GoFundMe Policy on Fundraisers for the Legal Defense of Violent Crimes
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Also, you know, being accused isn't being found guilty. What next, disbar anyone who acts as a lawyer for a person accused of a violent crime?
I reject the idea that they should have that right. Having access to capital via the modern financial system (Visa, PayPal, GoFundMe, etc) ought to be a right. No individual, or company, should have the undemocratic power to strip individuals of access to capital.
i dont believe access to capital is a right - because the entity providing that capital has to be a willing participant, or it'd be called stealing or coercing capital out of some one.
The fact that in the USA, the defacto legal defense funding comes from charity donations via companies like GoFundMe is tragic, because it is a symptom of the lack of actual proper legal representation funded by the state. But this doesn't mean the obligation for GoFundMe to act as a defacto social safety net. They should be able to choose to run their business however they see fit.
Don't respond to something that wasn't said.
> They should be able to choose to run their business however they see fit.
Absolutely not. The post office should not be able to deplatform people 'as they see fit', nor should utility companies, nor should banks, nor should payment companies. If you want to be a platform, you have to treat people equally.
Translating this corpspeak to normal language: "We reserve the right to deny service to anyone. It so happens that owners of GoFundMe are buddies with the radical left democrats, so we can't express support of the self-defense rights, especially when those rights are used by a white man."
they shouldnt care. But they need to market themselves as a virtuous company, and in today's social media setting, it means disassociating yourself with anything that might seem like it is supporting conservative views.
I dont really believe that explanation. GoFundMe isn't afraid of mean tweets from unpopular lefties. It's run by people who are genuinely afraid of Kyle Rittenhouse specifically because they perceive him (not necessarily incorrectly) as part of a white backlash. The media has been quite clear about this as the source of their concern.