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CatMor

(6,212 posts)
4. Advertisers have every right to decide where to spend their money ...
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 12:59 AM
Dec 2018

Nate Silver is not making sense with that opinion. Racism is evil and should not be rewarded.

Advertisers have as much right to decide who's racist whathehell Dec 2018 #1
I'm With Norm Dan22X Dec 2018 #10
Yep, me too. n/t. whathehell Dec 2018 #13
And I get to decide what program or product involved I want to use over that knowledge. You ... marble falls Dec 2018 #14
Sorry Nate.. you're wrong. They're humans Cha Dec 2018 #2
WTF Nate ... It's Applebee's Ad money ... they're not shutting down Tucker's show ... mr_lebowski Dec 2018 #3
Advertisers have every right to decide where to spend their money ... CatMor Dec 2018 #4
Applebees doesn't decide ANYthing for us all. nt greyl Dec 2018 #5
Dumb take romana Dec 2018 #6
What's Silver's argument here... that advertisers get forced to give ad dollars to racists? Bucky Dec 2018 #7
Scary indeed n/t malaise Dec 2018 #15
Tweet bait straight out the tweeters ahole realmirage Dec 2018 #8
He says racist things on his show. pamela Dec 2018 #9
I guess Nate didn't get the memo that corporations are people, too. Kind of Blue Dec 2018 #11
K&R, "or at least that he convincingly plays a racist on TV." sounds privileged as hell !! I can't uponit7771 Dec 2018 #12
Advertisers are making decisions based on the bottom line Nate Quixote1818 Dec 2018 #16
Nate really got it wrong. LiberalFighter Dec 2018 #17
Tucker has the right to Free speech edhopper Dec 2018 #18
Stick to spreadsheets Nate. phleshdef Dec 2018 #19
Generous reading: Only Court's ultimately define discrimination and hate speech. Not quite true. Shaddox Dec 2018 #20
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