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Call your senators!
Nov 23, 2017 2:45 AM
PutinSupreme
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Call your senators!
scarjoe
hazzelchef
I hope you all read this, some real sketchy stuff right there https://medium.com/@AGSchneiderman/an-open-letter-to-the-fcc-b867a763850a
FatBastardVegetarian
Can't believe Trump's FCC started this.
heyrelaxfellayouneedarestguy
I usually can't stand inslee, but he's right.
GlazedHamRiot
RogueMonkeys
God I wanna punch him in his domino looking teeth
BenadrylCucumberPatch
Fuck Ajit Pai.
LumburgOR
Fuck Comcast too.
Jaymezians
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/do-not-repeal-net-neutrality I'm posting this on all the NN posts I see. Please don't be annoyed.
warlockaflocka
Thanks for the link, made it easy
readysetchaos
http://uk.pcmag.com/web-sites-products/32440/opinion/the-net-neutrality-hysteria
IfILikeYourJokeITellYou
Must be nice to have a governor that cares. #FlintStillDosentHaveCleanWater
cntdn
isnt the whole point of your country like democracy n shit? How far they gonna take it before you bring the guns out again?
theladyfox
Is there anything that people living outside of the US can do? Other than cheer for those doing something?
William2Wallace
We applause the removing of these regulations! You have a government who kept most of these promises.
Kaesden
Verizon paid him good money to provide results. It's good business to deliver your product once paid for.
TheDresden
That's my Governor! Get 'em Jay!
Ruthless674
Since when did the US own the rights to control the World Wide Internet?
SunnySarah20
Ayyyyyyy that’s my gov!
TheLordPxl
Just tell the senators they will have to pay for porn
Steel723
Here's some extra info https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/7ek4q6/join_the_battle_for_net_neutrality_net_neutrality/
KingOfBait
Isn’t this what the 2nd amendment is for? Kill him already
lungbudda
I'll give someone a Klondike bar to ship him away
GhillieTrollAskold
Username checks out.
Axiluvia
Shout out from WA State! Our governor and senators have stated repeatedly that they support net neutrality! Patty Murray has a quote on 1/2
Axiluvia
her page directly about this: https://www.murray.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/net-neutrality
montdem
Call your Senators and Representatives at (202) 224-3121. It’s quick, easy, and makes the most impact.
PutinSupreme
^^^
JustYourBoySkinnyNoodle
That’s mine!!! Go Washington
GirlWerewolf
Ditto! Hashtag two oh six
Koren01
Shout out from the Tri cities!
Axiluvia
Yay Washingtonians!
NotExplosive
Mine too!
PoppySeedtheBubbadook
Fuck yeah Washington!
kolfacekilla
shoutout from brush prairie
LumburgOR
Fucking nailed it.
Phcenix
Fascism is Real in America
William2Wallace
And come from regulations so REMOVE it!
b1ohazard777
That's why you want the government to regulate ISPs?
12rt2345g342563
Makes sense that you're a both a nazi apologist and against net neutrality.
b1ohazard777
If you think the government is full of nazis, then why would you give them control over the internet? Choose one.
Kabe59
I hope there are teams of lawyers preparing lawsuits and injunctions, cuz it seems that's gonna be the only way to stop it
IUpvoteBoxes
this is why an administrative state is balls
JayEnfield
Several are already underway.
ILikeToHideInLongCommentChains
YES, please go on!
bigsluttydaddy
go on...
TehWolfs
The FCC is being sued currently for withholding information on the "fake comments" as they have yet to provide any evidence.
UnluckyBlackCat
My govener actually tweeted this!
IfILikeYourJokeITellYou
Must be nice to have a governor that cares. #FlintStillDosentHaveCleanWater
UnluckyBlackCat
The western side of Washington is petty good. The eastern side, not so much. Spokane is always in the news for the shit our higher ups pull.
UnluckyBlackCat
Our congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rogers is in favor of getting rid of net neutrality even though it'll hurt pretty much everyone in Spokane.
Parradocks
Isn't this why you have the second amendment? To protect from government tyranny?
William2Wallace
Yes, to enforce this amendment, these regulations must be repealed.
Thekingofbeans
This is not tyranny. This is just arguing over whether or not something counts as a utility.
ExtremeAndViolentButtFun
Nice to see my Governor is in the fight, or at least pretends he is.
onecowboytoo
Yay Olympia, WA.
Hendlton
As long as he fights for you and your interests, it doesn't matter what he thinks when he goes home.
princetruffles
I really wish he wouldn’t call it the “Trump FCC.” It’s going to create partisanship and probably convince some idiots to support the FCC.
AstralMarmot
West of the mountains pols forget there's an entire half of the state that likes Trump. I saw it time and again in Oly.
FlibbityFoobleBee
Hey neighbors!
ExtremeAndViolentButtFun
Hi friend!
FlibbityFoobleBee
Hi extremeandviolentbuttfun! Person aftet my own heart lol
GirlWerewolf
Whuddup WA! Hashtag two oh six
ExtremeAndViolentButtFun
253 here, northboi
PutinSupreme
He's my governor! Gov of Washington state. He seems sincere. Was one of the first to team up after trump (kinda) exited the climate accord
iwishihadanamazingusername
When I call WA state's Reps, I get sent to a full VM. Do you have that problem?
PagingDrLoggins
Me too! I met him once at an event on climate change and he talked about how he wants his grandkids to have a better future
GirlWerewolf
I saw him at Seattle Pride????
AstralMarmot
Jay's strong on the environment. Maybe not the brightest man but his heart's mostly in the right place.
princessmiathermopolis
One of his first actions in office was to call a press conference to announce we had a nuclear waste site in Hanford. Idiot.
AstralMarmot
I've met Jay over a dozen times since 2004, when he was my Congressman. He introduces himself every time. His wife is a gem though.
Nccoffee
As an Oregonian I like him, seems like a good neighbor
AstralMarmot
I'm in Oregon now too, but worked in WA politics for years. We're pretty lucky in this corner of America.
mpB2D
FCC dick already said he doesn't care. He's seen an overwhelming amount of support to save it and the turd said he's still repealing it.
adadsupreme
He isn’t repealing anything. It still takes congressional approval.
ErrorUsernameNotSetToInstanceofAnObject
I want to read that statement.
confanity
Americans, put pressure on your representatives to put pressure on the whole FCC.
ThailandExpress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk47saogI8o
ArtOfKarolMichalec
It’s almost like they don’t care about you
FaptimusPrime
Can Pai be removed from office? This BS is really terrible.
imgurStranger
Check what the TCP/IP inventor is saying http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/18/kahn_net_neutrality_warning/
imgurStranger
http://www.pff.org/issues-pubs/ps/2006/ps2.24voiceofcautiononnetneutrality.html
imgurStranger
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1587058&rec=1&srcabs=1622226&alg=4&pos=1
keillrandor
It's now about pressuring Congress/candidates for next year to do something about it once it's passed.
trapazoid
I already pressured congress and candidates for 5+ years since this started. The system is fucked and we will never win
Pengarr
But you can still yell at your Senators to kill it. And you can still flood his email and phones to the point of uselessness for fucking up.
testaccout
The GOP owns all of Congress. They want NN gone.
Pengarr
True, but they're not as unified as they have been in the past, and this particular issue cuts across party lines in weird ways.
Pengarr
GOP was always a weird marriage. Religious right/fiscal conservatives/libertarians. Putting Trump in the mix destabilized it even more.
johnvictor
Going to be so many lawsuits filed against the FCC from the tech giants and states it'll be interesting to see.
BookCreaseOnFace
I feel like he is saying that it wasn't broken before, and the courts are really good at handling tech issues, so let's leave it to them.
BookCreaseOnFace
Aaand pay no attention to the kickbacks I'm likely receiving or expect to receive.
worldsokayestspeler
I challenge him to hand to hand combat to the death
eagleandy93
it's gonna be a halberd for me, and a foam dagger for him
NotBigBrother84
EClaire1073
Trial by combat is not technically illegal.
Frizoggy
I challenge him t... I've said too much.
FoundationSCP
Technically trial by combat was never repealed.
DemonsPain88
Gerry him to texas! I hear they let swords there!
UpvoteFairy3001
The amount of americans that don't want it repealing could EASILY beat the FCC and their security with our bare hands... Let's go!
UpvoteFairy3001
Repealed* ffs
AjitPai
I accept.
worldsokayestspeler
Lol props for being the first to get that username
ThailandExpress
PutinSupreme
He doesn't deserve Reese's peanut butter cups!
Meatchris
Be nice if Reese's asked him not to associate their brand with him
SonOfLucifer
why is so low, and why can't I give more upvotes!?
Skulties1
I challenge him to pistol to hand combat to the death. (I get the pistol)
TheRockDude
soontobefree
That stacks up the odds gloriously to the favor of the people. I second this.
AjitPai
I also accept.
TheBananaconda
I challenge him to pistol to hand combat to the death. He can have the fuckkng pistol. I'll still cream his ugly ass
Skulties1
Make it slow. So. Slow
AjitPai
Agreed. Make it so slow it's slow mo, bro.
captainbender
I challenge him to rusty spoon to hand combat to the death. ( I get the spoon, we all know he deserves it)
AjitPai
Accepted.
icouldbeworkingrightnow
Why a spoon cousin?
varsil
BECAUSE IT'S DULL, YOU TWIT. IT'LL HURT MORE.
Skulties1
I can dig it
girlpants
Is that a serious legal challenge?
worldsokayestspeler
I mean if that exists then yeah im down
Thor561
Sadly dueling is not legal anymore.
CanadianFurr
Come to Canada. I've heard rumors it's coming back...
HowAboutThatUpdog
I'll do it
jhawker27
Because fuck what the American people want, right? It's not like government is supposed to act in their best interests or anything.
HistoriesOfXandY
The electorate elected the man who appointed him, who espouses a platform consistent with the appointee's position. This is democracy.
ArdentSlacker
If we refuse to revolt when they do this, we're agreeing to remain slaves to it.
previoustopcomment
Im for net neutrality but, sometimes what the majority wants is not always what is best, ex. racial segregation.
khimeira
Does the government has a real reason to repel net neutrality oooor... ?
TristanBomb
Well, the individuals responsible can receive "incentives" from the telecom industry.
khimeira
Yeah but that's not a answer to give to those who elected you, isn't it ?
135468765132497987
The argument is that it will incentive further investment in infrastructure by telecoms. This despite the fact that telecoms have broken
rannmann
Isn't that what they said when they insisted that they should be able to sell our browsing data?
135468765132497987
their word on that front habitually for a decade or two.
cbale2000
Apparently a lot of that "support" was coming from bots based out of foreign countries.
QuackDodgers
That's because Verizon planted him into this position for this sole purpose
OnionCutter
And unfortunately he wont allow anyone to investigate the issue or the evidence they found about the tampering.....
SecretlyARedPanda
Despite, what is it now 4+, suits filed over failure to comply with FOIA?
likehelly
no, support to save it. That's whatbhe is ignoring
destro225
But no one would even consider tampering in the election smh..
Iankill
I thought America was a democracy why is such an important decision literally left up to a goblin
Jaymezians
Well it is Democrazy.
Thekingofbeans
It's a republic and net neutrality isn't a law. Him repealing the regulation is more telling that this should be a law.
LapisScarab
It's a republic. We elected the orange dipshit because we're idiots and then *he* picked the coffee mug dipshit specifically to end NN.
antichrist123
Democracy? More like demoCRAZY!
channelranger
Because some idiots believed a corrupt businessman when he said he'd fight corruption in washington, then he appointed this asshole.
Seggs
we're a plutocracy now. have been for a while apparently
IStillGiveOutDickPics
representative democracy. we voted in morons who voted in this moron and now they're fucking everyone over.
courtreporter
It is a democracy. We elected a Republican president. So this is the result.
TMP5
yea. it itsn't.
dasappan
It's only a democracy while bombing faraway lands.
THEThadJarvis
Because, all of the "freedom" we enjoy, also gives the douchebags freedom to fuck us over.
GoneForeverAaronHernandez
It's not. It still needs to be voted on. Which means calling your senators/congressman/woman to tell them voting for this is not what u want
TheRockDude
welcome to America, where nazis and confederates have the freedom to parade around, but the people don't get a say in important stuff
FancyGiraffes
Holy shit, then get off your fat ass and parade around for "the important stuff"
TheRockDude
sadly, politicians are just as likely to ignore parading for important stuff as they are for nazis and rebel scum
TheRockDude
I mean, it's not like America hasn't been protesting the repealing of net neutrality multiple times already
Millillion
Because we're an indirect democracy. The idea is that we elect people who either do what we want and/or put other people in power to do 1/?
Millillion
Unfortunately it doesn't always work, but it's still better than direct democracy. We just need to work on who we elect. 2/2
confanity
Note: other members of the FCC also vote. Get your representatives to lean on them. Hard.
dogsrulearmystrong
Not a democracy. Representative republic. Huge distinction
NoDaveHere
Hasn't been a democracy in a loooooong time sadly...
courtreporter
1/ I've been telling this people over and over. It is a democracy. We chose this by electing a Republican president. If you are pro-NN and
courtreporter
2/ voted Democrat, sorry but your side lost. If you are pro-NN and voted Trump, you have yourself to blame. His position wasn't a secret.
dogsrulearmystrong
Never has been. Shocked at an ill informed imgurarian
LegitBacon
Anikan my allegiance is to the Republic, to DeMoCrAcY!!!
obeyyourlando
It has never been a democracy, it was set up as a republic
RoseTheSpecialEdTeacher
Its called a democratic republic for a reason. Democracy doesn't just mean absolute democracy.
IZ42
A republic is a democracy
AKsinfonian
I came back to say this. We have always been constitutional republic
PrincessDonaldTrumpBANNED2
Constitutional democratic republic... We still use a democratic system.
TristanBomb
You're right, of course, but keep in mind that the PRC is technically a constitutional republic.
PorneliusHubertII
Because we elect people who lie about where they stand. Most stand for money.
courtreporter
Net neutrality is always broken along partisan lines. If you thought Trump was going to be pro-NN, I don't know what to tell you.
PorneliusHubertII
You know we elect Congress members too?
courtreporter
Which is also controlled by Republicans, so ... what's your point?
HEXADECIMAL
Bc we need to change our system of govt to direct democracy or it's going to get much, much worse.
Allanonshea1
Well direct democracy with close to like 300million people would take a bit long
minipancho94
a true direct democracy is a bad idea. incorporating a direct democracy into our republic on the other hand is a great one. "majority 1/2
minipancho94
rules" is only great so long as your in the majority after all. plus congress barely functions as is, yet alone with 300 million in it. 2/2
haquie
I kinda wish we were a parliamentary tbh
TristanBomb
A parliamentary republic with mixed-member proportional reputation and strict campaign financing laws.
TristanBomb
*representation. Fuck.
haquie
Stop stop I can only get so erect!
someguyonimgur2324
While I get that this sucks, we're a representative democracy ... Kind of.
TristanBomb
"Representative democracy" my ass. http://www.upworthy.com/20-years-of-data-reveals-that-congress-doesnt-care-what-you-think
intashu
Not really. Money and business play a heavy hand in politics now. If they were truly represented then this wouldnt be an issue.
barrocoyote
People voted for Trump knowing what they'd get.
MyFrontPorchInMississippi
Now? They always have. Since 1760
keillrandor
Unlike most revolutions, the US has never had one of rich vs poor, so the rich have always been in control.
Jameszombob
Its not a democracy, its a republic.
itsameeeee
Well maybe its time for a change if shit like this starts happening
IZ42
That's like saying a square's not a rectangle
Mekeji
My allegiance is to the Republic, to democracy!
ChainmailleAddict
If you're not with me... then you're my enemy!
Mekeji
Only a Sith deals in absolutes...I will do what I must.
calcifear
Democratic republic. Still a democracy just not a direct democracy.
cancerriddenlung
It's both actually. ^___^
CuteLukePatoot
Even says so in the flag pledge.
BigBlueBurd
Better go back to school, because 'Republic' is a subset of 'Democracy'.
CuteLukePatoot
https://imgur.com/U7Ghu2s
alexthepatient
George Carlin was right: fuck the FCC. they're appointed, NOT elected. they shouldn't have any power over us
Thekingofbeans
Well that's just fundamentally misunderstanding how a republic works.
alexthepatient
fuck a republic this should be a democracy
Thekingofbeans
A republic is a form of democracy.
alexthepatient
a democracy could be a form of republic
glassweaver
They're appointed by the officials we elect, similar to some judges. Maybe if we stopped fucking ourselves in the ass as the poles...
NaivePulp
Fuck FCC. Eminem said it first. Fcc wont let me be. Let me be me on mtv
alexthepatient
yes, but Carlin was never misogynist for purely personal reasons
alexthepatient
lol but Carlin battled them before Eminem was in middle school.... https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/george-carlin-and-the-supreme-court-3
NotMyUsualOnlineName
Carlin didn't battle them, a radio station that aired his "7 dirty words" bit battled them. Since it was a parody bit, it was ruled that it
NotMyUsualOnlineName
didn't violate decency regulations.