Elon Musk Drops a Hypocrisy Bomb All Over GoFundMe on the Freedom Convoy – Opinion

We previously reported that the Freedom Convoy truckers from Canada had raised an incredible amount of money through GoFundMe. GoFundMe first paused the account to review it, then declared they weren’t going to give the truckers the money because “[w]e now have evidence from law enforcement that the previously peaceful demonstration has become an occupation with police reports of violence and unlawful activity.”

GoFundMe has stated that no additional funds will be given directly to organizers of Freedom Convoy protests. According to the crowdfunding company, “We have now evidence from law enforcement showing that the peaceful protests were turned into an occupation.” Read the full statement pic.twitter.com/wPNE2s01C4

— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts) February 4, 2022

GoFundMe said that people who had donated would have to apply to get their money back, and if they didn’t do it by the deadline of February 19, the money would be given to other causes GFM selected.

First, it should be noted this was not just a decision by GFM, it was precipitated by the liberal government to shut down protests that they didn’t like. This is a clear violation of freedom speech. Jim Watson (liberal mayor of Ottawa) admits to being behind the incident.

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Thank you so much to the entire team @gofundmeThanks for listening to the Ottawa Police’s plea to not provide funding to convoy organizers. 1/3

— Jim Watson (@JimWatsonOttawa) February 4, 2022

Second, how hypocritical is it of GFM to claim that they will pull the money because it has “become an occupation,” when they tweeted in support of actions at the CHOP, the BLM occupation of an area of Seattle. They even did that in July 2020 — that was after the murders in the CHOP, including the shooting of two black teens, reportedly by BLM security. That’s not to mention all the other illegal activity in the area. BLM/Antifa has the ability to attack hundreds of police officers across the U.S. However, truckers in Canada who are honking at their trucks before 9 p.m. should be stopped according to Jim Watson and Justin Trudeau, the liberal Canadian government.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has launched a foul-mouthed attack on GoFundMe by dropping a hypocrisy bomb against them. He cites GoFundMe’s tweet supporting activities in the CHOP.

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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 5, 2022

Double-standard?

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 5, 2022

The Twitter embed function cuts off the top of his tweet which shows it’s GFM’s tweet.

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— Dr. Nickarama (@nickaramaOG) February 5, 2022

He also was not shy about calling GFM “thieves.”

It’s not my money pic.twitter.com/IKRxhGo8wS

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 5, 2022

GoFundMe has decided to refund all donations to donors, despite the criticism. But they’re still taking it out of the pockets of the truckers to whom it was meant, and I think that’s what Musk was trying to say.

GoFundMe has long since proven it’s not a safe avenue for anyone to make donations because they are completely political in their approach. It has now started a fundraising campaign at GiveSendGo. It’s already racked up a lot of money just since yesterday, as they note. This link is now down. You must have the right account to make a donation.

There have been numerous bot and DDOS attacks on our organization. Even with all this, we have been able to raise funds 5X faster that the gfm. GFM was able to raise 10mil within three weeks. GSG has raised more than 1.1mil just 12 hours after its campaign!

— GiveSendGo (@GiveSendGo) February 5, 2022

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— Rumble (@rumblevideo) February 5, 2022