i called congress today. homeboy on the line was surprisingly super chill and down to earth. we talked about the whole ordeal, i said what i wanted to say and he was totally supportive and understanding
his demeanor on the whole issue made me realize how much this neutrality thing is starting to look like jontrons race fiasco. remember that whole thing?
jontron explained his political views on a couple of livestream debates, and the internet (i will assume the predominant left side of the political part of the internet) went moc 5 ape stuff in an attempt to paint jon as this white supremacist, tribal, and bigoted warlord out to get america. i mean this narrative has really worked. a couple of people i know irl are still convinced jontron is a terrible person
anyone who as actually watched all 7 hours of those debates knows jontron is not that. i watched them, and after assessing the source of the controversy i still think jon is a cool dude and id totally hang out with him. but you know whats interesting? every person, and really do mean every single person ive asked who is truly convinced jon is a terrible person has never watched those debates. like any of them. and if they did, they never completely watched them in full. and they dont understand why they should. that means everything they know about the situation came from a source they deem trustworthy. not the actual source.
i understand net neutrality is no where near jontrons situation, but talking to homeboy made me wonder just how many people who think the internet is now over is actually taking into account both sides of this ordeal. and i mean actually understanding both sides from their sources. not from a twitter feed or a youtube channel YOU trust, but the actual public hearings that aren't cut up to show you what you want to hear, the actual legislation thats not being hosted on a site thats pushing the narrative you want to hear, how many of you are reading from the real source and formulating your own real opinions? not just copying or rewording what someone else has already told you?
i only ask because i told the guy on the phone id make sure people know theres two sides to this. he said it would help his soul if people understood this isnt just a one side ordeal, which makes me wonder just what kind of calls he was getting, because i didnt even have to finish my sentence when i started talking about the net. he knew exactly why i was calling and what i was calling from (battleforthenet.com) because hes been getting calls all day about this.
right now i dont have an opinion. i dont know enough about this situation to confidently tell you what i think about it. i told homeboy i wanted the internet to remain the way it was. i didnt ask to repeal or not. couldn't remember battleforthenets intensely worded narrative. i just said i want the internet to remain the open internet that it was, and he was really really cool about it. i feel kind of bad now because i didnt even ask for his name, but i heard you and i got you dawg
idk. i didnt really expect the call to go that way, but im happy it did. he was really nice and i felt for him cause he was obviously getting some stuff people calling him lol
