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demmiblue

(36,851 posts)
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 12:39 PM Jun 2015

Guy Who Staged Anti-Muslim Hate Rally Now Wants You To Give Him $10 Million ‘For Protection’

Source: Addicting Info

The organizer of an anti-Muslim hate rally in Phoenix, Arizona now says he needs patriots to donate $10 million to him so that his family can be safe from Muslims – even though none threatened him.

We all saw it coming, but 10 million?!

According to Jon Ritzheimer, he doesn’t fear for his own safety (because he’s a tough guy) but his family has been put in harm’s way by his actions, and therefore he humbly asks that Fox News watchin’, Muslim-hatin’ America lovers please give him $10 million so he can fortify his house. Given the price tag, this involves coating the entire thing with diamond-embedded gold – you know, to keep out the moslems.

But don’t worry, skeptics and cynics, he swears he needs it!

I know this seems like an absurd amount of money and I’d like to explain that. The money will go towards fortifying my house and getting what ever is necessary to make them feel safe again. I refuse to profit from this and any additional funds will go to Children’s Hospital. You have my word on that! And should I decide to run for John McCain’s seat in the Senate that is up for grabs this election, money will go towards starting my campaign as well. I would be running as an Independent Free Man who refuses to be labeled left or right.


Read more: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/06/01/guy-who-staged-anti-muslim-hate-rally-now-wants-you-to-give-him-10-million-for-protection/

Gee, that didn't take long!
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Guy Who Staged Anti-Muslim Hate Rally Now Wants You To Give Him $10 Million ‘For Protection’ (Original Post) demmiblue Jun 2015 OP
Just a sec....there's the perfect smiley for this..... Coventina Jun 2015 #1
I'm going to add this one: demmiblue Jun 2015 #4
lol closeupready Jun 2015 #2
Awww. He just needs to pull himself up by his bootstraps. inanna Jun 2015 #3
I'll donate an old roll of duct tape for the front of his "fuck Islam" t-shirt and his mouth. Cerridwen Jun 2015 #5
Personal responsibility, dude Tree-Hugger Jun 2015 #6
Coincidentally, $10 million is the figure oft cited as the amount where you never have to work... MohRokTah Jun 2015 #7
Oh, but he'll donate the extra to a Children's Hospital OR run for McCain's old Senate seat... KittyWampus Jun 2015 #18
"And should I decide to run for John McCain’s seat in the Senate..." arcane1 Jun 2015 #8
What if they gave a hate rally and nobody came? nolabear Jun 2015 #9
I think we can all agree that TlalocW Jun 2015 #10
GoFundMe took down his campaign. MineralMan Jun 2015 #11
I am happy to see GoFundMe take swift action regarding the hate mongrels. demmiblue Jun 2015 #15
good typo- hate mongrels... KittyWampus Jun 2015 #19
Lol... auto correct strikes again! demmiblue Jun 2015 #20
Palin got nothing on his grifting. Capt. Obvious Jun 2015 #12
He wants it in dollars and not bitcoins? gratuitous Jun 2015 #13
I thought they all wanted to go back to the gold standard. demmiblue Jun 2015 #14
This stinks like a scam to me. yuiyoshida Jun 2015 #16
Hun, it's certainly a scam. In fact I wonder who won the office pool on predicting KittyWampus Jun 2015 #17
Considering the reception his group got . . . gratuitous Jun 2015 #21

Cerridwen

(13,258 posts)
5. I'll donate an old roll of duct tape for the front of his "fuck Islam" t-shirt and his mouth.
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 12:53 PM
Jun 2015

I'll donate an old roll of duct tape for the front of his "fuck Islam" t-shirt and his mouth.

It won't shut him up but he might have to think a bit before falsely yelling fire in a crowded country.

It'd be less expensive and a whole lot easier to use for someone with his obvious mental capabilities as well.

Tree-Hugger

(3,370 posts)
6. Personal responsibility, dude
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 12:53 PM
Jun 2015

Give those bootstraps an extra yank. Work at McDonald's if you need extra cash. If you just try harder and you really, really want it, you'll make all that money on your own.

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
7. Coincidentally, $10 million is the figure oft cited as the amount where you never have to work...
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 12:55 PM
Jun 2015

another day in your life but will be able to travel the world and live it up at the same time.

 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
18. Oh, but he'll donate the extra to a Children's Hospital OR run for McCain's old Senate seat...
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 08:32 AM
Jun 2015

imagine this guy managing to get McCain's seat.

nolabear

(41,963 posts)
9. What if they gave a hate rally and nobody came?
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 12:56 PM
Jun 2015

One of these days these grifters won't be the latest "rage" and the media will yawn. And we will yawn. And the world will turn one more time.

Meanwhile...

TlalocW

(15,382 posts)
10. I think we can all agree that
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 01:34 PM
Jun 2015

There are people out there who have beliefs and who "have beliefs" that they use to make money, and they're all over the scale from 100% believing and have some sort of business based on it because they truly want to help people (very rare) to 0% believing but know that if they can get people riled up about it, they can bank some coin. Pat Robertson and other televangelists of course. I think the non-Monty Python Terry Jones, the preacher who keeps trying to drum up publicity for his Koran burnings probably wanted in on the hate-money but found the field pretty crowded so he went with something that he hoped would bring in the dollars. And I think it's increasing especially since that pizzeria got a million bucks raised for it on a GoFund campaign... more and more scam artists are going to be crawling out of the woodwork, and you'll notice that all these people are right-wingers because they know that their crazier-than-they-are fellow conservatives are more than wiling to send them a couple bucks to keep guns in the hands of Jesus so he can shoot at gay weddings to show the Muslims they mean business or whatever. It's just a matter of finding an issue or incident that will net a lot of them.

TlalocW

MineralMan

(146,307 posts)
11. GoFundMe took down his campaign.
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 02:10 PM
Jun 2015

See this:

http://www.gofundme.com/vxaqn4

Sorry, Charlie...No Hating Bozo Campaigns Allowed

Ut was there and now it ain't.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
13. He wants it in dollars and not bitcoins?
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 02:57 PM
Jun 2015

Doesn't sound like he's an "Independent Free Man," shackled as he is to a government-issued currency.

demmiblue

(36,851 posts)
14. I thought they all wanted to go back to the gold standard.
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 08:15 AM
Jun 2015

Either way, I hope he doesn't get a bit, a nugget or a dime!

 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
17. Hun, it's certainly a scam. In fact I wonder who won the office pool on predicting
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 08:30 AM
Jun 2015

how long it would take for this guy to start grifting.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
21. Considering the reception his group got . . .
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 08:43 AM
Jun 2015

Considering how his group was treated, I'm not sure why this guy is so fearful. I have a pretty good idea, but nothing proven.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/06/01/when-250-anti-muslim-protesters-turned-up-with-guns-this-phoenix-mosque-invited-them-in-for-evening-prayers-video/

You probably heard about the counter-demonstration, but did you hear about what the president of the Islamic center did when the gun-toting knuckleheads showed up?

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