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Suspended Michigan autoworker who heckled Trump gets outpouring of donations
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2026
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Charity isn’t a zero-sum game. Just because someone else does well doesn’t mean you can’t or won’t. feeling irked by this serves no purpose and is a waste of your time and resources.
What an... Interesting response to this person having cancer. Pretty cold delivery of advice to this person.
the real issue is that billionaires should be taxed properly, UHC in place, and cancer treatments covered already. but people have it so ingrained in their psyche that that isn't an option that people are stuck arguing about who should be getting fucking gofundme donations (and for what purpose) over anyone else
edit: i want to add that the fact that hospitals encourage their patients to look at gofundme as a way to pay their medicals bills is just absolutely mind-boggling to me. yes, the costs should be crowd-funded--guess what the fuck universal healthcare IS?! billionaires just don't want a single fraction of a percent of a sliver of a shadow of a penny of their OWN money being a part of that "crowd" fund
I read it along the lines of “don’t worry about what you can’t control; worry about what you can”, which would seem like good advice for someone battling cancer.
Sure, the delivery seemed pretty cold to me tho.