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wants $10 million to protect his family.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/05/31/man-who-hosted-draw-muhammad-event-in-phoenix-wants-10-million-to-provide-security-for-his-family/
he should have thought about his safety before he started this whole thing.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)His family needs protection alright...from him.
shenmue
(38,534 posts)Loser.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)If the first attempt to profit from baiting the lowest common denominators doesn't work, ask for money instead...
(Grifting for Idiots, pg. 82)
uppityperson
(115,773 posts)DinahMoeHum
(22,424 posts)Seriously, these days using "GoFundMe" has become the 21st century equivalent of arson/insurance fraud.
DesertFlower
(11,649 posts)i feel are truly in need.
DinahMoeHum
(22,424 posts). . .in GoFundMe or Kickstarter. . .which in the past have affected regular brick-and-mortar charities.
Let the donor beware.
DesertFlower
(11,649 posts)recommends it and they know the person.
11 Bravo
(24,067 posts)think of this scam first!
Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)1. The people donating haven't authorized its use for political purposes.
2. Some of the donors may actually like McCain
3. I think there's a law
4. Just goes to show, every idiot and their side kick wants to get into politics as a single issue candidtate.
5. Political campaigns donations are tax deductable, and go fund me donation are not. He would have screwed all of those donors out of their deduction.
Spirochete
(5,264 posts)a scam, right off the bat? Sure seems like it to me.
ck4829
(35,704 posts)There was no danger, there were no threats, the 1.6 billion Muslims of the world kept doing their business, so he did not get what he wanted. And sometimes, when you don't get what you want, when the world does not bend to your posturing, a person can accept it or they can reject reality and substitute their own.