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DemocracyMouse

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12. Somebody reach out to McCain (via this network) and...
Thu May 10, 2018, 11:10 AM
May 2018

...explain to him that Net Neutrality is like the GI Bill. US soldiers back from the frontlines have an equal opportunity to get an education and an equal opportunity to participate in national web discourse.

They can return to these shores knowing we have their backs and they won't be treated like 2nd class citizens. They fought for freedom and on their return they get more than a medal: they get the backbone of democracy preserved by other Anericans who have been fighting for a people's infrastructure.

I'd be curious whether the number of pro-neutrality commentators in the run up to the FCC decision equals the number of US citizens in the armed services... just checked:

Armed services (+ reservists): 2 million
Pro-neutrality commentators: 4 million.
US citizens in support of net neutrality: 83%

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