Cancelled by PayPal

PayPal strikes again! 'Gates of Vienna' is a blog dedicated to defending Western civilisation and culture. Paypal doesn't like it, so, 'No money for you!'

From Gates of Vienna

Update August 25 8:00pm EDT

A week ago I thought this was going to be a normal quarterly fundraiser. I started it in the usual fashion, with an opening post on Monday for the fundraising “octave”. Then I woke up on Tuesday morning and discovered to my dismay that I’d been shut out of PayPal. After a conversation with the lady in the Terminations Department (as I think it was called), I was left in no doubt that I had been cancelled for my political opinions.

This eventuality was hardly unexpected; it’s not like I’m the first to be cancelled by PayPal. Over the past couple of years I watched the big guns go down one by one — Jihad Watch, Tommy Robinson, and numerous others. Since I’m just a tiny popgun in the “racist” scheme of things, my day of reckoning was delayed. But it had to come someday.

Hitting this speed bump made me decide to keep this post on top for a few extra days, to make sure that everyone gets a chance to see it. Newer stuff will continue to accumulate below it.

For the time being I’m fundraising by snail mail. Those who want to donate and don’t already have the address, please email me at gatesofvienna {at} chromatism {dot} net, and I’ll send it to you.

So far the results have been encouraging — a fair number of envelopes have arrived in the mail. I’ve already started writing the thank-you notes. I really appreciate your willingness to pitch in. And at least five people who have never donated in the past were affronted by what PayPal did, and wrote to ask for the address.

Even so, there’s no doubt that PayPal’s heinous actions will reduce the amount I can successfully raise. Not everyone will be willing to send money by regular mail, and the logistics for overseas gifts will be tricky.

The big question is whether the reduction will be significant enough to threaten the continuation of this site. Everything should proceed as normal for at least another quarter — I have enough savings to cover that.

In the meantime, I’m determined to find a substitute for PayPal. I’m in the throes of attempting to set up an account with a new service, but the interminable process of account verification is still incomplete. So keep your fingers crossed, or send up a smoke signal to the fire god, or say a novena for me — I need all the help I can get.

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The fundraiser was supposed to have been complete by now. At this point it should have been all wrapped up, and I would just be busily writing thank-you notes.

With that in mind I had invited the future Baron and another relative to come and visit me. I’ve managed to create two guest bedrooms here in Schloss Bodissey, one in the sunroom and the other in the future Baron’s former bedroom. Just single beds, unfortunately, so if a married couple come to visit, they will have to live apart while they’re here. But at least I’ve got enough room.

That’s why posting has been light. My guests left this afternoon, and now I’m catching up on all the backlog. I’ve got some new material that will be posted later in the evening.

One final note, to the anonymous donor in California who left no return address: Thank you for your generosity; you know who you are. In your brief note you said, “Sorry to be late,” but you weren’t late at all! So no worries in that regard.