Conservatives have created out of whole cloth a world in which corporations have (1) personhood and (2) free speech rights like any other person. Conservatives have further constructed--also out of whole cloth--a world where money is speech. So when people call out, say, Pacific Life for advertising on a TV program which labels immigrants as dirty, it is disingenuous to cry foul. Conservatives have defined Pacific Life's advertising spending as speech, so it is perfectly legitimate to challenge that speech. And if I decide to not use my money to buy Pacific Life's products, I am simply exercising my speech.
Conservatives have created that world but now don't want to have to live in it. This is the world you wanted. Don't wish for something if you don't really mean it.
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