Justice

Yes, This Ad Is Offensive. But Free Speech Rides Public Transit, Too

Sometimes embracing free speech means sharing the subway with an ad that churns your stomach.
American Freedom Defense Initiative

Let’s get this out of the way up front: This is a shitty ad.

The implication, via Ayn Rand quote, that Muslims are “savages” is offensive and racist. And this is probably not the kind of sentiment most of us would want conveyed to out-of-towners or foreigners traveling the streets of San Francisco or the New York subway.