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Re: Save Net Neutrality

#41

Why is the new administration against Net Neutrality? What are Ajit Pai's legit arguments to take this stand?

I have no idea.

All I have heard in favor of removing net neutrality is "it's a regulation, and regulation is bad."

Of course, this argument falls to pieces very quickly no matter what angle I try to think of it from.

As far as I can tell, there really is no legitimate argument. I like to think that I can consider any perspective on an issue, and understand why someone might disagree with me. In most cases, I can do that, but removing privacy and net neutrality rules are two subjects where I have been completely unable to do so.

I don't like to give up, and jump to the conclusion that my perspective is the only plausible one. I want to make it clear that I haven't given up on listening for the other side of the story, but thus far, I haven't heard a peep of it. I hate to say it, but there likely isn't one.

Re: Save Net Neutrality

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For those who do not want to save Net Neutrality and would rather the FCC stay out of regulating ISPs, here is a website to find details to contact your representative: http://whoismyrepresentative.com/

> For those who do not want to save Net Neutrality and would rather the FCC stay out of regulating ISPs

Do you mind taking a moment to tell the rest of us why?

I really want to know.

Re: Save Net Neutrality

#43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> As dire as the situation in Washington may seem now, democracy hasn't fallen. We as the citizenry haven't lost any power we had back then. If anything, we have more now given the surge in online activism (that also leads to real life activism more readily, at least from my perspective). Ehhh let's not assume the future is alright quite yet. The prez did just fire the guy investigating his campaign's links to a fore…

I'm not saying there aren't issues now, or that everything will be fine, but as it stands now it's not like we've lost any of our rights as citizens in the past 6 years. We can still protest, vote, conscientiously object to laws, so on. Throwing up our hands and saying, "Welp, the world is different now. Nothing we can do," is exactly the mindset that will lead to the loss of our ability to have an impact on governme…

Agreed. Tough to put into words how I feel about the situation. Ostensibly, no rights lost, but everyone in the WH is doing their darndest to make that happen.
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