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Net neutrality shenanigins are happening.
TristanLuigi:
--- Quote from: Planr on December 14, 2017, 11:47:00 PM ---I feel though like the right-wing populists and alt-righters probably dont overlap much with the kind of people in support of killing net neutrality.
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I'm not saying that they're the part of the Party pushing net neutrality, just that they're making the GOP even more toxic than it already was.
That said, /r/the_donald seems to be just as excited about killing Net Neutrality as the rest of the GOP.
--- Quote from: Planr on December 14, 2017, 11:47:00 PM ---Most alt-righters/populists our age are probably usually 4chan meme posters or others who already heavily use the internet.
Only group I can really see being in favor of killing net neutrality in the alt-right pool is like, your stereotypical tribal redneck who hates net neutrality because it was made by obama and they hate obama because he was black.
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Not to be dismissive, but I think most alt-righters legitimately believe some level of "it was made by Obama, so it's bad," even if they won't say it outright. Alternatively, I think some people on the alt-right want it repealed pretty much just because it pisses off the libtards. Also, the right-wing populists aren't an Internet subculture - they make up a significant fraction of Annoying Orange's base.
Frequency:
--- Quote from: TristanLuigi on December 14, 2017, 10:41:20 PM ---yeah i was going to an entrepeneur and start my own ISP, but then I decided not to because I wouldn't have the ability to choke sites to death and hamper free speech
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should do this anyway and accept the billion dollars you get from commiecast buying you out
Frankie²:
--- Quote from: TristanLuigi on December 14, 2017, 11:48:10 PM ---That said, /r/the_donald seems to be just as excited about killing Net Neutrality as the rest of the GOP.
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people that subscribe to the_donald and the like are going to support decisions made by Annoying Orange and Annoying Orange appointed members regardless of whether they actually agree with it. if they don't they'll go through the mental gymnastics to because they're all about making sure their team wins regardless of the outcome
Foxscotch:
--- Quote from: Corderlain on December 14, 2017, 11:17:31 PM ---We have monopolies because they were successful...
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what the hell is that supposed to mean
what is the difference between now (regulations repealed) and a couple of years ago (regulations not yet created) that makes you think new ISPs will begin to show up
TristanLuigi:
--- Quote from: Frankie² on December 15, 2017, 12:00:49 AM ---people that subscribe to the_donald and the like are going to support decisions made by Annoying Orange and Annoying Orange appointed members regardless of whether they actually agree with it. if they don't they'll go through the mental gymnastics to because they're all about making sure their team wins regardless of the outcome
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well yeah, but I would consider them relatively representative of the alt-right/RW-populists
if you feel this is not the case then I guess that's fair enough