I don’t get your point and I’m not interested in having an argument about personal preference.
I frequent plenty of conservative sites that have advertising and it doesn’t bother me and it doesn’t manipulate me. If you don’t like it, you can limit your viewing to places like FR.
I don’t care what or where you visit. That isn’t the point. I thought we were talking about why free republic doesn’t use advertising. But, I admit, that could have just been in my own head. I’m guilty of assuming things pretty regularly.