| Organiser of the Gofundme for the German girl shows his true colours 01:02 - Jul 5 with 8899 views | CokeIsKey |
What strange week this has been.
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| Organiser of the Gofundme for the German girl shows his true colours on 11:46 - Jul 5 with 1124 views | Ryorry |
| Organiser of the Gofundme for the German girl shows his true colours on 11:31 - Jul 5 by Swansea_Blue |
Yep, all very unsavoury. The kickback against people saying it wasn't good to be harassing a kid was a bit of a surprise. I suppose the people donating shows that at least some people think the abuse was not ok, even if it turns out they've been duped out of their money (if that's what's happening). People needn't have given money though - speaking out against the abuse would have been enough, but it seems these gofundme things are everywhere these days.
I suppose this will blow over know. Things like this on social media don't tend to have a long shelf life. There'll be something else to get all outraged over soon enough. |
Yes, I got the impression that many people were just ashamed/embarrassed at the abhorrent behaviour of some of our fellow UK citizens, and simply wanted to do *something* to show to the German family that we're not all like that - as Wicksy said in his OP to his own thread - "It may be a futile gesture but it made me feel a little better to do SOMETHING to try and demonstrate that we're not all *rseholes".
The particular action that was taken (the GoFundMe) was misguided yes, but I was surprised at how many downvotes Wicksy got considering he was posting out of empathy & a good heart. |  |
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| Organiser of the Gofundme for the German girl shows his true colours on 12:03 - Jul 5 with 1098 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Organiser of the Gofundme for the German girl shows his true colours on 11:46 - Jul 5 by Ryorry |
Yes, I got the impression that many people were just ashamed/embarrassed at the abhorrent behaviour of some of our fellow UK citizens, and simply wanted to do *something* to show to the German family that we're not all like that - as Wicksy said in his OP to his own thread - "It may be a futile gesture but it made me feel a little better to do SOMETHING to try and demonstrate that we're not all *rseholes".
The particular action that was taken (the GoFundMe) was misguided yes, but I was surprised at how many downvotes Wicksy got considering he was posting out of empathy & a good heart. |
Yep, that was my reading of it. It sounds like we need something different to a gofundme approach though if it's so open to abuse - maybe a virtual hug site lol. |  |
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| Organiser of the Gofundme for the German girl outed as a n0nce on 12:20 - Jul 5 with 1061 views | Illinoisblue |
| Organiser of the Gofundme for the German girl outed as a n0nce on 06:52 - Jul 5 by Fixed_It |
I'm sure most who did did so with the best of intentions - albeit rather misguided. |
People I’ve never met sad because their team lost. Here, take my money. It’s gross stupidity. |  |
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| Organiser of the Gofundme for the German girl outed as a n0nce on 12:47 - Jul 5 with 1028 views | jeera |
| Organiser of the Gofundme for the German girl outed as a n0nce on 12:20 - Jul 5 by Illinoisblue |
People I’ve never met sad because their team lost. Here, take my money. It’s gross stupidity. |
I think you may have missed quite a chunk of the story here Illers.
That's not to say I can fathom what a fund raiser was supposed to achieve either. |  |
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| Organiser of the Gofundme for the German girl outed as a n0nce on 13:06 - Jul 5 with 997 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Organiser of the Gofundme for the German girl outed as a n0nce on 12:20 - Jul 5 by Illinoisblue |
People I’ve never met sad because their team lost. Here, take my money. It’s gross stupidity. |
You've completely missed the point. The girl was abused on Twitter, and some of the language had sexual over-tones. The Go Fund Me was set up to demonstrate to the girl that many England fans hate that that happened to her.
There's no way that I would have donated, as I don't think the two things match up, but I understand the motivation for it.
Basic psychology says that people who feel guilty are either going to realise the error of their ways, or get angry, deflect, or double down on their behaviour. So there's a whole load of people who laughed at the girl at the time, or the Twitter comments later, and are reacting against those actions being shamed. So in setting the Go Fund Me up, the situation has been prolonged and exacerbated. |  | | |
| Organiser of the Gofundme for the German girl outed as a n0nce on 13:07 - Jul 5 with 994 views | wkj |
| Organiser of the Gofundme for the German girl outed as a n0nce on 12:47 - Jul 5 by jeera |
I think you may have missed quite a chunk of the story here Illers.
That's not to say I can fathom what a fund raiser was supposed to achieve either. |
I honestly think it was meant to be a joke to begin with but then someone thought they would try and white hat it before publishing. I do put my hands up - this is pure conjecture on my part. |  |
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| Organiser of the Gofundme for the German girl outed as a n0nce on 14:33 - Jul 5 with 917 views | breedalot |
| Organiser of the Gofundme for the German girl outed as a n0nce on 11:11 - Jul 5 by itfcjoe |
We can start calling you Splinter.....
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WOW! I expect more from your Joe. Splinter was the leader of the turtles, you might have been thinking of Rat King would has telepathic influence over rats. Where is your journalistic integrity!
now I was going to put a winky face at the end of this but I understand from this thread we are not doing that anymore so I will just say this was intended as a joke and in no way do I intend to offend Joe or TWTD readers. | | | |
| Organiser of the Gofundme for the German girl outed as a n0nce on 20:30 - Jul 5 with 803 views | davblue |
| Organiser of the Gofundme for the German girl outed as a n0nce on 11:06 - Jul 5 by textbackup |
I want to be leader of the den of raats |
I would imagine there’s a few on here that will want to join you as a leader! |  | | |
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| Organiser of the Gofundme for the German girl shows his true colours on 08:18 - Jul 6 with 697 views | noggin |
| Organiser of the Gofundme for the German girl shows his true colours on 11:46 - Jul 5 by Ryorry |
Yes, I got the impression that many people were just ashamed/embarrassed at the abhorrent behaviour of some of our fellow UK citizens, and simply wanted to do *something* to show to the German family that we're not all like that - as Wicksy said in his OP to his own thread - "It may be a futile gesture but it made me feel a little better to do SOMETHING to try and demonstrate that we're not all *rseholes".
The particular action that was taken (the GoFundMe) was misguided yes, but I was surprised at how many downvotes Wicksy got considering he was posting out of empathy & a good heart. |
Well said. |  |
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