Editing Soapbox (section)

===Contemporary soapboxing===
[[File:Marianne Williamson (48541667257).jpg|thumb|left|[[Marianne Williamson]] speaking with supporters at the [[Des Moines Register]]'s "Political Soapbox" event]]
During the 1960s, a [[Free Speech Movement]] was initiated on the [[University of California, Berkeley|Berkeley, California Campus]] over fund-raising at an intersection and other political freedoms, and the fight eventually spread to other college campuses across the United States. As advertising professionals transitioned their craft to politics, they were reputed to be "selling candidates like soap", an expression with roots in 19th-century sales tactics to differentiate soap products.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Marland|first=Alex|date=2003|title=Marketing political soap: A political marketing view of selling candidates like soap, of electioneering as a ritual, and of electoral military analogies|journal=Journal of Public Affairs|volume=3|issue=2|pages=103–115|doi=10.1002/pa.139}}</ref>

[[Marvel Comics]] writer [[Stan Lee]] included blurbs titled "Stan's Soapbox" in some of his comic books to share his opinions on various topics with readers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stan's Soapbox: Elevating Excelsior|url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/culture-lifestyle/stan-s-soapbox-elevating-excelsior|access-date=2020-09-22|website=Marvel Entertainment|language=en}}</ref>

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