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Originally Posted by Frequitude
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Originally Posted by MattyC
I wasn't really referring to the production value as something that might deter you. I mean, as someone who seems to be an intelligent person, don't you find it at least a little souring that they're seeking to manipulate people this way? Not that you're falling for it or are the target of it necessarily. Just the complete lack of substance involved.
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Don't all attack style ads fall into that category though? I don't exactly see these ones as incrementally worse. Do you?
You're right though, this one's taking the path of dumbing down the message to simpleton levels to get the point across. Of course that can be taken as demeaning. The Ignatieff ones on the other hand took the path of trying to scare people with red & black colors and scary noises to get the point across. That's "demeaning" and "manipulative" as well, just a different genre.
Heck, if anything I enjoyed the change of pace from the Ignatief scary boo style and the American shocking quote with the deep voice style. Same **** though, just a different pile.
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No I think the vast majority of attack ads are stupid. They generally leave a sour taste in my mouth unless they're exposing something that is actually relevant and important. IE the Ignatief ones displaying his attendance record. That is relevant to his position and shows he was not a committed worker for the people.
Either way, the ads they played when Ignatief was running have no relevance here.
But I do think some are incremental worse than others. The banners that were posted a few pages back that I quoted shows Harper saying "These tax cuts will help 4 million families" and Trudeau saying "I do not agree with these tax cuts" is one of the worst I've seen. No actual information at all. Who were the cuts supposed to be for? 4 million is a small number when taking the whole country into account. It's a blatant ploy to make people think that any tax cut is going to benefit them somehow. As mentioned about, exposing Ignatief's attendance record actually means something in the context of his ability/commitment to govern.
But yea, overall, they're all pretty dumb, but these ones against Trudeau are taking it to such a new level of stupidity it really makes me think why anyone would support people who think their voting base is really that dumb. And if someone is that dumb, please don't vote.