Well he took one glance at this and decided I was an agent of George himself. I sure wish I were, it would help alleviate all my doubts!

He does raise valid concerns about George being paytriot, I'll give him that, but the way he carries on, taunting, mocking, insulting and all, is no way to have a conversation.

Anyway, regarding the fact itself that George accepts donations and has a merch store, I think it's more to do with controlling their segment of the donation economy, which will exist no matter what.