Posted on 02/05/2022 12:06:58 PM PST by SmokingJoe
Tesla founder Elon Musk slammed GoFundMe for hypocrisy after the fundraising site cut ties with a convoy of anti-vaxx Canadian truckers.
“Double-standard?” quipped Musk on Twitter, while sharing a screenshot of a June 2020 tweet GoFundMe posted in support of Seattle’s lawless CHOP, or the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, an “autonomous zone” where riots broke out and police were not permitted to enter.
He also called GoFundMe “Professional Thieves.”
Thousands of truckers in the “Freedom Convoy” rolled into Ottawa on Jan. 29, many of them blocking roads outside of Parliament buildings, honking loudly and brandishing Canadian flags and “F–k [Prime Minister Justin] Trudeau” banners.
GoFundMe blocked the release of almost $10 million in donations to the group earlier Friday, in connection with “the promotion of violence and harassment” during the Ottawa protest.
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Where are the State’s Attorneys Generals? They ought to go after GFM as they have other fraudulent businesses.
Elon Musk is the counter/opposite of George Soros. Billionaires speaking their minds, and having the cash to do so. Nothing new, a century ago richest men in the country did likewise -Edison, Westinghouse, Rockefeller, etc. Sometimes, they get it right with their criticism of current events.
True. The only thing I have against Elon Musk is that he is using government subsidies to sell EVs. But we can’t really blame him. He saw an opportunity so he took advantage of it.
Start calling it GoFelonyMe.
They are robbers.
Musk is a bit “out there” but he stands on his beliefs.
Except Musk is vastly richer than Soros. Not even close.
At least three already are.
True, but Soros can still do a lot of damage and has been at it for a LONG time.
$10M! Who do they think they are — Paypal?
I am afraid that Elon Musk is going to get the jack Ma treatment by the swamp.
When donors gave money they entered into a contract. If Go Fund Me unilaterally changed the terms of that contract after the fact they are guilty of breach of contract.
If the terms of the Go Fund Me contract prohibited protest fundraising but allowed this fundraising and then cut off the fundraising, Go Fund Me is guilty of fraud.
If this fundraising was prohibited by the Go Fund Me's terms of use why did Go Fund Me allow the fundraising in the first place?
If Go Fund Me claims criminal acts negate the contract, they will have to explain why Black Lives Matter was funded during government imposed curfews, riots, destruction of property, looting, and arrests.
If this is left unchallenged, any business can confiscate anyone's money at any time for any arbitrary and capricious reason.
Except he isn't.
Tesla hasn't received any government EV car tax subsidies for over two years. And they still clobber the rest of the car industry combined in EV sales. Not to mention Musk paid over $11 Billion in taxes last year alone.
And just how do you propose to do that?
Dream on!
Not me. The progressive swap. Are you familiar with what happened to Jack Martis when he got a little big for his britches and criticized the CCP?
Why would they fight? The world is big enough for dozens of oligarchs.
First of all, Musk is not Jack Ma. Musk is far richer and much, much tougher. And much smarter. And he has the tough red states like Texas and Florida backing him.
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