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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota), appeared on Sean Hannity’s show last night to go way over the top, telling Fox News viewers the Obama Administration was supporting Net Neutrality as part of an effort to censor the Internet.
Oh sure, that’s all they have left now, is they use pejorative terms, hateful terms, against those who are carrying the message. So whether they’re attacking conservative talk radio, or conservative TV, or whether it’s Internet sites — I mean, let’s face it, what’s the Obama administration doing? They’re advocating Net Neutrality, which is essentially censorship of the Internet.
This is the Obama administration advocating censorship of the Internet. Why? They want to silence the voices that are opposing them.
This isn’t the first time this talking point has been used. Glenn Beck fancies Net Neutrality in much the same world view, helped along by the likes of astroturfers like Americans for Prosperity’s Phil Kerpen. Kerpen’s group, among others, receives corporate money to drag down consumer protections that would stop Internet providers from delivering less service to you at an ever-increasing price. If it takes suckering Fox News viewers into believing Net Neutrality is an Obama plot to shut down freedom of speech on the Internet, so be it.
Of course, Bachmann’s tirade is the opposite of reality. She is either clueless about the concept, or has cynically bought a ticket on the PsychoTalk Express, delivering fear-based, fictional talking points about online freedom. Net Neutrality preserves freedom of speech on the Internet, even for misinformed folks like Michele Bachmann, in at least two ways:
- Your Internet Provider cannot shut down your website if they oppose your views;
- A provider must assure access to your website unencumbered by speed throttles or other impediments they say can be removed… for the right price.
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Rep. Michele Bachmann’s views on Net Neutrality were aired on Sean Hannity’s show last night. (1 minute)
Michele thinks corporations are always right and consumers are always wrong
Michele, for real dear, PUT DOWN THE CRACK PIPE!
This woman makes me want to harm myself. The fact that she is allowed to spout this nonsense on national television makes me sick. It is an utter lie! How is Net Neutrality censorship? She never explains that. Its just so backwards, I can’t even come up with a simile…okay, it’s like if I were to say cats should be banned because they bark all the time. Yeah, I think that one works.
I live in Minnesota and am ashamed of my state for putting her in office. She is always on TV spouting something really nuts. Oh well. If people do not know how to research (and think) for themselves then they deserve everything they get.
Politicians should be required to undergo psychological evaluation to certify their fitness for public office.