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In general I agree. However let us say I own a website that I put ads on. It is my site, I pay for it. Should I have to allow ads for things I disagree with? I

In general I agree. However let us say I own a website that I put ads on. It is my site, I pay for it. Should I have to allow ads for things I disagree with? I am not saying I know the answer here. It would be simpler to say "if you take paid for ads you are not allowed to turn down any ad that does not violate public guidelines". Does this apply to penis pills during kids cartoons? It is not an simpler answer.

markdown 7y ago
> It would be simpler to say "if you take paid for ads you are not allowed to turn down any ad that does not violate public guidelines". Does this apply to penis pills during kids cartoons? It is not an simpler answer. Seems to me it IS a simple answer: "If you take paid for ads you are not allowed to turn down any ad that does not violate public guidelines"
- scarface74 7y ago
  What if someone wanted to run an ad against vaccinations? Or the post very ad that you quoted - should Disney be forced to advertise penis enlargement ads during a children’s show?
  - markdown 7y ago
    "that does not violate public guidelines" Set guidelines.
    - scarface74 7y ago
      So can one of those guidelines be “we don’t advertise streaming services”? Who gets to set those guidelines? Do you want the government deciding everything that can and cannot be advertised?
      - markdown 7y ago
        > Do you want the government deciding everything that can and cannot be advertised? Yes, that's the ideal way to do it in a democracy, isn't it? The will of the people should prevail.
        scarface74 7y ago
        Now we are going to have a government board that decides what can be advertised? Since the majority of Americans are Christians does that mean in a democracy people can decide banning advertising for mosques? What if the majority decided to ban commercials featuring gay couples? Interracial couples (a large percentage of Christians in the south still think interracial marriage is a sin)? With the electoral college and each state having two senators regardless of population giving a disproportionate amount of votes to smaller states, what are the chances that they would ban advertising for companies that employ the “liberal elite” in California? The “will of the people” led to laws in the south like Jim Crow, laws against interracial marriage, and criminalizing homosexual sex.

markdown 7y ago

> It would be simpler to say "if you take paid for ads you are not allowed to turn down any ad that does not violate public guidelines". Does this apply to penis pills during kids cartoons? It is not an simpler answer. Seems to me it IS a simple answer: "If you take paid for ads you are not allowed to turn down any ad that does not violate public guidelines"

scarface74 7y ago
What if someone wanted to run an ad against vaccinations? Or the post very ad that you quoted - should Disney be forced to advertise penis enlargement ads during a children’s show?
- markdown 7y ago
  "that does not violate public guidelines" Set guidelines.
  - scarface74 7y ago
    So can one of those guidelines be “we don’t advertise streaming services”? Who gets to set those guidelines? Do you want the government deciding everything that can and cannot be advertised?
    - markdown 7y ago
      > Do you want the government deciding everything that can and cannot be advertised? Yes, that's the ideal way to do it in a democracy, isn't it? The will of the people should prevail.
      - scarface74 7y ago
        Now we are going to have a government board that decides what can be advertised? Since the majority of Americans are Christians does that mean in a democracy people can decide banning advertising for mosques? What if the majority decided to ban commercials featuring gay couples? Interracial couples (a large percentage of Christians in the south still think interracial marriage is a sin)? With the electoral college and each state having two senators regardless of population giving a disproportionate amount of votes to smaller states, what are the chances that they would ban advertising for companies that employ the “liberal elite” in California? The “will of the people” led to laws in the south like Jim Crow, laws against interracial marriage, and criminalizing homosexual sex.