File this under the ‘Faith in Humanity Restored’ category.

Alex Wood, the university student who was exonerated over racial hatred claims and then hit with a $41,336 bill to pay legal costs incurred by the solicitor of his accuser, will not be out of pocket a cent.

An overwhelming response from members of the public to his request for help via a recently-launched online Gofundme page, flagged in The Weekend Australian, saw his target surpassed this morning.

An anonymous donor made a $5000 gift, the largest of more than 440 donations since the weekend. The Queensland University of Technology student said he could now pay the legal bill with funds left over to help three other students who paid their accuser in a process attacked by lawyers as ‘extortion and blackmail’.

I only wish I’d known about this sooner, I would have put it up here too. My head has been elsewhere for the last week, hence the lack of blogs.

It’s not too late though, you can give him a boost and help pay for his trouble here: https://www.gofundme.com/alex-wood-18c-040217

I think he deserves not only to cover his costs, but more besides. He’s not the hero we wanted, but he’s the hero we needed. He’s stood firm where most others have folded, and he’s contributed greatly to the coming downfall of the speech police. Give him something to smile about…

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