That's... well, naive, I guess?
Every single NGO picks an issue, and that issue has a political angle to it. Not only do I think it's unreasonable to expect an NGO to be apolitical, I think it's flat out impossible.
I would ask you: Do you really want NGOs to be apolitical? Or do you want them to share your political alignment, and in that way be non-controversial?
>Or do you want them to share your political alignment, and in that way be non-controversial?
Please stop these kind of assumptions - it just feels childish. I don't want political stances of any kind from an organization that's getting my money to make a specific thing better.
If I was to donate to MDN to make docs better, I don't want stances on far-right or far-left. I want my money to be used to produce better documentation, period.
Your notion of what "better" means is in and of itself a political stance.
I'll admit that's a bit slippery of me. A charity that writes technical documentation is about as apolitical as it gets. But my point is that every decision we make about how we should allocate resources in our society is political, because that's what politics is about. Expecting charities not to have political stances is silly, because the fundamental proposal every charity makes -- "let's all get together and spend money on X" -- is in and of itself political.
It was a genuine question, not an assumption. I was just challenging the way you were positioning your opinion. I thought my comment was phrased in a way that was polite and direct. I don't see how that warranted an insult.
I won't address the rest of your comment as I think bccdee did a fine job of saying what I would've said.
Well, I said I wouldn't want a NGO to use my money to take any stance unrelated to their original apolitical goal and your follow-up questions is along the lines of "oh so would you be ok if they aligned with your political stance?". Don't say thay's a genuine question because it's not, it just feels like a bait.
Well, I guess you can believe what you like. It wasn't intended as bait, but if you read it that way and refuse to believe me when I say I had no ill intent, I certainly can't change your mind at this point.