terfs & radfems will shout at conservatives saying stuff like "don't reduce us to our parts" and then turn around and say trans women aren't women cause they don't have ovaries or periods
Stunningly familiar appeals to fReEdOm oF tHoUgHt. (This screenshot is from the article about the New York Anti-Abolitionist Riots of 1834. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_anti-abolitionist_riots_(1834) )
I just had a conversation about school shootings, and like, idk wtf he started smoking when i turned my back, but even my conservative mom is thinking he be batshit. like, no, the government isn't planning them, and no, they aren't linked to the train derailment. "Oh, school shootings are a smokescreen to hide as they try to take our guns." Bestie, there's no "our" you dont got one
Regulation of industries such as the telephone or the Internet can lead to monopolies, high fees, and can negatively impact innovation.
This stuff is starting to give me a headache, so I gotta tackle this in fits and starts.
“This push for Title II regulation is a fanatical solution in search of a problem. It’s the equivalent of firing a bazooka to swat a fly you think you saw. Perhaps you killed a fly, but now half your house is a smoldering pit. Why? Because, prior to 2015, none of the problems that net neutrality activists fear existed to any meaningful extent.”
Let’s address the last part of that paragraph first: The problems that activists are concerned about did exist (AOL’s email blocking, various slowdowns by AT&T, Comcast limiting access to gmail to try to force customers to get a Comcast email service instead), and it was outrage against those problems that provided the political capital needed to enshrine Net Neutrality into law. Where does Mr. Hedger think regulations come from? The Regulation Fairy? As for turning the internet into a smoking crater, that obviously didn’t happen: If anything, knowing that the playing field was level encouraged not only the creation of music, video, software, games, social media, literature, and countless smartphone apps, but also made investing in infrastructure a safe bet because all these people weren’t going to give up the net or social media any time soon so there was no “bubble” to pop.
Yeah, the infrastructure investments that Ajit Pai and pro-repeal types try to take credit for? That was planned for long before the repeal was even suggested.
Okay, moving on.
“Moreover, to the extent that ISPs do have an outsized share in a given market, it is the direct result of government regulation.”
If something about that seems wrong, it’s because there is. Let me translate that into plain English:
“There is no problem. Actually there is a problem, but it’s not that big. But if it is that big of a problem, it’s actually the government’s fault.”
Mr. Hedger, if you’re going to lie, you have to pick a cover story and stick to it. And if you’re going to by writing anything for public release, you should not be lying. Google still works, and readers can and will call you out when your claims contradict the known facts.
“But time and time again, history has shown us that this approach [government regulation] simply does not work.”
I will see your cherry picked and selectively edited case studies of the Bell Systems monopoly, railroad crony capitalism, and air traffic, and raise you the following: The creation of the Food and Drug Administration’s precursors following public outcry following the publishing of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, the Western US Energy Crisis of 2000 and 2001 caused by deregulation of the energy industry allowing widespread market manipulation, and The Great Recession.
Without exception, the motivation to repeal business and industry regulations is motivated by profit. Mr. Hedger has shown which side he favors, and not only does he demonize the entire pro-Net Neutrality movement, he openly states that he is afraid of what it would mean if Congress listened to us and passed the CRA to reverse the FCC decision.
What kind of person fears a government that listens to the concerns of its citizens?
“In reality, however, the Prosperity Now report said, ‘the dominant narrative about low-wealth people is nothing but a series of myths.’ Poor choices, the analysts there say, aren’t why people are poor.”
“. . . these states tend to ‘have less of a safety net’. As a result, ‘a financial emergency may hit their residents harder’. Low-wage jobs are a chief reason so many low-income Americans have trouble making ends meet these days, according to Wiedrich. This year’s Scorecard found that nearly one in four jobs are in low-wage occupations — ones that don’t pay enough to keep families above the federal poverty line.”
Old Crusty white coworker back on his bullshit: You hear about that Mexican child molester they caught! It's just proof that we need to kick out all the immigrants and build a wall.
Same coworker the next day: This new company cell phone policy is ridiculous! Why are they punishing all of us just because of one or two people screwing up? It's not fair at all.
Image is of a handgun on a white background, image text reads:
“I wonder how much support I'd get if I were elected a town clerk but refused to issue gun licenses because guns are against my religion.” --- Benjamin L Corey
What strange, crazy world do these conservative Faux News watchers live in? The missing plane is in Pakistan? Which is...what? Nearly 1,400 miles outside the maximum distance a plane that size could traverse before it ran out of fuel. Oh...what's that? They landed to get more? Which country can conceal a jet airliner...someone is gonna see it, and if this was politically motivated, certainly the passengers would use the momentary landing to stage a coup and free themselves. Also, it takes quite a while to fuel an aircraft. Certainly a satellite would see it. Also, while I'm on it: quit bitching about the IRS. Without taxes nothing gets paid for, including all those pet projects the conservatives want. Suggesting abolishing the IRS is one of the most idiotic things I've ever heard. Finally, getting rid of Political Correctness. I agree that it's gone way too far sometimes, but we are better for it. Slurs and jibes have no home in businesses or politics. I'm sorry, as much as you want it to revert to 1955, it just isn't going to happen!
