Ted Cruz lays out how a 'snowflake' learns about net neutrality 'propaganda'

Source: Washington Examiner | December 14, 2017 | Daniel Chaitin

Sen. Ted Cruz sought to burn so-called “snowflakes” Thursday, mocking the Internet outrage over the Federal Communications Commission’s vote to repeal the so-called “net neutrality” regulations of the Obama era.

Using a slang label for people who take offense easily to a lack of political correctness, the Texas Republican indicated that the backlash to Thursday’s decision was due in part to people’s lack of understanding of a complicated technology issue.

“Snowflake, believing online propaganda: ‘OMG w/o net neutrality, the Internet is gone!'” Cruz began.

“Informed observer: ‘You know, the FCC issued that rule in 2015. The Internet grew up wonderfully free from govt regulation & this restores the status quo ante,'” he added, echoing a rationale for the repeal favored by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.

“Snowflake: ‘Uh, never mind…'” Cruz concluded.

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    There certainly has been a lot of misinformation out on this topic. The term is actually rather technical and poorly understood by most people, so was easy for scare monger politicians and activists on both sides to use for stirring up emotional responses.

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