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Evangelical Moron Claims Pilgrims Were Anti-Net Neutrality

Ah, springtime. The birds chirp, the grass brightens, and idiots thaw out and begin to yap. Idiots like top evangelical personality and radio host David Barton, who thinks the movement against net neutrality goes back to the 17th century. OK!

Speaking out against net neutrality as a somehow socialist tenant, Barton quacked the following:

That’s a Biblical principle, that’s a historical principle, we have all these quotes from Ben Franklin, and Jefferson and Washington and others on free market and how important that is to maintain. That is part of the reason we have prosperity. This is what the Pilgrims brought in, the Puritans brought in, this is free market mentality. Net Neutrality sounds really good, but it is socialism on the Internet.

I’m actually pretty sure Franklin was quite vocal in his views about bandwidth throttling, but hey, I’m no historian. [TPM via Fark]

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    tsengan

    Friday, April 22, 2011 at 10:22 PM

    And thank god you’re not a historian, Sam, as you took that quote so far out of context it’s ridiculous. Even from that small portion there, the link isn’t between the 17th Century and Net Neutrality, but the 17th Century and the concepts of socialism.

    Not socialism per se, but the concepts of a controlled, government owned market, rather than a free market.

    He also rabbits on a bit about how Net Neutrality leads to the redistribution of wealth. That’s a far more interesting argument, and shows his ignorance.

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      Nathan Young

      Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 8:08 PM

      +1 to tsengan.

      Nice work Sam, you idiot.

      Way to show your lack on any sort of journalistic integrity or skill.

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