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by 9o1d 566 days ago
I understand you perfectly. I apologize, as a defender of advertising, for the fact that advertising often causes you inconvenience. However, I believe that advertising does less damage than cars. Okay, let's ban cars? What about alcohol and smoking? Why doesn't anyone try to throw a blanket over the shelves with alcohol?
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You all have interesting arguments and valid points in this discussion, but this last message is whataboutism [1].

edit: and it doesn't help you much, you are likening ads to harmful things.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism