Apparently our friends at RedState have learned to read, and have realized that some folks here at dKos are giving or were thinking of giving them a penny in response to their pathetic fundraiser yesterday, so now their dear leader, Erick, is implying that if he will use the information provided via Pay Pal for other uses. Here’s the money quote
Some genius lefty has been trying to encourage people to go through Paypal and give us just a penny because Paypal charges 30 cents on contributions.
The net result is that we don't get the penny and the lefty loses a penny. It's not like Paypal charges us more than a penny on a penny donation.
But, we do get their name, credit card billing address, and email address. Those are actually valuable pieces of information.
So of course, being in a pissed off mood (bad subway ride, no coffee) I decided to donate something, but all i have to give is my RedState account, so with this little post, they can ban me. "A new low. Threatening to disclose information of donors. Grow up, you, yes you erick started it by implying that 1) conservatives are too stupid to program or you are too stupid to find a valuable business model to support your website; and, 2) there’s a vast left wing conspiracy of Scoop programmers out to get Red State. You should have been able to predict the ridicule since you have banned tons of Kossacks on from your site. Perhaps of you truly believed in a community wherein people were free to exchange ideas, instead of being so afraid of being wrong, there would be more Red Staters and hence more donors or advertising revenue BTW, your lack of cash flow is not an issue of "free speech" (as that relates solely to government interference with the press). Here on the Tubes, raising money and having a large number of page views is free market. Here, it’s clear from your anemic numbers, that the invisible hand is smacking you in the face."
UPDATE - yep, as expected i've been banned, ... by moe,
"but when you're trying to sound like the reasonable one on a GOP site, it kind of helps if you don't register under an email that starts with 'chimpeach06'.
I think that you're done here now, don't you? :)"