Isnt advertising a form of speech though?
Are laws banning govt propaganda a restriction on the govt's right to free speech? The msm actually argued that point after Obama repealed the Smith-Mundt act that had been codified into law since the end of WW2. It is now legal for the US govt. to disseminate propaganda to it's own people w/ in it's borders. They did it before regardless but then it was only legal for our govt to do overseas technically. Some conservatives will try to fill your head w/ nonsense and tell you corporations are people when it comes to rights. Neither is right, both are cunts. Technically these folks you're worried about got their free advertisement. They never contracted or paid for the duration of how long it would remain up. Should billboards along the highway remain for eternity and never change b/c you believe an entity existing solely on paper has a right to "free speech". Why should that business's free speech be immutable? Can Lowe's place a giant sign outside of Home Depot's property guiding you to their store? I'm interested to see how you define this.
The error you have made is that you think I support free speech. I am extremely against it. I am trying to make boobs understand my reasoning.
Help me understand your reasoning.
I think something that's lost on many foreigners is their ingrained rejection to nationalism. Those sentiments are taking hold here. Believe me when I say I'd like to revert to the older currencies and pledges of allegiance where god isn't mentioned. Benjamin Franklin printed the first American currency after the civil war. The phrase "mind your business" was printed on our first penny. The unique bit about our rights is that they are "God Given". Kinda strange. The founding fathers routinely managed to leave god out of the equation except when it came to rights. The reason for this was the importance of instilling the idea that they don't come from a govt or man.
Sadly the reality is that rights aren't god given and you only ever have what you maintain or take for yourself. What foreigners fail to realize is that while Islam is a political structure masquerading as religion, the concept of Americanism is a religion founded on human rights posing as a nation in and of itself for some.
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