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1. Applej+(OP)[view] [source] 2022-10-12 11:26:06
I'd wondered whether it was a clever ploy to GET me to donate to Wikipedia/media/whatever, what with all the comments ranting in right-wing style. Kind of like Nike or whoever, gesturing to causes they don't really do anything to support, in order to goad political rants against then and elicit a larger backlash and more money they'd have had if they kept quiet.

HBomberguy has a good video on the subject. You can use people ranting about 'wokeness' to make money, and while it's amusing and gratifying to indulge that 'ha, I showed you, I don't agree with your ranting against this thing!' it's engaging in pseudo-political behavior that's in a sense wasted. Throwing more money at Wikipedia isn't really helping them be more woke, it's helping them be better at using that to ask for money.

I'm not actually going to give them money today but that's because I gotta tend to my own affairs: if I had a bunch extra I'd send some Wikipedia's way on the grounds that at least they're annoying the right people?

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2. katama+a7[view] [source] 2022-10-12 12:17:36
>>Applej+(OP)
After reading the article and others on that website I'm donating to Black Lives Matter and some LGBT org.
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3. fallin+A9[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-10-12 12:32:50
>>katama+a7
Definitely don't donate to BLM, though. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/04/us/black-lives-matter-executi...
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4. katama+W91[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-10-12 17:03:34
>>fallin+A9
I definitively donated to some BLM org which may or may not be this one, and i'll keep doing it
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5. fallin+XJ1[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-10-12 19:48:55
>>katama+W91
Wait so you would keep donating even if you know they are thieves?
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6. katama+oL7[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-10-14 15:57:31
>>fallin+XJ1
I believe them more than i believe you
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7. katama+5N7[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-10-14 16:03:02
>>fallin+XJ1
Just checked here: The BLM org I donated was not this one you linked, but i'm seeking this one specifically to make a new donation, just because your bad faith argument.
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