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> Al Gore is definitely one of them! Absolutely correct — and that's not sarcasm or irony. (Gore never claimed to have "invented the Internet"; that was a calu
by dctoedt 3mo ago
> Al Gore is definitely one of them!
Absolutely correct — and that's not sarcasm or irony. (Gore never claimed to have "invented the Internet"; that was a calumny spread by Republicans.)
- greenchair 3mo ago1999 CNN interview where Gore stated: "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet".
- gilrain 3mo agoAnd that was true, within his context as senator. He was instrumental in passing the laws that fostered the Internet. It’s astonishing, I know, but the heavily-parroted meme was always reductive and is, at this point, misnformation.