Posted on Jun 2, 2015
Guy Who Staged Anti-Muslim Hate Rally Now Wants You To Give Him $10 Million ‘For Protection’
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Guy Who Staged Anti-Muslim Hate Rally Now Wants You To Give Him $10 Million ‘For Protection’
"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.
There’s a lot to unpack here, but let’s try. First of all, you have to admire the moxie it takes to ask for $10 million then turn around and promise you A) won’t profit from it and B) will give any extra money to charity. What a saint this multimillionaire will be, selflessly giving anything beyond his 10 million free dollars to a generic “Children’s Hospital.”
Sillier still is Rizheimer’s plans to run against John McCain. Using what we could call the “Joe the Plumber” model of political campaigning, Ritzheimer is already passed Step One (“Make public ass of self”), and wants to combine Step Two (“Milk ill-gotten celebrity for all it’s worth.”) and Step Three (“Lose convincingly in an election.“). It’s unclear what his “Independent Free Man” platform would look like – he only compares it to the beliefs of George Washington, a man who presided over 13 states and died in 1799. Hard to say where Washington would stand on Net Neutrality.
Ritzheimer seems to be the latest in a growing number of conservatives who saw how much money an anti-gay pizza shop made by begging for money and took an opportunity to pull the same stunt. It’s not just that his GoFundMe campaign was a foregone conclusion, it was probably built into his anti-Muslim rally from the very start. In fact, even his interviews while at the rally were rife with mentions of how scared he was for his family and that he would “going into hiding” after it was over. (Note the irony of a group of men with assault rifles standing in front of women and children entering a mosque and claiming they are the ones who are being terrorized.)
This is what is called “laying the groundwork,” and Ritzheimer is sticking to his schedule. It’s only been a few days and lo and behold his fleecing has begun.
And like clockwork, supporters have come filing in to throw money at him. Several of the people who have donated even volunteered to help act as Ritzheimer’s personal buddy guards. One assured him, “I got your 6.” Another: “I will donate time on your security detail also! USMC brother!”
Further supporting the idea that Ritzheimer planned to become a millionaire from square one is the fact that his rally was, at least by his metric, an unmitigated disaster. There were no Muslim attacks. No rolling firefights in the streets between cartoonish Jihadis and equally cartoonish armed patriots dressed in camo. To the contrary, the Muslim community handled the situation with more grace and tact than these idiots, frankly, deserved.
Nobody threatened Ritzheimer or his family. In fact, when some of the guys Ritzheimer convinced to come actually met some of the Muslims, they wound up apologizing to them for being belligerent morons.
The Washington Post caught one such surreal exchange, writing:
Jason Leger, a Phoenix resident wearing one of the profanity-laced shirts, accepted an invitation to join the evening prayer inside the mosque, and said the experience changed him.
“It was something I’ve never seen before. I took my shoes off. I kneeled. I saw a bunch of peaceful people. We all got along,” Leger said. “They made me feel welcome, you know. I just think everybody’s points are getting misconstrued, saying things out of emotion, saying things they don’t believe.”
Paul Griffin, who had earlier said he didn’t care if his t-shirt was offensive, assured a small crowd of Muslims at the end of the rally that he wouldn’t wear it again.
“I promise, the next time you see me, I won’t be wearing this shirt,” he told one man while shaking his hand and smiling. “I won’t wear it again.”
Giving Ritzheimer $10 million won’t make him safer, because he isn’t under threat. It will only do one thing: Make a bigot rich, and don’t we have enough of those?
Update: GoFundMe took down Ritzheimer’s fund. I guess being known as the number one resource of right-wing bigots to bankroll their hatred isn’t what the crowd at GoFundMe had in mind when they made the site. The reaction on his Facebook page is alternating between frantic shouts of “Christian persecution” and suggestions to set up a “alternate” fund on the Christian-style GoFundMe clone called Samaritanspurse.org. Despite the outrage, GoFundMe has probably done these fans of Ritzheimer a great service by not allowing them to waste their money on his scheme – just don’t expect any “thank yous,” guys.
Help us get the word out!"
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/06/01/guy-who-staged-anti-muslim-hate-rally-now-wants-you-to-give-him-10-million-for-protection/
"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.
There’s a lot to unpack here, but let’s try. First of all, you have to admire the moxie it takes to ask for $10 million then turn around and promise you A) won’t profit from it and B) will give any extra money to charity. What a saint this multimillionaire will be, selflessly giving anything beyond his 10 million free dollars to a generic “Children’s Hospital.”
Sillier still is Rizheimer’s plans to run against John McCain. Using what we could call the “Joe the Plumber” model of political campaigning, Ritzheimer is already passed Step One (“Make public ass of self”), and wants to combine Step Two (“Milk ill-gotten celebrity for all it’s worth.”) and Step Three (“Lose convincingly in an election.“). It’s unclear what his “Independent Free Man” platform would look like – he only compares it to the beliefs of George Washington, a man who presided over 13 states and died in 1799. Hard to say where Washington would stand on Net Neutrality.
Ritzheimer seems to be the latest in a growing number of conservatives who saw how much money an anti-gay pizza shop made by begging for money and took an opportunity to pull the same stunt. It’s not just that his GoFundMe campaign was a foregone conclusion, it was probably built into his anti-Muslim rally from the very start. In fact, even his interviews while at the rally were rife with mentions of how scared he was for his family and that he would “going into hiding” after it was over. (Note the irony of a group of men with assault rifles standing in front of women and children entering a mosque and claiming they are the ones who are being terrorized.)
This is what is called “laying the groundwork,” and Ritzheimer is sticking to his schedule. It’s only been a few days and lo and behold his fleecing has begun.
And like clockwork, supporters have come filing in to throw money at him. Several of the people who have donated even volunteered to help act as Ritzheimer’s personal buddy guards. One assured him, “I got your 6.” Another: “I will donate time on your security detail also! USMC brother!”
Further supporting the idea that Ritzheimer planned to become a millionaire from square one is the fact that his rally was, at least by his metric, an unmitigated disaster. There were no Muslim attacks. No rolling firefights in the streets between cartoonish Jihadis and equally cartoonish armed patriots dressed in camo. To the contrary, the Muslim community handled the situation with more grace and tact than these idiots, frankly, deserved.
Nobody threatened Ritzheimer or his family. In fact, when some of the guys Ritzheimer convinced to come actually met some of the Muslims, they wound up apologizing to them for being belligerent morons.
The Washington Post caught one such surreal exchange, writing:
Jason Leger, a Phoenix resident wearing one of the profanity-laced shirts, accepted an invitation to join the evening prayer inside the mosque, and said the experience changed him.
“It was something I’ve never seen before. I took my shoes off. I kneeled. I saw a bunch of peaceful people. We all got along,” Leger said. “They made me feel welcome, you know. I just think everybody’s points are getting misconstrued, saying things out of emotion, saying things they don’t believe.”
Paul Griffin, who had earlier said he didn’t care if his t-shirt was offensive, assured a small crowd of Muslims at the end of the rally that he wouldn’t wear it again.
“I promise, the next time you see me, I won’t be wearing this shirt,” he told one man while shaking his hand and smiling. “I won’t wear it again.”
Giving Ritzheimer $10 million won’t make him safer, because he isn’t under threat. It will only do one thing: Make a bigot rich, and don’t we have enough of those?
Update: GoFundMe took down Ritzheimer’s fund. I guess being known as the number one resource of right-wing bigots to bankroll their hatred isn’t what the crowd at GoFundMe had in mind when they made the site. The reaction on his Facebook page is alternating between frantic shouts of “Christian persecution” and suggestions to set up a “alternate” fund on the Christian-style GoFundMe clone called Samaritanspurse.org. Despite the outrage, GoFundMe has probably done these fans of Ritzheimer a great service by not allowing them to waste their money on his scheme – just don’t expect any “thank yous,” guys.
Help us get the word out!"
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/06/01/guy-who-staged-anti-muslim-hate-rally-now-wants-you-to-give-him-10-million-for-protection/
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Another Reich Wing Racist Skin Head Idiot that gives all Veterans a Bad Name. He is a Disgrace.
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Pure BS. If you poke the bear, be prepared to deal with the consequences. It's not my job to bail you out of your own stupid decisions.
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CW3 Jim Norris
Hope to goodness you never insult your neighbors opinion, because according to your own statement they should have the right to threaten your life and your family. Is that why you support terrorist organizations?
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LTC Paul Labrador
CW3 Jim Norris - First off Chief, I don't see how you make the jump from believing people should own the consequences of their actions to "support terrorist organizations." That is in and of itself a bit insulting. It is also a HUGE jump between insulting your neighbor's opinion and publically staging a hate rally on the national stage. I was always taught if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all... but if you do have to say something not nice, you own what you say and live with the consequences. Which is why you should always consider what you are going to say before you say it. No, no one has the "right" to threaten violence over a statement or a rally. But you should also be fully aware before you stage such rally that if you piss off the wrong people you may open yourself up to reprisals....and it's no one else's responsibility (other than maybe the police) to ensure you are protected because of it. If I choose to help protect you, that is because I made a choice to be nice. I don't owe you a damn thing. This guy was an attention whore, plain and simple. Well, he got attention alright....just not the attention he may necessarily have wanted.
BTW, if you threaten or try to harm my family, you'd better make sure your first shots take me out, because I am more than prepared to respond with overkill.
BTW, if you threaten or try to harm my family, you'd better make sure your first shots take me out, because I am more than prepared to respond with overkill.
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CW3 Jim Norris
LTC Paul Labrador - One can only guess that you think that political speech that you disagree with is hateful? If you think that in this nation what someone says gives ANYONE the right to harm them, then you are supporting a terror based society. You say something I don't like, I beat you or your children or worse. Why is it OK to say or do all sort of things that Christians find hateful?- let us use the recent Broadway play that mocked the 16 million members of the Mormon faith for instance - most of whom found the content extremely hateful and reprehensible, but no one suggested it was hate speech? Why is a cartoon contest so? Oh I see, because that group will take violent action against those who dare insult them? Is that the society that you support? One in which those who will do violence control the public square? I think not. If you are not for us, then you are against us - to quote GW Bush (not my favorite president, but a recent one)...so if you are not against those who would threaten and carry out vile acts for mere speech...well then you must be for them? Occam's Razor applies.
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LTC Paul Labrador
CW3 Jim Norris -
1) "One can only guess that you think that political speech that you disagree with is hateful?" - how did you get that assumption from my post. That is a HUGE jump in from what I stated my position was.
2) "If you think that in this nation what someone says gives ANYONE the right to harm them, then you are supporting a terror based society." - Where did I ever say that? All I said is there is consequences to actions, and that it is not okay to demand others to bail you out of the consequences of your own decisions. Freedom of Speech does not equate Freedom from Consequences. However, consequences have gradation, and you are jumping to extremes. Some consequences are acceptable (i.e. public ridicule, defamation lawsuits), some are not (i.e. physical harm). Rule of law tells us what is acceptable and what is not. Mormons are totally free to verbally blast and criticize Trey Parker and Matt Stone all they want in regards to their parody of Mormonism. They are not allowed to shoot at them. Being okay with folks facing the consequences of their actions does not equate that I'm okay with the consequence for making a hateful statement being death.
1) "One can only guess that you think that political speech that you disagree with is hateful?" - how did you get that assumption from my post. That is a HUGE jump in from what I stated my position was.
2) "If you think that in this nation what someone says gives ANYONE the right to harm them, then you are supporting a terror based society." - Where did I ever say that? All I said is there is consequences to actions, and that it is not okay to demand others to bail you out of the consequences of your own decisions. Freedom of Speech does not equate Freedom from Consequences. However, consequences have gradation, and you are jumping to extremes. Some consequences are acceptable (i.e. public ridicule, defamation lawsuits), some are not (i.e. physical harm). Rule of law tells us what is acceptable and what is not. Mormons are totally free to verbally blast and criticize Trey Parker and Matt Stone all they want in regards to their parody of Mormonism. They are not allowed to shoot at them. Being okay with folks facing the consequences of their actions does not equate that I'm okay with the consequence for making a hateful statement being death.
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While I believe wholeheartedly in the 1st Amendment, you placed yourself and your family at risk due to your inflammatory actions, so my personal belief is that you are an attention-whore and you reap what you sew. It is your responsibility to provide for your family's protection, ya might wanna think about that in the future.
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SFC William Swartz Jr
Well please enlighten me then as to what it was really about? He was practicing his 1st Amendment right to Free Speech, however inflammatory and insensitive it may be, in essence pretty much the same that occurred earlier in Texas with the Draw Mohammed contest and the whole Charlie Hebdo fiasco in France.
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CW3 Jim Norris
Sure hope you never anger someone by your conduct or speech, because by your statement above they have the right to threaten your life and your family. The 1st Amendment is like every other right, of no use unless defended by the society. You don't protect your family, the police do, the firemen do, the paramedics do, and last and least often you might....if the community buys into this 'off with their heads' crap for speech (and yes a cartoon is a very prevalent form of political speech) then take off that cavalry hat for it is a symbol of the subjugation of the Native Americans and the murder on the Trail of Tears.
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SFC William Swartz Jr
He placed himself and his family at risk by his actions, but then wants the tax payer to pay for his/their protection which is a crock of shit. That is what I pointed out in my initial comment on the posting...my second was in response to being told that his rally had nothing to do with the 1st Amendment, which it did. If I were to make the same or similar inflammatory comments I wouldn't be expecting or asking my fellow citizens to foot the bill to protect my family and me. As for my Stetson, I earned it and will wear it with pride as I have that right, as a matter of fact it was not even around for the Trail of Tears so anyone viewing it as a symbol of subjugation would be best served by brushing up on historical fact. And you can view protecting your family as last in the order you listed, however I protect my family first and foremost, the others are secondary.
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