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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 172 points 2 years ago (6 children)

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

[–] Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

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

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Canada is working on scratch and sniff ads for them

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[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 76 points 2 years 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@thelemmy.club 51 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They'll call it "foreign interference"

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

[–] thepresentpast@lemm.ee 30 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The only foreign interference they can accept is israel's

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

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

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years 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.

[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years 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.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It has good parts and had a lot of bad parts. It was written centuries ago, so let’s take that framing into consideration. It was a worthwhile endeavor to pursue the good parts while amending the bad, directly or via modern courts. Unfortunately it’s been a backsliding battle against conservatives who selectively interpret it as “originalists”, like they selectively interpret their bible to enhance their power and pocketbook and ignore the parts that are inconvenient or get between them and money, and obstinately refuse change or would actively change it for the worse.

The most ironic part is that the countries that the US fought with in WW2 that had some absolutely awful leadership and governance were outfitted with relatively excellent frameworks to govern with postwar, Germany and Japan, while the US has been crippled with resting on its laurels and mulish refusal to take the lessons learned those endeavors to heart.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years 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?

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 39 points 2 years ago (7 children)

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

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They've been running fox news advertising as well.

[–] tacofox@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years 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.

[–] tacofox@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Que ‘24’ timer sound effect

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] shawn1122@lemm.ee 36 points 2 years ago

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

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 9 points 2 years 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.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

[–] havocpants@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago

Ad space? It looks like they bought the president

[–] Cliff@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

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

[–] tacofox@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago
[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For now, sure. Why would it not be?

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

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

[–] Spiral75@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years 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.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wait until 2028 when tariffs are the moderate Democratic policy.

[–] zwekihoyy@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years 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...

[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] conicalscientist@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Structure7528@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Mildly funny

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