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GoFundMe races to remove fundraising pages supporting Luigi Mangione

https://sh.itjust.works/post/29267465

GoFundMe races to remove fundraising pages supporting Luigi Mangione - sh.itjust.works

“We are raising funds to support a critical legal defense in the fight against unchecked corporate power and a system that continues to favor the few over everyone else. This case isn’t just about one individual—it’s about challenging a status quo that protects the interest of the powerful at the expense of justice and fairness,” read one of the fundraising pages that was quickly removed by GoFundMe.

Dec 10, 2024 at 2:11amWeb
Show threadDrusasDec 10, 2024

The consistent creation of fundraising pages of Mangione follows the macabre reaction much of the public has had to the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

More like the perfectly reasonable reaction.

Show threadfloofloofDec 10, 2024
They either can’t see what’s going on, or they can’t admit it in case it encourages solidarity among the poors.
Show threadfinitebanjoDec 10, 2024
I mean, the vast majority of poor and uneducated voted for Privatized Healthcare, so that’s not really true. Plus, Luigi wasn’t exactly poor, he worked in the tech industry.
Show threadxtr0nDec 10, 2024

Working in the tech industry isn’t enough money to be immune from worries health care costs. A bad injury or illness can rack up hundreds of thousands or even millions in bills.

A kid who’s been out of school for a few years could maybe have made a few hundred thousand. There are rare unicorns that might get totally insane compensation right out of school but I doubt there are many 26 year olds getting 1 million+ total compensation in tech.

Anyway, making a few hundred thousand a year isn’t poor but when you’re looking at healthcare, political influence or the legal system, that money most certainly isn’t rich.

Show threadchonglibloodsportDec 10, 2024
He’s from a rich family. He went to a $40k/year all-boys private high school and was valedictorian.
Show threadpseudoDec 10, 2024
Is being valedictorian a proof of financial situation? Genuine question.
Show threadfloofloofDec 10, 2024

The danger is that those less well-off people who are currently supporting privatized healthcare will see actions like this, hear the conversations around it, and figure out what the real issue is, unless the media obfuscates it with spin.

And this guy may have been fairly well off (his family apparently are wealthy). But he doesn’t have to be poor to get people thinking and talking.

Show threadkilleaDec 10, 2024
One might also want to consider the possibility that this is not the shooter or he is a patsy. Not that you shouldn’t support them in any of these cases. Just be aware as this [word like shitshow but that doesn’t do it justice] develops.
Show threadatzanteolDec 10, 2024
The blue maga conspiracy theories begin!
Show threadsamus12345Dec 10, 2024
Pretty sure this one crosses ideological boundaries and has support with standard MAGAts as well.
Show threadHeyJoeDec 10, 2024
I’m confused. Why is this not allowed? Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty?
Show threadDarkassassin07Dec 10, 2024

GoFundMe’s terms and conditions, however, are pretty clear. Users agree they will not use the platform for, among other things “the legal defense of financial and violent crimes, including those related to money laundering, murder, robbery, assault, battery, sex crimes, or crimes against minors.”

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Show threadSterile_TechniqueDec 10, 2024

But we don’t want to tip him for the crime he committed; we want to tip him for supporting healthcare access!

…also if GoFundMe takes a page down, what happens to the funds already donated?

Show threadphoneymouseDec 10, 2024
What if we just want to support his lifetime pizza fund?
Show threadirotsomaDec 10, 2024
Unless the criminal is wealthy, like Trump. Then they can have all the money.
Show threadfluxionDec 10, 2024
Maybe he has a decent shot at President now
Show threadsamus12345Dec 10, 2024
Depends, is he a grotesquely corrupt, bigoted Christian white nationalist (since Italians are allowed to be considered white now)? That seems to be the kind of person America wants.
Show threadmicrophone900Dec 10, 2024
It’s so weird how they allow January 6th insurrectionists to have GoFundMes with no problems. Very weird indeed.
Show threadFlowVoidDec 10, 2024

They didn’t use GoFundMe.

They had to use GiveSendGo, which is basically GoFundMe for fascists.

Show threadfluxionDec 10, 2024
I’m gonna take a wild guess and assume fascist GoFundMe would similarly block these
Show threadFlowVoidDec 10, 2024
Apparently not.
Luigi Mangione fundraiser surges after arrest in UnitedHealthcare shooting

A GiveSendGo fundraiser created for UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's alleged shooter Luigi Mangione has over $800 in donations.

Newsweek
Show threadHellsBelleDec 10, 2024
Show threadpseudoDec 10, 2024
Can we talk about these teeth?
Show threadguldukatDec 11, 2024
No. I have to go to the store, I can’t afford anything so eye brows
Show threadsamus12345Dec 10, 2024
One of the few things working class people of all political leanings agree on. The problem with using Fashy GoFundMe is that I’d be even less inclined to trust the money would go where it’s supposed to than on regular GoFundMe.
Show threadPandantic [they/them]Dec 11, 2024
Has there been an investigation or is this just suspicion?
Show threadsamus12345Dec 11, 2024
Suspicion. Maybe they’re perfectly legit.
Show threadjordanlundDec 10, 2024

Lemmy: “EAT THE RICH!”

Also Lemmy: “I DEMAND THE RIGHT TO DONATE MONEY TO THE RICH!”

www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9nxee2r0do

“He attended a private, all-boys high school in Baltimore, called the Gilman School, according to school officials. Mr Mangione was named as the valedictorian, which is usually the student with the highest academic achievements in a class.

He comes from a prominent family in the Baltimore area whose businesses include a country club and nursing homes, according to local media.

He is reportedly the cousin of Republican state lawmaker Nino Mangione.”

Luigi Mangione: Who is the suspect in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson?

The 26-year-old was allegedly detained with a gun, bullets, fake IDs, cash and a handwritten "manifesto".

Show threadTachyonTeleDec 10, 2024

was named as the valedictorian, which is usually the student with the highest academic achievements in a class.

“This guy was the smartest person in school, get him!”

Fuck off.

Edit: Alternatively, “Robin Hood was the best marksmen, get him!”

Show threadLumidaubDec 10, 2024
Robin Hood was also Robin of Loxley, originally a nobleman. It is entirely possible, however unlikely, for people born into money/status to turn out decent.
Show threadTachyonTeleDec 10, 2024
That’s my point.
Show threadzkfcfbzrDec 10, 2024
Absolutely. FDR did more for the working class than perhaps any other president, and he was absolutely filthy rich. Adjusted for inflation he’d be a billionaire today.
Show threadSterile_TechniqueDec 10, 2024

‘Eat the rich’ because as a class they take everything and give nothing. Cancer. They sow an unfathomable amount of death and suffering in the name of greed.

An individual from a rich family who just gave up his freedom to slay a healthcare equivalent of a tyrant? Yeah that’s not the person ‘eat the rich’ is talking about.

Show thread_cryptagion [he/him]Dec 10, 2024
Keep in mind, everyone, jordanlund is the same guy who said he didn’t like BLM because they sometimes inconvenienced him.
Show threadjordanlundDec 10, 2024

No, I don’t like BLM because they only care about black lives when white cops are the perpetrators.

You have a black kid killed somewhere by gang violence? BLM is suddenly fucking silent.

en.m.wikipedia.org/…/Murder_of_Hadiya_Pendleton

chicagotribune.com/…/dunbar-slayings-prompt-a-ret…

Murder of Hadiya Pendleton - Wikipedia

Show thread_cryptagion [he/him]Dec 10, 2024

“bUt WhAt AbOuT bLaCk On BlAcK cRiME?”

I mean, last time you said it was because they inconvenienced you on the way to work, but I guess that wasn’t racist enough this time?

Show threadjordanlundDec 10, 2024

That was one time, this is speaking in general.

BLM don’t actually care about black lives. They care about the attention.

Talking about a little girl who got killed in a gang shooting won’t drive the clicks, views, and donations.

Did you read either of the links I posted? Here’s the stat you will NEVER hear from BLM:

1 in 40,000 white deaths is a homicide. It’s 1 in 5,000 black deaths.

Why am I the one having to tell you this? Why isn’t BLM shouting it from the rooftops?

Show threadFashimDec 11, 2024
Haha holy shit, at least I’m not this dumb.
Show threadjordanlundDec 11, 2024
Oh, so you think it’s totally OK to ignore when black people are murdered by people other than white cops? Good to know.
Show threadFashimDec 11, 2024
No I’m just calling you stupid.
Show threadjordanlundDec 11, 2024
Because you disagree with someone who thinks all black lives matter, not just the ones killed by white cops. Got it.
Show threadhalfatankDec 10, 2024
He doesn’t need the money. Just the fame. He is closer in wealth to the dead guy than to a regular working middle classer
Show threadTachyonTeleDec 10, 2024

If he’s actually the guy, money does help with defense fees.

If he’s not actually the guy, money will absolutely help with defense fees.

Edit: If you’re seriously thinking of donating, wait. Ain’t nothing happened yet.

Show threadhalfatankDec 10, 2024
The thing is if it is the right guy, he doesn’t need it. Him and fam obviously have plenty. If it is not he should some money
Show threadTachyonTeleDec 10, 2024

You really think him and his family have anywhere near the amount of money the medical insurance industry has?

He doesn’t.

Show threadhalfatankDec 10, 2024
No. Just closer to the guy shot than the mcds worker
Show threadTachyonTeleDec 10, 2024
How does that change what he did?
Show threadPyrinDec 10, 2024
...But it's okay for people to run many, many GoFundMe pages that support Trump's legal affairs. Got it.'
Show threadTachyonTeleDec 10, 2024
For real.
Let’s fucking set up a PAC for the guy then. Apparently anything goes with those.
Show threadnutsackDec 10, 2024
to run some tv ads? nice
Show threadTachyonTeleDec 10, 2024
Is that what Trump did with Elons PAC money?
Show threadFuglyDuckDec 10, 2024
Somebody should create a page for Green Mario. might fly under the radar until some snitch squeals.
Show threadleftzeroDec 10, 2024

This guy doesn’t need a GoFundMe.

He could start an Only Fans where he talked about his ideas with his shirt off and he’d be set for life, or at least until Nintendo sued him off the Internet.

Show threadGHiLADec 10, 2024
I’d watch it if he was 1000% into the actual content and NEVER mentioned not wearing a shirt.
Show threadLuckyPierreDec 10, 2024

Huh? Isn’t he entitled to the best defence he can get?

Innocent until proven guilty, remember.

Show threadwildcardologyDec 10, 2024
If he’s got money which according to reports his family does, then they can hire the best lawyer they can afford. If he doesn’t have money then he gets an overworked public defender juggling 30 cases.
Show threadguldukatDec 11, 2024
More like 100
Show threadInfomatics90Dec 10, 2024
good.
Show thread100_kg_90_de_belinDec 10, 2024
You must be one of those temporarily embarrassed billionaires.
Show threaddependencyinjectionDec 10, 2024

Why good? Genuinely curious.

Do you only support murder if it’s systemic and done in the interests of shareholders?