Upcoming Restriction Period for US ads about social issues, elections, politics

Re:Upcoming Restriction Period for US ads about social issue... by SQueeeeeL on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @03:56PM (#33012461)

This is a bizarre non-sequitor "what aboutism" that I feel is stolen from some pundit

----- Edit: Same thing with the "But what is politics??" comment duplicated twice below

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Re:Upcoming Restriction Period for US ads about social issue... by matthewmacleod on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @04:27PM (#33012826)

I don't get why you think this is anything other than a very obvious and genuine question that hasn't been answered.

Someone said "ban political ads", and I don't know what that means. Does it mean banning any ad that references a politician or political party? Any ad that references an explicitly political issue? Any controversial issue that's currently a hot political topic?

I want to know what people's views are on this, which is why I asked.

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Re:Upcoming Restriction Period for US ads about social issue... by SideQuark on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @05:16PM (#33013380)

This isn't whataboutism; it's not trying to deflect from the original. It's a very valid claim. When science (or insert topic X here) is politicized and political ads are banned, then are stories about science (insert topic X here) also banned?

It's impossible to define what is a political ad that satisfies, say, 75% of the populace.

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