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Kablooie

(18,628 posts)
Thu Nov 23, 2017, 04:44 PM Nov 2017

Do you realize the FCC calls the proposal to kill net neutrality "Restoring Internet Freedom"?!!!

Freedom to them is for corporations to be free to prevent customers from accessing competitor's products.
Freedom to charge customers for services they have already paid other companies for.
Freedom to censor and control what information customers have access to.

In most cases they are monopolies. There are no competing high speed internet companies available in most of the country. This was by design. A design developed by internet lobbyists in past years. So customers have no option except to allow a faceless corporation to control what they know and see.

The will and rights of the people has no currency anymore.
The will and rights of faceless corporations is the only thing of value in today's America.



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Do you realize the FCC calls the proposal to kill net neutrality "Restoring Internet Freedom"?!!! (Original Post) Kablooie Nov 2017 OP
See this Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #1
They have false propaganda and framing down to a science. Lint Head Nov 2017 #2
Well they couldn't really call it by its real name - the F*CK U bill! bagelsforbreakfast Nov 2017 #3
Freedom to remain a monopoly RainCaster Nov 2017 #4
Of COURSE, it's FRAMING, and THEY do it elleng Nov 2017 #5
kick nt steve2470 Nov 2017 #6
Everything GOP is upside down. KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2017 #7
It's Orwellian. octoberlib Nov 2017 #8
+ 1 - Beat me to it JDC Nov 2017 #11
What is more important is what WE can do to stop it. Ferrets are Cool Nov 2017 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author JDC Nov 2017 #10
they know they can fool FUCKING IDIOTS as long as they throw in the word FREEDOM Skittles Nov 2017 #12

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,490 posts)
7. Everything GOP is upside down.
Thu Nov 23, 2017, 05:57 PM
Nov 2017

They've abused so many words in the English language, it's hard to carry on a normal conversation without it going political, or having to stop and think about the context of every damn word.

That's exactly the way they want it and Russians are the best teachers of these methods.


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