Billboard Promoting Alberta As 51st State Sparks Angry Backlash: A recent Reddit post sparked widespread angry responses on social media. It also had the phone lines to the Alberta town flooded with even more irate calls and e-mails demanding that the offensive billboard be taken down. As the mayor… - ThreadSky

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Billboard Promoting Alberta As 51st State Sparks Angry Backlash: A recent Reddit post sparked widespread angry responses on social media. It also had the phone lines to the Alberta town flooded with even more irate calls and e-mails demanding that the offensive billboard be taken down. As the mayor…

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bjchippindale.bsky.social•10 hours ago

This is how MONEY talks.

It sends its toxic messages to millions of people at once in ways that normal humans cannot match.

When it can do that, much as SCOTUS ruled, it can do anything it wishes to the democracy that enables it.

The cure for this is a second sign, not burning the first.

bjchippindale.bsky.social•10 hours ago

The second sign should detail the sources of money _behind_ AmericaFund . ca and Peter Downing. Along with "Hey AmericaFund! We're Canadians, not sell-outs!" there are a half dozen additional ways to make points about AmericaFund and Downing, but here's the thing.

They all cost money.

bjchippindale.bsky.social•10 hours ago

So we have a problem, not with "free" speech, but with "paid" speech.

Mass Media OPINIONS must be balanced.

We have a problem with news as well, and it is common to every Western Democracy. Mass Media INFORMATION must be complete and accurate and reach EVERYONE.

https://medium.com/@bj.chippindale/owned-3a5602124f7b