the same as laying a finger on your shoulder....

Or if a word was more egregious than a few inches of steel.
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I think some context is sorely needed. The woman, Shiloh Hendrix, did indeed hurl the n-word at a black child (who she accused of rummaging through her purse) and then at his father when he confronted her. But it's unclear how many, if any, people donated to her gofundme for this reason.

It's worth noting what happened next: her Social Security Number was doxxed, as were her address and phone number. Hendrix reported that family members of hers were "attacked", which given how leftists treat the perceived crime of merely owning a Tesla may have entailed real violence. There is also an ongoing campaign to see her criminally charged for her speech. In short, while Shiloh Hendrix was definitely an asshole the punishment she received for this has been plainly disproportionate to her offense. I could very well see non-racists donating to her as a protest against the toxic mob justice mentality exemplified in this case.
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I am not sure that robbing a woman's purse is the same as laying a finger on your shoulder....
I never said it was. Just that if you don't like the racist people giving money in either case, you should be happy they are losing it.
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@Swagnarok
 I could very well see non-racists donating to her as a protest against the toxic mob justice mentality exemplified in this case.
Yeah, it's possible. Reportedly, though, a number of donors have used aliases that refer to racist slogans, and common donations are $14 and $88, which apparently have become a shorthand for certain Nazi slogans. I mean, they could easily be trolling, but even if you think they're mostly serious racists, all they're doing is giving up their own money. That's my point.
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I think there's a diff between a genocidal racist and someone who is vocally offensive when watching their stuff getting stolen. You would be hard pressed to equate the moral outrage. I don't think many non-racists will be supporting the former, and many would support the latter.

Many non-racists are simply going to donate in the name of free speech where it's okay to offend someone for bad behavior such as stealing while also letting them know that they don't get a free pass to steal because of skin color. Most of those people donating are striving for a color blind society where de-facto DEI is removed from society.

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@Greyparrot
You would be hard pressed to equate the moral outrage.
When did I equate the moral outrage? I just mentioned them both. That's not the same as equating.