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Re:Florida to Supreme Court: Let us regulate social networks... by NovemberWhiskey on Thursday September 22, 2022 @03:14PM (#32943379)
That's where the cognitive dissonance here kicks in: the case for ISPs to be common-carriers looks much stronger (from any principled perspective) than does the case for social media networks.

And yet, because this is a party-political issue, you have the Republican Party swearing up and down that ISPs are not (presumably because common-carrier status implies net neutrality and this is unpopular with donors or something?) but that social networks are (because they exhibit "bias").

Re:Florida to Supreme Court: Let us regulate social networks... by anon291 on Thursday September 22, 2022 @07:16PM (#32945884)
I think you'll find that if you talk with technically literate Republicans you'll find a lot of support for net neutrality.

Unfortunately, my party's base is made up of people who are not super into tech unlike the Democratic party whose base is increasingly rich tech workers.

On the other hand, my fellow Republicans do jobs you may think unimportant,like farming, plumbing, construction, etc.

Perhaps, when you think about it, democrat regulations of these professions are equally ridiculous when you look at it from the perspective of someone in these professions.

Half our political discord would be solved if we just thought of ourselves in the other person's shoes and listened instead of chocking it up to stupidity or malice.

Half of my conservative friends have no idea how the internet works. They don't understand the wires behind it. When you explain to them what's going on, they become more sympathetic to net neutrality. Perhaps try explaining instead of dismissing?

Re:Florida to Supreme Court: Let us regulate social networks... by colinmhayes on Thursday September 22, 2022 @07:43PM (#32946089)
> jobs you may think unimportant,like farming, plumbing, construction,

> Perhaps try explaining instead of dismissing?

Re:Florida to Supreme Court: Let us regulate social networks... by anon291 on Friday September 23, 2022 @12:50AM (#32948189)
I've not dismissed his core concern about lack of net neutrality. In fact, i agree with him and encouraging him to not give up..
Re:Florida to Supreme Court: Let us regulate social networks... by NovemberWhiskey on Thursday September 22, 2022 @07:22PM (#32945934)
I'm not at all speaking about Republican voters; I'm talking about Republican politicians; sorry I didn't make that clear.
Re:Florida to Supreme Court: Let us regulate social networks... by Meekro on Thursday September 22, 2022 @06:45PM (#32945593)
I agree that we should have both ISPs and major social networks as common carriers. Based on talking with Republican friends, I think the difference is that social networks are well-known censors. If Xfinity was known to censor as aggressively as Twitter and Facebook do, they would also be in favor of common carrier rules for them. But as it is, they're content to leave well enough alone.