Could The Liberals Out There Explain Why Obama Needs To Regulate The Internet (government, socialism)

[EddieB.Good]

Originally Posted by momonkey

What it is or what has been sold as?

I expect, as with all this that involve the federal government, a bait and switch is just around the corner.

What it is.

[alphamale]

Typical leftie answer....."umm, I don't know but it must be the right thing to do since the dems are marching in lockstep in favor of it."

To be honest, I really don't understand the reason for it, but I do know that we don't need a gigantic government bureaucracy involved.

[momonkey]

Originally Posted by EddieB.Good

What it is.

You could have said the same thing about Obamacare back in 2009.

Today we know it was all bull ****!

[EddieB.Good]

Originally Posted by momonkey

You could have said the same thing about Obamacare back in 2009.

Today we know it was all bull ****!

Yeah. So feel free to explain what net neutrality is.

[mohawkx]

Originally Posted by EddieB.Good

Yeah. So feel free to explain what net neutrality is.

You shouldn't ask conservative republicans "gotcha questions" like, "Explain Net neutrality".

[kidkaos2]

Originally Posted by mohawkx

You shouldn't ask conservative republicans "gotcha questions" like, "Explain Net neutrality".

And you shouldn't say things like that unless you want to be known as a condescending bigot. It seems like you just cannot stand the fact that there are people in the world with different opinions than yours. Anybody who doesn't agree with you must be either evil or stupid.

[tickyul]

Power and control......the MO for politicians and government is to grab as much as possible!

The internet power grab will start out quiet innocent....and grow into the typical government nightmare.

[Hadoken]

Originally Posted by momonkey

You could have said the same thing about Obamacare back in 2009.

Today we know it was all bull ****!

Yeah, no, you lost that fight badly. Insurance companies used a loophole to cancel old plans, many of which didn't make much sense. And on the other hand, cost increases have been curbed, more people have easy access to health care, Women are no longer having their health care plans canceled because their husband had acne as a teen and they caught breast cancer at 50, and so on. All in all, it's a major plus.

You're simply making a straight-up bad argument.

ETA: the funny part is, the stuff that many conservatives schreech is "socialism" is actually mandatory *capitalism*. Figure it out.

[jacqueg]

Originally Posted by momonkey

Please explain what about the Internet is broken such that we need the federal government to fix it.

It wasn't. But verizon sued the fcc because they wanted to fix it so they could make more money by disadvantaging their content provider competitors.

So the new fcc regs make it clear that verizon and others can't rig the marketplace that way.

[mohawkx]

Originally Posted by kidkaos2

And you shouldn't say things like that unless you want to be known as a condescending bigot. It seems like you just cannot stand the fact that there are people in the world with different opinions than yours. Anybody who doesn't agree with you must be either evil or stupid.

Yeah, you're right. Probably too snarky for my own good sometimes. I'm working on a kinder, gentler, approach.