In the privileged West, there are so many women that throw feminism under the bus and who vote for Conservatives who work to restrict women's rights. It is eye-opening to read about women like Bahayi, who takes great personal risks to do something we take for granted. Bravo to her.

The specific calling out of "all-male" for TechFreedom made me think of this:

Hmm, I dunno, seems like my internet bills have been going up, but I can't switch to a cheaper provider because I only have one choice. Seems like we could innovate on that situation a bit.

Congress is welcome to pass a law overruling the FCC. Nothing is stopping them.

Can any history buffs here point to any time the US government passed a thing that all the huge corporations hated that didn't end up working out great for consumers?

it's hilarious that they're complaining about being governed by a law that's over 80 years old, yet the country as a whole is ultimately governed by a document that's over 225 years old.

Hmmm, so does this mean Verizon does't want to use this 1780's era law anymore, either?

but the government's past actions have allowed these local/regional monopolies, so there no longer is a free market in many areas that aren't a major metro.

Wow, government protection of required utilities is 80 years old already? Yeah, we might as well just throw the law out the window because it's so old.

Hmm the water I drink seems to be pretty good. And the fact that a fertilizer company can't build a dangerous factory next to my home is something the government has their hands in that's working out great. Oh yeah I also haven't been killed by any food becasue of the government.

The 1934 reference is cute when you consider the fact that they deliver service on coax cables invented in 1880. So much for all the innovation.

But you're a biased cheerleader.

So whatever people think about net neutrality, I think there is one thing on which we can all agree....

yeah, because governmental regulation is the worst that could happen to stuff like civil aviation, car safety, (public) transport safety, road safety, health standards and so on. Get out of your confirmation bias where you only acknowledge the negative outcomes of regulation and check all the positive examples.

Can't we just immediately discount anyone who thinks the Title II is still based on the 1930's version? If they haven't done the research to realize it was updated in the 90's, then they don't have a leg to stand on. And the people thinking that the FCC is a government entity are masters of tinfoil origami. I think…

Of course we can also throw in this douchebag who was part of the FCC vote, and naturally was a corporate lawyer for Verizon.

"The people want freedom online."

Net Neutrality means a level playing field—democracy, right? What rational American would be against that? Answer: none.

What has the government touched that has turned to garbage?