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1 wrenchwench  Apr 3, 2012 12:13:01pm

Bullshit.

I never heard of Tucker Max, but apparently he’s made a career out of being an asshole. He offers a donation stipulating that a clinic be named for him, and then when PP turns it down, the author of this piece claims they weren’t interested even if the donation came anonymously because they didn’t make the suggestion. The author is a jerk for promoting his asshole client and trying to make PP look bad in the process.

No upding for you!

2 researchok  Apr 3, 2012 12:37:10pm

re: #1 wrenchwench

Bullshit.

I never heard of Tucker Max, but apparently he’s made a career out of being an asshole. He offers a donation stipulating that a clinic be named for him, and then when PP turns it down, the author of this piece claims they weren’t interested even if the donation came anonymously because they didn’t make the suggestion. The author is a jerk for promoting his asshole client and trying to make PP look bad in the process.

No upding for you!

Hey- don’t shoot messenger!

I thought the story was pretty weird to begin with.

Our times.

3 Bob Levin  Apr 3, 2012 1:42:35pm

re: #1 wrenchwench

re: #2 researchok

I’m not going to shoot the messenger because this is an interesting case of how PR folks think about life—just take the money.

However, this method of giving is one method of erasing history. Here’s an example that I’ve used before. In the south, even after emancipation, there was unspeakable crimes against Black folks, essentially illegally impressing them into slavery. That isn’t the worst part. Because of this widespread web of deceit, even murder, that extended into the highest echelons of government, law enforcement, and the judiciary—all of this was done in secret, and did not officially end until the 1940s. What’s more, when the kidnapped victims died, or were killed, the question among the murderers and accomplices was how to secretly dispose of the bodies. One of the companies guilty of this made bricks. And so the answer to that problem was simple for them. Some of the older houses and walkways in the south may still show evidence of these horrible crimes.

But what of the families of the perpetrators, what of their children? The answer was charity, having buildings, schools, whatever, named after the murdering pater familias. The charity effectively covered the crimes, and it would take a skilled genealogist to get past the hagiographies and monuments to find the evidence of the murders.

I don’t know who Tucker Max is, but I do know of the technique of changing history through charity. It is not simply some scared bureaucrat behind the decision to turn down the gift—it is possible that someone keenly aware of ethics also had some input. PR folks tend not to understand that concept.

4 wrenchwench  Apr 3, 2012 1:51:41pm

re: #3 Bob Levin

Favorited.

5 Shvaughn  Apr 3, 2012 2:28:41pm

I’m glad PP did their due dilligence on this donation.

6 Lidane  Apr 3, 2012 2:31:51pm

If this douchenozzle really cared about donating to Planned Parenthood instead of just being a self-promoting dick, he would have done it anonymously or with no strings attached:

Planned Parenthood Turns Down $500,000 From Tucker Max

After the Texas state legislature cut off Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood Texas because it offers abortion services, the family planning organization began looking for alternate funding. But that doesn’t mean it will take money from just anyone.

Planned Parenthood Dallas allegedly refused a $500,000 donation from “I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell” author Tucker Max, who wanted to decrease his tax burden and decided to make a donation large enough for Planned Parenthood to name a clinic after him.

Max, who has written about women in a controversial and degrading manner, has in the past made extremely offensive comments about Planned Parenthood and the women who seek health care there on his Twitter account. He tweeted in July 2011 that “Planned Parenthood would be cooler if it was a giant flight of stairs, w/someone pushing girls down, like a water park slide.”


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