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This vote had a bad result, and the Rs were pushing the bad thing. But a bit of puttering around older newspaper articles reveals the Democrats have also done t
by pnathan 10y ago
This vote had a bad result, and the Rs were pushing the bad thing. But a bit of puttering around older newspaper articles reveals the Democrats have also done their fair share of problematic votes here. Obama's Administration was not particularly sympathetic to these sorts of concerns, although more so than the current Administration. The EFF had more than a few things to say.
I don't mean to exculpate the Rs or go "ruh ruh whatabout those bad Democrats". Lack of understanding of consequences and technology is a cross-party issue, and each party has performs their ignorance differently. I think that part of this is age, as well as the age of the vested interests.
Also, personally, I wish you'd have checked my comments. I am no GOP evangelist/apologist. I'm trying to hew to the truth and be fair.
- aanm1988 10y agoThe rules in place were put in by the Obama administration FCC. The same people who setup net neutrality rules that are waiting to be gutted. "I'm trying to be fair" is exactly the problem with whataboutism.
- pnathan 10y agowhataboutism was famously used as a deflective defense to redirect conversation from the USSR's (major) issues to the US (not quite as major) issues. But I think I'm done with this conversation. Thank you for your time.
- abritinthebay 10y ago> I don't mean to exculpate the Rs or go "ruh ruh whatabout those bad Democrats". Well... good. It did read a bit that way however. But you know, tone, text, internet, etc