fuck you, sir!

[threeplusfire]

I just saw a commercial that in any other universe would have been an SNL parody. It was bright, glossy shots of rich people rolling in money, and cuddling up to their pool boys. The voice over warned the viewer that Internet Neutrality was just a scheme by "big Silicon valley companies to make you pay more for your services." Um, whickey tango foxtrot? Fuck you cable association that paid for this absurd propoganda. What jingoistic crap.

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[tsarina.livejournal.com]

I'm still confused though - what in this post could be read as support for the anti-neutrality campaign? If I was unclear somewhere, I'd like to know so as to avoid that sort of mistake in the future. I'm bad about being too clever in writing sometimes and obscuring my meaning, so I try to stay conscious of that.

[patchwolf.livejournal.com]

It's nothing specific that I can point to and say "this sentence could be misconstrued" but more of a general tone. Your post could be read in one of two ways, IMO:

1) fuck you cable association that paid for this absurd propoganda -- you're obviously trying to manipulate me into being opposed to NN.

OR

2) Fuck you cable association that paid for this absurd propoganda -- your thoughtless manipualtion is ruining it for all of us who are opposed to NN for legitimate reasons.

Because I didn't know your position when I read the post (could be my fault for not reading past entries), I didn't know which way to read it.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Okay, thank you for the clarification. It is good to know. I try to stay on top of being clear, but lord knows after all these years sometimes it is a bad habit.

[patchwolf.livejournal.com]

I hope I didn't offend you. It was an honest confusion regarding your position. For the record, I'm an ardent supporter of protecting Net Neutrality. I'm a fan of OpenSource, and against Digital Rights Management of any kind. :)

Big companies generally hate me as a consumer.