Crowd-funding alleged cold blooded killers and racists this is no way to fight a culture war
Our culture wars have added a new front: Crowd-funding.Aggrieved people are throwing their hard earned money behind poorly behaved folks and even alleged murderers.All because these shameless offenders somehow represent their cause du jour or twisted tribal mentality.Whether these suckers believe, they’re fighting against cancel culture, for racial justice or railing against the decadence of the CEO class, they’re making a pretty pathetic financial pledge.It’s as if we’re currently living in a late night commercial for ambulance chasers: did you do something odious or antisocial that has terrible real world consequences? You may be entitled to compensation from your fellow believers.And hey, maybe civilized folks, who don’t believe in randomly murdering powerful folks on the street, had a point to be disgusted by the glorification of Luigi Mangione, who allegedly gunned down United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson back in December.Even more jarring was the financial support he received.
His online fundraising has accumulated more than $1 million bucks.But this last two months, this trend has reached troubling new heights.Last month Texas teenager Karmelo Anthony allegedly stabbed 17-year-old Austin Metcalf in the heart at a track meet when Metcalf asked the teen to leave their tent.Metcalf died at the scene.
Anthony was arrested, admitted he stabbed him and yet, many rushed to his defense.Sides were drawn along racial lines and supporters have happily dumped over $526,000 to his family’s fundraiser while villainizing the victim in the comments.Then last week a video went viral of a Minnesota woman named Shiloh Hendrix unloading some “N” bombs on a man, who confronted her over using the same slur on a black toddler.
She claimed the boy had rifled through her diaper bag.Hendrix, who was doxxed, has raised over $750,000 from folks using a grim white lives matter campaign.Is it any wonder that a dim-witted Temple student would use this same method afte...