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Cult Watch Title: The Indiana Memories Pizza Fundraiser Is A Conservative Media Scam By now, most of you have heard about the Indiana pizza shop that announced it would refuse to cater same-sex wedding ceremonies. I’m pretty sure most self-respecting gay couples wouldn’t serve pizza at their wedding receptions or rehearsals, but Memories Pizza went ahead and put their bigotry out there for everyone to know about it anyhow, and they promptly felt the collective wrath of the Internet. The backlash was absolutely devastating, and Memories Pizza quickly announced that they would be closing their business until further notice. Sounds like an open and closed case of bigotry rearing its ugly head and quickly being slapped down by the good people of the world, right? Not so fast. While the outrage toward their announcement was certainly legitimate, the GoFundMe campaign that was launched to support Memories Pizza and has currently raised over half a million dollars is about as genuine as a three dollar bill. Yesterday, Glenn Beck’s website The Blaze gushed over the fundraiser, calling it the “Greatest Thing I’ve Seen In Years” as their blogger Jason Howerton wrote.
As you notice, The Blaze admits that the page was set up by Lawrence Jones, a contributor to their TV program anchored by Dana Loesch. Seems transparent enough, right? Not really. It’s already obvious that the campaign was started by an employee of The Blaze, but that’s not all there is to the story. Lawrence Jones isn’t just a contributor to The Blaze, Lawrence Jones is also a political operative who has worked with James O’Keefe from Project Veritas as an “investigator.” Yes, that James O’Keefe.
Conservatives who support the religious freedom laws that have become popular in red states across the country ahead of the Supreme Court’s expected ruling have poured their money into this campaign, but the sad fact is that they’ve wasted their funds once again on another publicity stunt designed to gin up the conservative base. The story over at The Blaze also claims that GoFundMe donors include members of the LGBT community who support Memories Pizza; but then again, anyone can post anything on the Internet and say that it is true. This isn’t an organic campaign to help out a business that decided to become a political martyr; it’s a publicity stunt by The Blaze and a financial windfall for the owners of Memories Pizza. The GoFundMe page also begs of supporters, “After you donate please go “like” and combat the leftist hatred expressed on Dana’s page.” Remember the story of the waitress in Tennessee, Toni Jenkins, who claimed a customer wrote a racial slur directed at her on his receipt? After the owner of Addicting Info created a donation account and blasted the story across Facebook in an article that has since been removed, she collected nearly $11,000. The only problem is that was also a publicity stunt and it turned out that Ms. Jenkins probably made the story up. Memories Pizza isn’t the victim here; the real victims are the over 1,700 people who’ve donated more than $500,000 to a business owner who has made more money in a couple of days than his business probably makes in years. Oh, and he probably won’t have to pay a dime in taxes on the donations either. As the saying goes, “a fool and his money are easily parted” – and The Blaze is making sure that the bigoted owners of Memories Pizza will be laughing all the way to the bank. Poster Comment: Another Snookerthon exposed! Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest "By now, most of you have heard about the Indiana pizza shop that announced it would refuse to cater same-sex wedding ceremonies." Yes. Not that it DID refuse. Just that it would in response to a HYPOTHETICAL question. Who asked that question and why?
#2. To: Willie Green (#0) "So before anyone gets the idea that this is some sort of “grassroots” endeavor by an average citizen" The "grassroots" endeavor by average citizens is the $842,387 contributed by them. I don't care who set up the GoFundMe page.
#3. To: Willie Green (#0) (Edited) Dana Loesch, Michelle Malcom, the Kelly File, and many others have vouched for the fund. The woman who co-owned the Pizza parlor was on F&F yesterday morning and said that the fund is legitimate. She was already promised the money. They have closed shop because of the death and arson threats. She stated that the money they received will be used to re-open. They will not re-open until the incident dies down and may open in another community altogether. http://www.tedcruz.org #4. To: Willie Green (#0) I'm thinking about setting up a pizza shop. We will have numerous signs that say no fags or dykes allowed. I think I can make quite a bit of money. I am thinking of just getting frozen pizzas and a Betty Crocker Oven to cook them in. I want a TV station to ask me why I have those signs up.
#5. To: Willie Green (#0) Oh, and he probably won’t have to pay a dime in taxes on the donations either. The tax-free angle is better than winning a million dollar lottery ticket.
#6. To: A K A Stone (#4) (Edited) I'm thinking about setting up a pizza shop. We will have numerous signs that say no fags or dykes allowed. I'm thinking only one winner in that lottery. Probably every small business in America is racking their brains, trying to figure out how to do something similar. Like the sausage guys, like you with a Betty Crocker Easy-Bake™ oven.
I want a TV station to ask me why I have those signs up. Well, maybe you could do something with your existing business. I seem to recall you are in a home repair business, like HVAC or plumbing.
#7. To: Willie Green (#0) Queers are a true abomination. Anyone who, by their actions, facilitates the discontinuation of humanity is truly insane. Those who exhibit such a mental malady need to be quarentined and treated. Mankinds very existance depends on the eradication of this disgusting disease.
#8. To: out damned spot (#3) Dana Loesch, Michelle Malcom, the Kelly File, and many others have vouched for the fund. The woman who co-owned the Pizza parlor was on F&F yesterday morning and said that the fund is legitimate. She was already promised the money. Sorry spot, but where there's smoke, there's probably fire... LOL! All we need is Alan Keyes to show up at the pizzeria before Hermann "999" Caine gets there... It's deja vu all over again, spot. I'm not falling for anything that even remotely stinks like a Snookerthon.
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