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Over 250,000 Americans Urge Congress to Begin Impeachment Proceedings Against President Trump
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not to sign the petition.
it's a legitimate petition that you don't have to pay anything to sign.
You don't have to pay for signing, but they definitely are asking for money. It's an ActBlue campaign. This is like Change.org bullshit all over again.
If ActBlue did anything worthwhile at all with the money they are donated, then we wouldn't be here responding in this thread right now, right?
you can be part of important political action here without paying the committee that is going through the trouble of organizing and campaigning this political action.
The political action itself is free for you to participate in, while political organizations in general, a separate issue, accept donations if you have the money and inclination.
All political campaigns have costs and pay their employees.
you are under no obligation to pay in order to sign a petition and take political action against an absolutely terrible person.
"If ActBlue did anything worthwhile at all with the money they are donated, then we wouldn't be here responding in this thread right now, right?"
absolutely incorrect, foundationally and fundamentally.
you are arguing that the Allies shouldn't resist the axis because if the Allies are worth anything than the axis would never have come to power, which is not correct. of course they should fight an authoritarian regime executing civilians and trying to take over Europe.
If this was just a campaign to "save the country" as described, then I don't find a reason to ask for money to do so.
Do it because you're saving the country, not because of any other reason.
you seem to be angry at libraries for offering a free, positive and critical social service that you don't have to pay for, while also accepting donations if you have the ability and inclination.
that is a weird focus.
this thread is about a petition influencing Congressional action to impeach Donald Trump, a critical and free service that you can participate in.
libraries similarly offer a critical and free service that you can participate in.
neither of them require your money, but both of them accept donations.
you are arguing that nobody should participate in political action, and by extension borrow books from libraries, because those organizations accept donations.
that is weird.
there's no pivot here, I'm directly addressing your specific problem with the availability of free and critical services, which are separate from the option to donate to the organization offering free and critical services if you are willing and able.