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ScreamingMeemie

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1. The sad thing we are learning about GoFundMe campaigns...

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

Sat May 2, 2015, 12:10 PM

May 2015

Is the politically driven, hate-fueled ones become an easy way to profit off the hate and fuel of others. It's sick, and I'm glad GFM is stomping down on it.

I see so many accounts for parents trying to bury a baby, people trying to pay a traffic fine, medical treatments, etc. with just pennies in them...

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GoFundMe For Freddie Gray Officers Removed After 41 Minutes [View all] Jesus Malverde May 2015 OP

The sad thing we are learning about GoFundMe campaigns... ScreamingMeemie May 2015 #1

I don't know a lot about GoFundMe, but frogmarch May 2015 #2

I think they run a lot like Facebook/Youtube/Social Media... ScreamingMeemie May 2015 #4

Gofundme got burned on the Indiana pizza case and does not want to be use for partisan issues Gothmog May 2015 #3

GoFundMe doesn't allow campaigns "in defense of formal charges or claims of heinous crimes;" PoliticAverse May 2015 #5

I have no problem if their friends and family want to set something up, but I do still_one May 2015 #6

I agree. n/t dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #10

$1,136 divided by 6 = almost $200 each. And to get it shut down seems like a political statement. libdem4life May 2015 #7

KnR. nt tblue37 May 2015 #8

As I noted with the last similar account that shut down Ms. Toad May 2015 #9

If they find a racist website that's piggish enough to raise money for killers 99th_Monkey May 2015 #11