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icymist

(15,888 posts) Fri Apr 3, 2015, 06:49 PM Apr 2015

Disturbed by Gofundme in giving Pizza Bigots over $800,000! [View all]

Has anyone looked on the gofundme 'emergency' list? There you can see the pizza shop owners that claimed, no bragged, that they would never ever serve the LGBT community begging for money because they had to close their shop! In one day they have managed to raise over $800,000 in support of their bigotry! Frankly, I'm quite insulted! When I came out in 1986 I lost my job, my home, most of my 'friends' and, to this day, a lot of family that will not even give me the time of day! Do I get $800,000 for being discriminated against? NO! not $80,000, not $8,000, not $800, not even $8.00! In fact I had creditors calling left and right demanding money from me because 'I didn't have to be that way'!

I'm angry. I've tried to contact the gofundme site and there is no way to explain how they are supporting bigotry. All I can do is 'report fraud' with a warning that it must be 'real fraud'. Ahghhhh! I'm going out to the library for a while! Gotta calm down.

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Disturbed by Gofundme in giving Pizza Bigots over $800,000! [View all] icymist Apr 2015 OP

My impression from 840high Apr 2015 #1

It seems they don't even do catering at all. Apparently the TV reporter was looking PoliticAverse Apr 2015 #2

That's what I read. 840high Apr 2015 #10

Was a reporter seeking a story or did the owners come forward? yardwork Apr 2015 #16

What apparently happened, according to the reporter who did the story is that she (the reporter) PoliticAverse Apr 2015 #17

So the reporter created the story. yardwork Apr 2015 #18

Reporter's Twitter feed is illuminating. yardwork Apr 2015 #19

You're going to defend these guys? Okay, they won't 'cater' to gays. Better? icymist Apr 2015 #3

In no mood to argue. 840high Apr 2015 #4

Where in that article do the owners say they won't serve or cater gays? marle35 Apr 2015 #8

There is a distinction, but it's not an especially important one IMO. They're assholes either way. nomorenomore08 Apr 2015 #14

I hear you. cilla4progress Apr 2015 #5

Not much we can do. They will have over a million yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #9

It won't happen again. yardwork Apr 2015 #20

Yep, you have a right to pissed. F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #6

I agree with you, and, am glad oldandhappy Apr 2015 #7

You know how the right is always flying "false flags" Runningdawg Apr 2015 #11

They were not denied service - the 840high Apr 2015 #13

So what? Free tax money for the US govt and other businesses will get the message MillennialDem Apr 2015 #12

Agreed. More often than not, discrimination isn't a very profitable business model. n/t nomorenomore08 Apr 2015 #15