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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
Giving your money to the Flames is an implicit endorsement of their brand. It signifies that this is something you value and will trade working hours of your life to support or promote.
Obviously none of us are going to be affecting the life of billionaire oil tycoon Murray Edwards as he rakes in our money from the comfort of his tax-exempt Swiss villa, but it's wrong to say that acceptance and endorsement are conflated when support is tied to tangible, monetary exchange.
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who said anything about giving or not giving money to the Flames?
Acceptance and endorsement are two different things. They literally have different meanings.