"the money isn't to support Trump but to support non-violent democracy" but it was both. at best, it was both.
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@zeynep's TL. not saying i agree with sending Trump $$ but at least understand the motivation and intention3 replies 2 retweets 4 likes -
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My idea was Dems lending an office, and then there was a GoFundMe. I think it works as a gesture..
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i get it and the intention. but it was two gestures: pro peace, but also sending money to bigotry. it was read as both.
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Politically speaking, the net effect is not sending money to bigotry. Buying ads is a kind of burning money, too.
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sure, but sending them money is understandably still seen, felt, and understood as a powerful and hurtful symbolic gesture
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Again, I started with lend them an office but the money is more akin to an ad in my mind.
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A counter-donation wave is a good idea (where were people?) but I've seen political violence spiral so quickly past years.
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The money is not a game-changer, but de-escalation is not something you do with assumptions of deserving others.
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Gestures aren't done like that--oh look we'll change this one person's mind.
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