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A very good, charitable organization dedicated to helping people, is struggling for money. They receive an offer of a large donation from a definitely bad person (severe racist/sexual assaulter/abuser/etc.). Should they accept the donation?

Yes, definitely
56.9%
I think so
26.7%
I don't think so
11.4%
Definitely not
5%

2,290 votesFinal results

2:04 AM · Dec 26, 2019

Geoffrey Miller

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Virtue laundering beats money laundering.

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No, because the press will make it public and do harm to the organizations image and thus their ability to do good in the future.

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strings attached or nah, is the relevant variable

@jeremymstamper

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Too easy

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@jeremymstamper

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@jeremymstamper

and

But interesting results nevertheless

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We live in a society that believes serial killers and drug dealers should be forgiven and let out of prison, but racists should never be forgiven. Everyone deserves a path to redemption. If you don't give people that chance, how can they grow out of their old habits?

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Provided there are zero strings attached, this is a simple yes.

1

8

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The bad person’s money is going to go SOMEwhere, why not to your organization?

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2

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Easy yes

Dr. Poop Muscles, PhD

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Money is already evil anyway.

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