I’m not sure if this was at work in your fundraiser, but I know I tend to see exhortations from others that I give to charitable causes/nonprofits as attempts at guilt tripping. (I react the same way when I’m instructed to vote, or brush my teeth twice a day, or anything else that sounds less like new information and more like a self-righteous command.) For this reason, I try to keep quiet when I’m tempted to encourage others to give to my pet charity/donate blood/whatever, for fear that I’ll inspire the opposite reaction and hurt my goal. I don’t always succeed, but that’s an explanation other than a culture of disagreement for why some people might not have contributed to the discussion from a pro-giving position.
I’m not sure if this was at work in your fundraiser, but I know I tend to see exhortations from others that I give to charitable causes/nonprofits as attempts at guilt tripping. (I react the same way when I’m instructed to vote, or brush my teeth twice a day, or anything else that sounds less like new information and more like a self-righteous command.) For this reason, I try to keep quiet when I’m tempted to encourage others to give to my pet charity/donate blood/whatever, for fear that I’ll inspire the opposite reaction and hurt my goal. I don’t always succeed, but that’s an explanation other than a culture of disagreement for why some people might not have contributed to the discussion from a pro-giving position.