From our earlier article:
On Monday morning, President Obama released a written statement coming out in full support of Net Neutrality. The President ran on the platform for net neutrality, so for many of his supporters, it is refreshing to see him embrace it again.
Predictably, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) showed his ignorance by tweeting this:
"Net Neutrality" is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government.
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) November 10, 2014
Even though he was publicly shamed by The Oatmeal and countless others, he posted the same message to his Facebook page. As validation to my assertion that not ALL Republicans are morons, Republican tech?professionals began to SLAM Cruz on his ignorance, even asking if he had sold out to Big Cable (Comcast), which of course he has.
Here are some of the highlights of the responses from awakened conservatives:
I was trying to capture the best of the best, but the fact is, there are so dang many that it became an impossible task. It seems that even the most ill-informed conservatives know what’s going on here.?You can see the entire post embedded below.
We wrote this up earlier this year and included a short video that explains in simple terms why Net Neutrality is so important. Watch it below.
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