I wonder if there would be such a flood of comments if Alex had donated to charity rather than a fake political action committee - we know that Methodis would be much happier. Even if an article had been posted by Patrick about the donation, I doubt there would be the same wave of bile roiling around in this comment section.
The issue here is not that Alex donated money, and it's not even really Methodis wearing his crazy person pants. The issue is just that the news article was political. On a public forum you are hardly EVER going to get a common opinion when it comes to political ideas.
I have zero problem with this being a news article - it's cool, funny, and something to read at work. BUT - I can see pretty clearly why people are freaking out. It's mainly Patrick assuming that the audience here is fairly liberal politically - which is an easy assumption to make on a forum like this, albeit an incorrect one.
Welcome back, son.
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