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If you send money to fascists be prepared for the money to be intercepted. Simple as that

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The people opposed to government-enforced medical mandates are fascists?

The wordhas truly lost all meaning. Though according to Orwell, it already had even before the end of WW2

As much as you may dislike "fascists", you don't get to tell other people who they can or cannot send money to.

Other people sent money to GoFundMe. GoFundMe now has it, and as you said yourself, you don't get to tell them who they can or cannot send it to.

If I accept money on behalf of someone else, with the expectation that the cash will be given to that person and I just use the money as I please, this is called fraud.

If I set up a monetary relationship between 2 entities and then I interfere with that relationship, this is called tortuous interference with contracts.

GoFundMe tells a lot of people who they can or cannot send money to via their platform. First, there are laws around sending money to designated terrorist organizations, then there are restrictions around violence, pornography and sex work, and many more. The giant list can be found here: https://www.gofundme.com/c/terms

If you want to mail a check to these truckers, have at it, but GoFundMe is not obligated to collect money on their behalf. Here's another example, but not one Ron Desantis would ever care about - https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200131-gofundme-shuts-us...

They can't collect the money under false pretense and redistribute as they please. That's clear fraud.

They weren't obligated to continue to collect money on their behalf, but once they started collecting that money, they are obligated to handle it responsibly. They do not get to decide to withhold money unilaterally and give it to other charities (as GoFundMe has stated they intend to do).

A telephone company can't decide to give me a phone number then tell me who I can or cannot call. My ISP cannot tell me which websites I can or cannot access (without a court order). If GoFundMe allowed the convoy to open a charity drive, they cannot unilaterally close it and confiscate the money.

Really, how did the media convinced masses that people fighting for all's freedom are fascists?

“All’s” — im sorry but if 50%+1 people will disagree with the cause, your so-called freedom fighters are not fighting for everyone

The "all" in the gp refers to the fought for freedom(s) applying to everyone, not that it has majority support or that is wanted by everyone.

Fascist according to what definition? I think you are deeply confused.

You are the part of the reason that modern extremism exists in the first place.

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