When we first started talking about Network Neutrality, one of the things that impressed me the most about the concept was how much varied support it was receiving. Groups that normally would tear each other’s throats out if they came anywhere near each other were managing to play nice to support a cause. You can see the full list of supporting groups and marvel at their diversity at Save The Internet or read about it in my other posts on Network Neutrality.
Lately, the people in favor of a nanny state who are against Network Neutrality have found some surprising allies of their own: civil liberties groups. It saddens me to see the roster of the nanny state movement enhanced with groups that in my mind are supposed to support freedom, much less to see that they are backed by folks like ComCast. Should the freedom of the people and things they represent come at the price of freedom for all, or is it finally time we look past social and racial divides to create a true free world where free speech is available for everyone?
This speaks to something I truly believe in, letting go of the past to embrace the future. I think the wrongs perpetrated against some of the groups these organizations represent are atrocious. I think that small subsets of society still perpetrate wrongs against people and things they were raised to hate. But I believe even more firmly that clinging to the past and legislating behavior and freedom of speech and curtailing the ability to have a free and open internet is the first step toward making the problem worse, not overcoming it.
Fight against the nanny state. Go to the SaveTheInternet and raise your voice for Network Neutrality. Keep the internet open for all freedom of speech and freedom of enterprise. After all, free speech doesn’t mean just the speech you like. It means freedom for all to speak, no matter what.
Where do you come down on the issue of Network Neutrality?
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