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In reply to the discussion: THIS is why the world laughs at us (or thinks we're batshit crazy) [View all]Ampersand Unicode
(503 posts)First of all, Cumcast is never going to let progressives get in the way of corporate profits and successfully push to have the internet be a public utility. They're going to block progressives every step of the way if it means rethugs protect the big business profit machine. Net neutrality is officially dead, so better get used to having your internet get throttled if you post too many disses about Scumcast.
Second... you're trying to get a rational, complex, comprehensive message out there in a medium that celebrates cat videos and tweenage morons making Tumbler pages about periods and One Direction.
Don't count on the Internet to get out the vote. Unless you're trying to get Stacey from the cheerleading squad elected to student council ahead of that spastic dweeboid nerdface Melvin from the A/V club. Liek ZOMG he is sooooo weird lol.
More people vote for The Voice than do in political elections. Sad but true. Unless your runoff candidates are Adam Levine and Blake Shelton, well... NBC. NoBody Cares.