People don't generally like advertising that takes a stand.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Contrary to popular belief, Americans don't hate advertising.
The public doesn't particularly care for advertisements.
Advertising must respect the intelligence of its audience and if it does not prompt them to think, it will be instantly dismissed.
The interesting thing about advertising is that the things that annoy us sometimes about it are really human. It's us looking at ourselves - and like all human endeavors it's imperfect.
If people ever talked the way advertising sounded, they would be put away.
Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.
Advertising should always be in good taste without a question.
Advertising gets such a bashing from the world. At parties you are always asked, 'Aren't you just selling people things they don't want?'
The most common trouble with advertising is that it tries too hard to impress people.
Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.
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