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Ted Cruz argued vehemently against net neutrality at the physical layer, on the basis that private markets, not governments, should dictate what traffic ISPs al
by paulgb 6y ago
Ted Cruz argued vehemently against net neutrality at the physical layer, on the basis that private markets, not governments, should dictate what traffic ISPs allow and prioritize on their pipes. But when there's a perceived bias against conservatives, suddenly he's all for government intervention at the application layer.
Cry me a river, Ted.
- Balgair 6y agoTed is not stupid. He went to Princeton (cum laude, '92) and has a Harvard Law degree (magna cum laude, '95). He's acting. The question is why.
- _up 6y agoIt's not the same though. You can be at the same time for minimizing Government involvement and even allowing ISPs to decide how they prevent/censor business models, but draw a line when they begin to censor political speech.
- paulgb 6y agoIt's not that those are impossible stances to reconcile in a vacuum (I agree that they are not). It's the cynical way that he ignored the pleas of everyone who said that abandoning net neutrality would lead to censorship and entrenchment of big tech when it didn't affect him, and then turned around and suddenly saw the problem when he perceived himself and his party as the victim.