noname2200 said:
twesterm said:
noname2200 said:
twesterm said:
I usually steer far away from most political discussions because I just generally don't care, but I happened to read this--
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/18/soup-kitchen-paul-ryan-photo-donor_n_1980541.html
I totally get why people are upset over the completely fake photoshoot, that makes total sense, but what actually kind of irks me are the people that are pulling their funding for their soup kitchen.
Are you freaking kidding me?
Are these people really that shallow that if they let some political figure they don't like they'll actually screw over the people that soup kitchen is helping? Of course I ask this fully realizing these are probably the same people that only donate for tax breaks. Screw those people, they suck.
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Am I simply misunderstanding you, or are you thinking that the folks pulling their donations are the folks that hate Ryan?
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Isn't that what the article is saying? People are pulling their donations to the charity because it's now associated with Ryan.
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I'm pretty sure it's the precise opposite.
" In the wake of Rep. Paul Ryan's embarrassing soup kitchen photo-op last week, the organization that runs the facility tells The Huffington Post that donors have begun pulling their money out of the Youngstown, Ohio charity. Ryan may have suffered a few late-night jokes, but the fallout for the soup kitchen appears to be far more bruising. Brian J. Antal, president of the Mahoning County St. Vincent De Paul Society, confirmed that donors have begun an exodus in protest over Ryan's embarrassment.
..."Antal's charity represents the kind of organization that conservative Republicans might champion. But that was before the Ryan incident went viral a few days ago.
..."Ryan supporters have now targeted Antal and his soup kitchen, Antal said, including making hundreds of angry phone calls."
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Whatever the case, people are pulling donations to an actual charity because of some political figures douchbaggery. They're hurting people to prove a point. They are dicks.
