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Would a wealthy celebrity asking you to donate to a GoFundMe for a deceased relative piss you off?

Actress Sarah Hyland of the hit tv show Modern Family implored fans to donate to a GoFundMe page set up for her belated cousin who was killed in an automobile crash by a drunk driver. This was controversial because she is a multi millionaire. Context is everything. Assuming she's the richest in her family & likely gets hit up for cash often, is the backlash fair?
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Dateless · 31-35, M
The key to being wealthy is using other people’s money.

If I were her I would take care of all the fees myself , oh well selfish bitch.
TheSeptikSkeptik · 46-50, M
@Dateless Oh I see your problem now. You're just an idiot or a troll. Okay, carry on then.
Dateless · 31-35, M
oh when you don’t agree with someone they’re a idiot and or troll? Makes a lot of sense@TheSeptikSkeptik
TheSeptikSkeptik · 46-50, M
@Dateless No, they're just stupid and should shut up, right? Do you have brain damage by chance? Because that is exactly what you had done to me in the first place. So it seems kind of hypocritical to say that to somebody after doing exactly that to them. Did I say that I disagreed with you? No, you just implied that. My reply was in response to your reply. Notice how I did not make any implications to your reply on my post? It's because I'm honest enough to know that I can't possibly know somebody else's motivations for their actions. After looking at your comment though, it's still justified. I called you an idiot or a troll because you have demonstrated such by definition of the words.

How do you know that the Gofundme is going to help her in any way to become wealthy or stay wealthy? Your comment doesn't even make sense in this context at all. How on earth would you even get to that conclusion? A lot of logical leaps there. How do you know that she didn't already donate to the family? Are her cousin's immediate family going to get wealthy from a GoFundMe? Doubtful. So your comment has no relevance to the situation. Also, using other people's money is called investing. Unless the person using other people's money is a con artist engaged in a ponzi scheme, investors get their money back, a stake in the company, or whatever deal was made and they also tend to understand the market risk before willingly giving people money. Again, unless the person is running a confidence scam, people just don't willingly allow others to just use their money. Hedge funds, corporate welfare, multi-level marketing? Can you even specify your statement or was it meant to be extremely vague so that other users can apply their own meanings?

You would pay the whole thing? Judging by your attitude, lazy rebuttals, self imposed perception of others and complete lack of nuanced thinking, I very much doubt that. She's a "selfish bitch?" Asserting to know somebody's motivations or intentions yet again with a minute amount of information says a whole lot about your epistemology. Assuming somebody's intentions and motivations, ad hominem, and argument from incredulity.