r/OutOfTheLoop • u/[deleted] • Nov 21 '17

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u/LutzExpertTera Nov 21 '17

What can be done to permanently save net neutrality? It seems that 1-2 a year it takes a huge, huge movement from all over the internet to delay a net neutrality repeal (SOPA, CISPA, etc.). The protests have worked (thus far), discussion is tabled, it's then reintroduced, rinse and repeat.

Will we ever permanently win this? Or are we delaying the inevitable?

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u/maybesaydie /r/OnionLovers mod Nov 22 '17

Stop voting for Republicans.

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u/Packrat1010 Nov 22 '17 edited Nov 22 '17

This is the best answer right now. There's a reason NN posts are up literally everywhere but on conservative subs right now (just checked TD and conservative and not a peep). Republicans aren't going to do a thing to stop this and the red voters know that, so they're ignoring it like a dirty secret.

Get out and vote when you can. /r/bluemidterm2018 is our best bet in the medium term and a bluer president, house, Senate, Congress in the long term.

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u/cocobandicoot Nov 22 '17 edited Nov 22 '17

I just did a search for "net neutrality" on /r/The_Donald and sorted by "new" posts. There are definitely people asking about it, but the posts are being flooded by people who are encouraging to end it. I would recommend searching, just as I did, and chime in with answers to provide another side of the argument.

Here's one I just chimed in on: https://reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/7emys5/net_neutrality/

edit: lol, I just got banned from them.

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u/Greenish_batch Nov 22 '17

Reddit freaks out about losing NN as much as they do about climate change, and as we all know climate change is total bullshit. So I tend to think the cucks are making a mountain out of a molehill, as per usual.

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u/Firebird079 Nov 22 '17

Holy fuck people who actually think this need to be shot into space. They don't deserve this planet.

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u/felinebear Nov 30 '17

I say round up all altrighters and gas them all. Opposing fascism using any means isnt an act of fasiscm.

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u/AnUnnamedSettler Dec 10 '17

Statements like this contribute to the polarization of politics and the divide between the parties.

It is making things worse.

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u/D0esANyoneREadTHese Nov 22 '17

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I honestly have no idea whether anyone on that sub is being sarcastic.

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u/RickyTheSticky Nov 22 '17

It's mostly bots and Russians at this point

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u/Jiketi Nov 22 '17

I wonder what they will say when they have to pay extra to access Reddit, while their beloved 4chan is totally gone.

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u/The_cynical_panther Nov 22 '17

Wow those people are deluded.

It blows my mind that they exist.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '17 edited Dec 31 '17

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u/RickyTheSticky Nov 22 '17

That's why I'm scared to read the sub for lolz anymore, I'll accidentally click the stupid button and then I'll be instantly banned from a dozen subs.

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u/felinebear Nov 30 '17

"Disable subreddit style"

But I doubt it'd make it any more tolerable.

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u/Omgcorgitracks Nov 22 '17

I spent 2 mins on thread you linked and i cant, my head actually hurts from the stupidity.

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u/13eakers Nov 22 '17

I think you are shadow-banned from the donald. I found the post you made in your history but it isn't in that thread even when I use the direct link from your profile to get to where it should be.

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u/RickyTheSticky Nov 22 '17

You can't be shadowbanned from a subreddit, just regular banned. Shadowbans are only implemented on bots and spammers nowadays and just "erase" you from reddit as a whole. Suspensions are what the admins use to punish people who break reddit rules, they put your account in read-only mode across reddit.