The money arrived faster than the outrage cycle
A GiveSendGo campaign for Dasha Kilpatrick, a 25-year-old Texas healthcare worker, has raced past $86,000 from more than 2,200 donors in just two days and is closing in on $100,000. Kilpatrick worked as a medical massage therapist and holistic practitioner at Massage Forest/Inner Light Holistic Healing in the Conroe area until she was fired after a video of a grocery store confrontation spread online. That is the modern speedrun: one clip, one firing, one fundraiser, and a thousand people deciding they know the whole story before lunch.
What the clip showed, and what it did not
In the footage, Kilpatrick makes anti-Muslim comments, says Islam is a terrorist organization, argues that America is a Christian country, and tells the women they are not welcome. The video also does not show how the encounter began, which is a detail social media often treats like an inconvenience rather than the whole point. Supporters call her comments blunt truth-telling. Critics call it harassment. The internet, as usual, prefers a wrestling match to a record.
The fundraiser builder has done this before
The campaign was organized by Tom Hennessey, who has become something of a specialist in fast-moving GiveSendGo drives for people caught in viral backlash. He previously helped raise more than $841,000 for Shiloh Hendrix in Minnesota after a playground video led to disorderly conduct charges, and he backed a separate campaign for Crystal Wilsey, a Cinnabon worker in Wisconsin whose viral outburst over an order led to her firing and more than $100,000 in donations. In the new case, Hennessey did not pretend to be subtle about his politics when asked why he does it. He said America is a White country by founding and heritage and that non-White people have overstayed their welcome. Apparently the fundraising pitch now comes with its own ideology statement, because apparently nothing on the internet can just be a fundraiser anymore.
WE’D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS! PLEASE COMMENT BELOW.
Leave a Comment