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We've raised more than the RED Campaign! announced 18 days ago
- OBJECTIVE
- To get Bono to retire from public life (so he'll stop leading misguided counter-productive philanthropy efforts) ....and, simultaneously.... to make a huge donation to fight AIDS
- MEMBER PLEDGE
- We will give money to: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
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But we will only pay if the objective is met
- WHAT WOULD IT BE WORTH TO YOU?
- You only pay if the campaign tips.
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- THE PITCH
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Bono’s philanthropy efforts are self-righteous, ineffective, & counter-productive.
The RED campaign has managed to spend $40 million more on marketing that it has raised from RED product sales, while sending consumers a dangerous message. Read more
Many involved in the global fight against AIDS worry that RED will make it harder to raise funds, and that the oversimplified & disempowered image of Africa that Bono perpetuates. , as exemplified in these incredibly condescending lyrics from the Band Aid Xmas song Bono helped create, obscures and undermines the assets African nations must focus on to defeat AIDS and poverty.
The grassroots leaders of the global fight against AIDS didn’t ask for Bono to be their frontman. Its time for Bono to step down. We’ll all pledge donations to the Global Fund, but no pledges are collected until Bono retires from public life. If he wants to moan bland melodies he’ll have to do it quietly in his bedroom. If he want to fight AIDS he can make a direct donation instead of buying a sweatshop GAP T-shirt. As the pledges grow, Bono will have to decide what matters more, fighting AIDS effectively, or him being the movement’s frontman.
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This is an idiot campaign!When Bono retire, where make music???I like U2!!
Re: We've raised more than the RED Campaign!
Yo escribo en español porque soy latino.
I write in spanish ´cause I am a latinamerican man.
Mi mensaje tiene que ver con recordarte que los diferentes puntos sobre un mismo tema, puede ser el principio para encontrar un punto de equilibrio en pos de una buena causa....Read More
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Bono NOT retire from public life!!!!!!!!!!
Bono make good music!!!!!!
Bono HELP for africans!!!!!!
He will GOOD for people.
Please listen to music Bono’s music track (U2) and see track’s lyrics!
Van aki szereti Bono-t és a zenéjét, köcsögök!!!
Re: We've raised more than the RED Campaign!
Good luck with your campaign. I hope that it accomplishes good for those who deserve it. I don’t agree with your methods, but I agree with your cause. Whether or not I see it as self-indulgent is irrelevant. That is the point of a debate, you don’t need...Read More
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To Tony Mac: Its true that if Bono retires RED doesn’t go away. I don’t expect I could ever really get enough people to join to make Bono retire, OR to get RED leadership to decide to end RED. I chose to target Bono in this campaign...Read More
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Thank you, whoever you are. When I am passionate about something I don’t always make the best of sense. Well done.
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Dani B said, “I just want you to realize that if you accomplish your actual goal (of which possibility is obviously very slim) you will screw a great deal of people out of money that would potentially save their life.”
The only way the goal would be achieved...Read More
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Sometimes it amazes me that people get so fired up about things like this. Bono is a public figure, so he’s always going to take criticism. He can handle it, or at least he should be able to. On the other hand it’s great that people get really...Read More
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PS I agree with your view on the Stuff White People Like site. I also agree with your annoyance regarding the sentiment the RED campaign pushes.
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Aaron, again I must say that if the problem is with RED then let’s make it about RED and not about Bono. My question is still unanswered, If Bono retires does it make RED (the seemingly real issue here) go away? The answer is no.
