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Re:FCC ignored your net neutrality comment unless you made ‘... by weirdstuff on Thursday November 23, 2017 @08:29PM (#15768924)
Kind of makes actual democracy obsolete I suppose; we seemingly now require technocratic governance and do not require attention towards other public sentiment outside of technical/legal analysis. I get this perspective, but I think it's very exclusionary and dismissive.

Limiting input to that which addresses procedural questions or point-of-order effectively narrows conversation so that other perspectives outside of that window is made irrelevant.

Effectively pushing the public out of policymaking. (Good riddance to all that white noise!)

Re:FCC ignored your net neutrality comment unless you made ‘... by parent5446 on Friday November 24, 2017 @12:43AM (#15769642)
I mean, there's a reason the US is a republic and not a democracy. Very often the public opinion is just white noise. As the parent comment said, if you don't like the rules, you're supposed to elect new representatives.