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@Kirwan said in The Folau Factor:
$760,000 now. Large donations are still coming in, and it's a constant stream.
There are apparently a few duplicates as well e.g. same person donating $500 twice - apparently to boost numbers of donors but I fail to see how that matters?
Anyway its going to be another culture-wars style of thing where the outrage on both sides climbs because somebody didn't like something the other side said or was perceived to have said.
I'm tying this to that poll from the other day where 85% of people though there were restrictions on their freedom of speech.
Clearly a lot of people in Australia feel something similar. That said, be interesting to see what the country breakdown is for these donations.
Where was the poll?
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Reports on social media that the Folau GoFundMe is no more?
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@NTA said in The Folau Factor:
Reports on social media that the Folau GoFundMe is no more?
..well the outrage brigade really have done it now.
If the bible belt hadn't heard about it yet they most certainly will in the next 24 hours.
He will get his $3million unless the gaystapo can shut down every funding platform in existence. I'm sure they will try, I wonder if payment processors and credit card companies might get in on the action too to stop such horrific 'wrong think'?
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@NTA said in The Folau Factor:
Reports on social media that the Folau GoFundMe is no more?
Ha ha! That's funny! Good Job!
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@NTA said in The Folau Factor:
@Rembrandt said in The Folau Factor:
unless the gaystapo
Free speech is wonderful.
It certainly is.
I'm sure plenty will be celebrating. Yay we won! The bigot has lost. Finally an end to homophobia! Great job team! Now who is going to be the next target?!
I'm sure all those donating will now see the error of their ways, will recognise the pride movement as one of peace, love and tolerance (or else!). No chance at all that this will harden their resolve, turn a dislike of the excesses of the pride movement to abject hatred and now view themselves as a victim class.
This doesn't end well.
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@Rembrandt said in The Folau Factor:
I'm sure all those donating will now see the error of their ways, will recognise the pride movement as one of peace, love and tolerance (or else!). No chance at all that this will harden their resolve, turn a dislike of the excesses of the pride movement to abject hatred and now view themselves as a victim class.
Christians have been viewing themselves as victims for millennia - well after it stopped being true. Don't ever expect that to change.
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I'd like to know the make up of the "coalition" of donors. Would be a very interesting mix of fanatical God botherers and atheists who disagree with everything that comes out of OccupiedTerritories' mouth.
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Wow... or maybe not... not sure if I'm that surprised the campaign got pulled. While I found it personally distasteful as long as he played by their rules I thought they'd let it run. Will be interested to hear why they've shut it down. Maybe he'll be setting up another collection to take them to court also!
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Just saw the update. That's crazy. He's going to smash 3 mill now. Do these people ever learn?
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@NTA said in The Folau Factor:
This was an early tweet on the subject which may have some bearing on things:
Factually correct?! Go-fund-me's?
My understanding is that the court case would have determined the facts.
Considering Go fund me has bent the knee to the mob before I'm a little surprised Issy went through them, maybe he didn't quite realise just how deep this problem runs.
I see there is a Christian alternative https://www.givesendgo.com/blog/gofundme_alternative
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@Paekakboyz mate who fucking knows? This whole issue departed from anything meaningful once Folau shot himself in the foot at the CoC hearing and then decided he was being persecuted.
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@Rembrandt yeah I could see him moving to another platform and getting even more support than via gofundme.
If the payment processors started denying services that'd kick things up to a whole new level.
@NTA yeah it's rapidly gone down a slippery slope. I wonder how things might have progressed if RA had just cooled their jets and followed process without that initial commentary about nuking his contract.
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@Rembrandt said in The Folau Factor:
My understanding is that the court case would have determined the facts.
Perhaps then he should have gone straight to court, proved it was religious, then asked for money?
He would have already won the case and could ask the public to reimburse his costs.
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@Paekakboyz said in The Folau Factor:
I wonder how things might have progressed if RA had just cooled their jets and followed process without that initial commentary about nuking his contract.
Don't think it would have mattered. As soon as the contract was torn up this was the only outcome Folau and his team probably felt they could pursue.
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@Rembrandt said in The Folau Factor:
@NTA said in The Folau Factor:
This was an early tweet on the subject which may have some bearing on things:
Factually correct?! Go-fund-me's?
My understanding is that the court case would have determined the facts.
Considering Go fund me has bent the knee to the mob before I'm a little surprised Issy went through them, maybe he didn't quite realise just how deep this problem runs.
I see there is a Christian alternative https://www.givesendgo.com/blog/gofundme_alternative
..then it would just be up to payment processors to ban him.Do you reckon he chose it deliberately ?
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