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I decided to look into this and it was a gigantic waste of time so here's what I found so that you don't have to. From the page:

> Allegedly, I was “raising funds in order to take part in activities that are likely to cause loss of life.” Despite this being not even remotely true [..]

The money was being raised to allow the OP to be on the "Defend Europe" boat, which exists "to hamper the rescue of refugees in the Mediterranean".

-- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/anti-immigran...

(Also, how had no-one registered the "patreonsucks.com" domain before now?)

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You don't even have to go that far, there's a contradiction on that very page:

> Allegedly, I was “raising funds in order to take part in activities that are likely to cause loss of life.” Despite this being not even remotely true,

> I love getting to cover the dangerous ideas and stories I do, and I can only do it thanks to the amazing support I continue to receive

Seeking danger = likely to cause loss of life.

I'm also really confused. There's a picture of a woman, a signature "Lauren Southern" but text in the reward saying "you can tell your friends I’m your boyfriend" and "© 2017 dave cahill" in the footer.

Heh! I wouldn't go quite that far. I think "dangerous ideas" is being used in a countercultural or anti-authoritarian sense in that sentence, not a physically hazardous one. Dangerous ideas (e.g. Bitcoin?) are fine when they aren't intersecting with killing people.

Hmm, the submission should be flagged

You are confusing the literal definition of dangerous with the figurative definition. "dangerous ideas and stories" !=== risk to life e.g. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2010/09/...

To address your confusion on the last question: There is some back story; she changed her gender to male a while back. https://youtu.be/gGpZSefYvwM?t=2m6s

She purports to be a journalist; she wanted to document the boat ride, not participate as a supporter. Here is her full explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtImwK5TI4g

I love it. so she wants to get in the way of people helping others in a risky situation but that it could cause loss of life is "not even remotely true"? it's great how we always represent ourselves in these absolutes and extremes now even though the reality is always more in the middle somewhere.

No, she wanted to report on it. It's great how we make false claims about other people.

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