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[–] [email protected] 169 points 1 week ago (6 children)

If those Trump supporters could read, they'd be pretty upset.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago

Anybody that doesn't already realize this absolutely will not give a shit what this says anyways lol.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Canada is working on scratch and sniff ads for them

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Let's see how committed they are to "Free Speech". Bets on how long until Florida or D.C. bans these ads? (They'll call it "foreign interference").

[–] bdonvr 51 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They'll call it "foreign interference"

Honestly it kind of is. Though in this case I'm all for it.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago

The precedent has been set. We are playing their game and these are their rules.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The only foreign interference they can accept is israel's

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

And south african expats who south africa doesn't even want to associate with right now.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The First Amendment is gone.

Trump is openly retaliating against people who criticized him. Our constitution isn’t worth the crumbling paper it’s written on any more.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It never was, ignoring how it enshrined slavery, the system it built relied on people acting in good faith. The idea that elected officials would always work to preserve democracy.

Now it's evident that is not an appropriate system for checks and balances.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As someone who escaped Florida a decade and a half ago: they can't read that shit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

We need to formulate an ideogram that even Florida man can understand.

Sounds like lyrics to a Soul Coughing song. Is M. Doughty around here, somewhere?

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They've been running fox news advertising as well.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

“At Fox News we’d bet our bottom dollar that we’d do anything to increase our bottom dollar”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I like to imagine that the Murdoch news outlets are exchanging money for other outcomes, like spreading racism and hailing corporate.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I’d do an ad that says: “We don’t pay the tariffs. You do” — Canada

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How long until they spend more time and effort banning this while yelling about it constantly than ever saying one bad thing about how Russia is infiltrating our country by doing almost the exact same thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Que ‘24’ timer sound effect

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I didn't know foreign governments could buy ads in America for political purposes.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago

It's the USA. Everything is for sale. From the wellbeing of your ordinary everyday citizen to the government that supposedly represents.

[–] bdonvr 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah that's what made it Mildly Interesting for me. I've seen a few tourism ads here and there but never something like this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It makes me wonder if China or Russia's bought ad space

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

Ad space? It looks like they bought the president

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I guess bot farms and paid trolls in social media are already doing the trick?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For now, sure. Why would it not be?

Maybe next week it will be punished by sending someone to a camp.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ive heard of laws limiting foreign govt propaganda. But i guess this doesn't count.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Neither does AIPAC

From there website:

WE STAND with those who stand with Israel. The AIPAC PAC is a bipartisan, pro-Israel political action committee. It is the largest pro-Israel PAC in America and contributed more resources directly to candidates than any other PAC. 98% of AIPAC-backed candidates won their general election races in 2022.”

WE ENCOURAGE the U.S. government to enact specific policies that create a strong, enduring and mutually beneficial relationship with our ally Israel.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Ha! I thought op used a highlighter to cover the screen, and one could just see through it.

But it's just the design of the machine...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Saw the same on a billboard near Hendersonville, NC. Had to look twice.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

In Ohio as well. Too bad Im convinced this state is too stupid to understand anyhow.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They should be more precise: "Trumps tariffs are a tax on your grocery bill". Anyone elses would be, too, yes, but no-one else is that stupid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wait until 2028 when tariffs are the moderate Democratic policy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

because Democrats insist on chasing Republicans tail as they both run further into fascist degeneracy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

too bad they didn't hire me on the marketing team. my sign for florida would have just said "fuck you".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Americans are going to take this as a statement that Canada themselves are paying the tariffs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Mildly funny

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Can I share this on "colorslash"? /s

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