Ted Cruz: Net Neutrality is Obamacare for the Internet

[Vexidi]

inb4 ISP bill looks like this:

[7rmr]

This thread just shows why the US is so screwed. It doesn't matter what the idea is, all that matters is who proposed it.

[ToPHeR35]

"Net Neutrality" is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government.

- Senator Ted Cruz

Oh god. How the **** do these idiots get elected?

Cruz said that in response to this:

http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/10/7...made-life-hell

[War Machine]

Gee op.....regulation is the opposite of freedom.

It's not hard.

[MasterYomega]

This thread just shows why the US is so screwed. It doesn't matter what the idea is, all that matters is who proposed it.

Srs this. We need to get out of personal politics.

Brb road neutrality is bad because it's "government" let's allow UPS to buy extra green light and pay private contractors to stall FedEx.

[MasterYomega]

Gee op.....regulation is the opposite of freedom.

It's not hard.

Let's do away with the big government Bill of Rights since all regulation is the opposite of freedom, amirite?

[cavymeister]

Isn't the FCC being run by a cable lobbyist that BO appointed?

We can trust them that they will make it "neutral"

[vqk2016]

How is someone an "idiot" for pointing out that Big Government intervention and regulation rarely produces the promised results?

Net neutrality protects the internet from being monopolized. You guys can't be this retarded.

[VU6]

America, the land of (those who think they're) free

[MasterYomega]

Net neutrality protects the internet from being monopolized. You guys can't be this retarded.

The dummies in politics have somehow managed to label the PREVENTION OF INTERVENTION into intervention and regulstion. Mindblowing chit.

Brb get rid of the Second Amendment because it "regulates" gun ownership. You idiots are literally using that type of logic.

[LimitBreak]

People that hate Government intervention are idiots in general, some things need to be regulated or else corporations will abuse you and cause your death.


Examples/; toxic dumping in rivers, lakes, oceans, and underground of public cities, pollution, slave labor, child labor, discrimination against employees, unpaid wages, etc...

Some companies would do anything for money, and if there was no regulation what so ever, they'd eat you alive.

Of course too much regulation is bad.




I pay for 300 Mbps, I should not get slower speeds or lower capped gigs to non company websites or smaller personal websites because your ISP want to charge them extra and leech of them!

[PersianGenetics]

This is HILARIOUS.
The misc is overwhelmingly conservative, but they are also internet addicts.
Obama just mind ****ed you all.

Also LOL@ the old farts ITT that have no idea how the internet works trying to argue against net neutrality.

[MasterYomega]

Isn't the FCC being run by a cable lobbyist that BO appointed?

We can trust them that they will make it "neutral"

That's the reason it's taking this long to start net neutrality in the first place, but once it's in place the rule of law takes over, kinda like how Obama isn't allowed to arbitrarily take Fox News out for being a bunch of derpers who randomly bash him, get it?

[royflagg00]

Gee op.....regulation is the opposite of freedom.

It's not hard.

Lets get rid of the FDA. I'm sure food manufacturers will keep their plants clean and pharmaceuticals will comprehensively test their drugs for safety.

[MasterYomega]

Lets get rid of the FDA. I'm sure food manufacturers will keep their plants clean and pharmaceuticals will comprehensively test their drugs for safety.

It's not even that type of regulation. It's like saying let's privatize traffic laws and allow companies to pay extra so they can speed and drive over sidewalks for lulz. Net neutrality is literally the opposite of saying what you can and can't do with internet speeds because it's a neutral utility shared by all.

[Caxoo]

ITT: I learn that preventing monopolistic domination is to be avoided, because government

While we're at it, anti-trust laws and labor protection laws are also the government stepping in and regulating markets too, let's get rid of those because who knows what those scheming government people will do with that

Jesus christ

[ToPHeR35]

It's not even that type of regulation. It's like saying let's privatize traffic laws and allow companies to pay extra so they can speed and drive over sidewalks for lulz. Net neutrality is literally the opposite of saying what you can and can't do with internet speeds because it's a neutral utility shared by all.

How do you think the traffic cameras work?

[MasterYomega]

How do you think the traffic cameras work?

Obama has 50 HDTVs set up with the best feeds so he can jack off to people getting fined out of their hard earned money by government in real time. Ted Cruz told me so.

[DasWunderBrah]

This is HILARIOUS.
The misc is overwhelmingly conservative, but they are also internet addicts.
Obama just mind ****ed you all.

Also LOL@ the old farts ITT that have no idea how the internet works trying to argue against net neutrality.

this. also lol'd hard at nutsy54 who got ethered in the Religion&Politics section about this earlier coming to the misc about this issue. Guy has literally no idea how any of this works nor their implications. Just keeps spouting "Government = BAD"

[MiamiLife305]

ITT : All I see is people going against this simply because its Obama + Government

And anything they do must be bad

FFS

[Vexidi]

ITT : All I see is people going against this simply because its Obama + Government

And anything they do must be bad

FFS

The government does good things but a lot of things the government does just creates more work for everyone or makes a situation even worse. I don't think it's beyond the realm of logic to look at things with a skeptical eye rather than jumping on a bandwagon. All the neckbeards see is net neutrality and their precious internetz being saved rather than thinking about the political implications behind government intervention.

[thek1d]

So many people in this thread need to aware themselves...

[T150]

this. also lol'd hard at nutsy54 who got ethered in the Religion&Politics section about this earlier coming to the misc about this issue. Guy has literally no idea how any of this works nor their implications. Just keeps spouting "Government = BAD"

lol aware.

[nickhalaaa]

Republicans are the party of Freedom.

Net Neutrality is freedom.

But the hatred of Obama overwhelms all.

[royflagg00]

The government does good things but a lot of things the government does just creates more work for everyone or makes a situation even worse. I don't think it's beyond the realm of logic to look at things with a skeptical eye rather than jumping on a bandwagon. All the neckbeards see is net neutrality and their precious internetz being saved rather than thinking about the political implications behind government intervention.

The neck beards at least base their argument in facts,science, and logic.
You sound somewhat intelligent, and if you are, then you are one voice in a sea of retards, racists, and religious fanatics who know nothing about the issue and yet have decided to take a firm stance on it based on their pathological partisanship.

[Travis99]

I can't believe how stupid some people are. Do you think it's ok to let major businesses do whatever they want with no regulation?

You put way to much trust in big business. Guess what they don't give a fuk about you and will do anything to increase their bottom line.

And just lol that say the government shouldn't stop them from doing whatever they want.

Look at what happened when they repealed the Glass/Steagall act.

Cliffs of glass/steagall
Banks unregulated
8 years of bank CEOs making millions
Economy collapses

Look it up
Glass/Steagall
Gramm/leach/bliley
Dodd/frank

[Insanity_SC]

ITT: I learn that preventing monopolistic domination is to be avoided, because government

While we're at it, anti-trust laws and labor protection laws are also the government stepping in and regulating markets too, let's get rid of those because who knows what those scheming government people will do with that

Jesus christ

net neutrality does not prevent monopolization.

there are already government "regulations" that GIVE effective monopolies to ISP's (see the bay area)

[Vexidi]

The neck beards at least base their argument in facts,science, and logic.
You sound somewhat intelligent, and if you are, then you are one voice in a sea of retards, racists, and religious fanatics who know nothing about the issue and yet have decided to take a firm stance on it based on their pathological partisanship.

I take a stance based on personal experience with government intervention, nothing more. Its not my place to speculate what will or won't happen since chaos frequently wins out over logic.

[patricksimpson]

I like Ted Cruz be he went full potato with that statement. Net Neutrality is good for all and unlike Obama care doesn't require us to change anything or pay any more for it.

[Tweedurr]

Lol @ anyone taking Ted Cruz seriously.