(June 27, 2014 at 12:06 pm)Heywood Wrote:(June 27, 2014 at 12:00 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: Nope.
The Koch brothers can still speak their mind. They can protest on the street corners, hand out pamphlets or publish their views online. They can also publish books that people choose to purchase or not.
They just wouldn't be able to buy more speech.
Pamphlets and the publishing of books or views on the internet all cost money. They all employ the use of using money to multiply the size of the audience which can hear your speech. It seems you are okay with some kinds of political ads but not others. If you are okay with the publishing of pamphlets but not TV ads, I think your position is a little inconsistent......and I still think it amounts to censorship.
Banning all political ads means no more bumper stickers. No more signs in your yard...no more buttons, pins, ribbons, tee-shirts, etc. Do you really want to live in a world where the only way to express your views is to buy a soap box, stand on a corner and give a speech?
The more I think about your idea, the more ridiculous it becomes apparent.
