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lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

look we’re sponsoring them

spon·sor

verb

provide funds for (a project or activity or the person carrying it out).

My disapproval of FUTO notwithstanding, that is the dictionary definition.

I never looked at those “we sponsor/donated to” sections on organization pages as implying a relationship of reciprocal approval. Are idiots online thinking that?

Anyone should be able to assert “X gave Y money” when that’s true. Taking money from people we disagree with shouldn’t be a problem: less money for them, more for us. Do we want them to spend on shit we definitely disapprove of?

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frongt@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
By that dictionary definition, yes, but there’s a connotation of scale and a relationship. For example, your local arts events are often sponsored by local businesses and philanthropists, but if you or I donate $10 I wouldn’t call that a sponsorship.

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- lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  your local arts events are often sponsored by local businesses and philanthropists
  
  Do you or they necessarily approve of those businesses? Is that implied?
  
  but if you or I donate $10 I wouldn’t call that a sponsorship
  
  Then are people getting carried away with their imaginations?
  
  Donation recipients should be able to take money from donors who should be able to declare that truth.
  
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