Obama pledges Net neutrality laws if elected president

[jberryhill]

32. Once again...

So you prefer nothing at all to regulate tiered access? Is that correct?

It is indeed a "turnaround", since the courts ruled the FCC couldn't require net neutrality under their current authorizing statute.

I see that you have been working hard to get Congress to authorize the FCC to re-enact the rules which were struck down.

It's clear that neither you nor the OP understand either the history of these regulations or how we got to this point.

Let's say that someone wants to dump a load of shit in your yard. You say "you can't dump a load of shit in my yard". Fine. But then a court orders that, no, you can't stop them from dumping a load of shit in your yard. Faced with that situation, you might then say, "dump the load of shit over at the edge of my yard, and not in front of my door." Then, along comes someone and says, "Hey, I thought you didn't want them dumping shit in your yard, and now you are telling them how to do it."

Unfortunately, given the fact that, yes the FCC enacted NN rules and, yes, a court struck them down, the option of "I'll hold my breath till I turn blue" is not one often considered rational.

The OP however is not actually about net neutrality. The OP is about keeping a campaign pledge. The net neutrality rules are a subsidiary fact to the OP's thesis, which is to make a point about Obama and, by extension, his supporters.

So, taking the OP for what it is, do you agree it is honest to leave out the fact that the FCC did indeed promulgate NN rules which would be in place had a court not struck them down?