(November 22, 2014 at 9:17 pm)Heywood Wrote:(November 22, 2014 at 6:10 pm)Ryantology (╯°◊°)╯︵ ══╬ Wrote: And here, I thought I would never meet someone on the internet who never heard of internet petitions being a thing. Or, the fact that the White House famously operates one.
That's just how people show off what team they root for. Yard signs don't sway elections.
Now, if you go and get these materials to print large quantities of yard signs so you can distribute them to others, or to place large quantities around town, that's a problem, if you're using unlimited amounts of private money. That's no more a restriction of free speech than laws against public urination.
No, your ludicrous example has proven me wrong. Let's sell votes!
Yard signs are speech and your argument basically comes down to you want to be able to control peoples speech based on your own ideas of what you think should be permissible and what shouldn't.
Typical liberal elitism.
Since when is thinking and being pragmatic "elitism". "Elitism" is when you hold all the money and think by virtue of that you know what is best for everyone else.
Do not mistake the political free market and losing with "elitism". Either people are allowed to compete for laws and economic policies or they are not. "Elitism" is merely your childish way of saying "I don't like it when other people vote".
If we are a diverse society, then economic views should reflect that diversity and not simply benefit the rich.
