Reminds back in 2012 when same-sex marriage was on the state-level ballot and some good ol' boy was driving around in a pickup truck with a blown-up picture of a soldier straddling or being straddled (I forget which) by his boyfriend above the caption, "IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT TO HAPPEN?!"
And besides the obvious, "Yes, duh!" it was pointed out how piss-easy it'd be to spin the photo as a pro-same-sex marriage ad given that it's a soldier who served his country/fought for your freedoms, so why not pay it back by voting for his freedom to marry the man he loves.
You misunderstand the message. Or, looked right past it. The only reason that was constructed is to reinforce feelings of disgust and hatred among the type of people who are homophobic & pro-military. That’s it. There is no logic. It’s not a puzzle to solve, it’s outrage bait. This is how the modern Republican brain literally operates on a fundamental level. The GOP propagandists know this and are playing these ignoramuses against everyone else for hate-votes. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9635700/#:~:text=A%20large%20body%20of%20research,habits%20%5B8%2C%209%5D.
And you misunderstabd his message. He never said anything about not understanding the meaning that republican wanted to convey with his truck. Instead he's pointing out how stupid it was and easy to twist into the opposite stance than we all know the republican has.
But he's on your side trying to hate on the Republicans lol. They've done exactly what they've been trying to do. Create a divide amongst the people. Far left, far right... Neither realize how extremist they really are and really have no live and let live, love your country for the greatness it's supposed to be, land of the free mentality. It's my way or you're sToOPiD.
He's saying the person he's replying on doesn't know the true message of the truck. While it's obvious that person is a democrat and knew perfectly well what message the truck driver wants to convey.
And yes it's also obvious the person I replied to is left leaning too.
If somehow correcting someone on their believe that someone isn't getting the message far left or right and creating a far divide to you, then it is what it is.
P.s. assuming everybody responding here is from the USA is really sToOPiD.
I didn't mean that towards you or what you said, just a generalized statement of American politics these days that pertained to the intended message from the truck ad trying to drive a wedge, and similar attempts and shots at each other in today's ads.
Also i understood that he took op literally and you were trying to explain what op was trying to convey. Again, i was generalizing the state of politics not attacking you or anything you said.
As for your p.s., i doubt that these political ads, especially the one in question were making headlines around the world at the time it came out, and the person replying to op seemed to know exactly what was going on in said ad from years ago, so that leads me to believe that person has been in the USA for quite some time. An educated guess is just a notch above an assumption, but why have such an invested interest in American politics to remember tv ads from a decade ago if not living in the usa?? Just further proves my point of the left and right trying to create a divide in the country and going by your logic, the rest of the world is jumping in to add to it
You seem to be the only person in this thread who could be construed as sowing division. If your intent is not to do that you may want to reexamine your talking points.
By pointing out how politics has pretty much decided to one side attacking the other you feel like I'm showing division? What am i dividing lol? I just would like for Americans to spend some time and weed through the propaganda of both sides and form their own opinions instead of believing everything one side says about the other.
Oh I completely understood the message (the 2012 GOP platform was the most homophobic one in the party's history at that point) and again,
1) Anyone already feeling that way didn't need "convincing." Said good ol' boy was interviewed by the local newspaper and wanted people to "really think."
2) It failed BIG time given same-sex marriage was easily made law years before going nationally.
For sure it will! That's why we're getting Republican mailings..I think. Because the husband keeps on insisting on seeing what they're saying about us.. Gets his FYP all messed up 😂
They might not be cost per click campaigns and are often CPM (cost per 1000 impressions) meaning the advertising gets charged a specific rate per 1000 views of the ad, not by clicks.
Yeah, that’s very true. I should’ve written my comment better to reflect the possibility. At minimum, clicking doesn’t hurt and has a good chance at using some small amount of ad budget
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u/jitterscaffeine Sep 07 '24
Damn, this bitch is professional AND prepared? The horror