In the latest hilarity falling out of the Moon Bouncer that is Redstate, we have a very concerned Action Alert about a talk given to some lawyers at Google. The talk is about net neutrality, and part of the talk was a video that was, from what I can tell, censored.
Now comes word that Larry Lessig and Google really could care less that so many of us revere Jesus. This time the Lord is not in a jar of urine, but singing "I will survive" in a diaper before being run over by a bus. If you are really curious, you can watch this work of blasphemy here.
Honestly, I don't have any idea what their goal is with this kind of action alert. They seem to be asking us to take action to prevent us from getting open access to information. It's also clear from the whopping 20 comments that Fearless Leader's piece received that they also don't know what he wants them to do- or why.
Obama and Google's Mutual Adviser: Jesus is gay, wears a diaper, and gets run over
That's the title to the post on Redstate. At best, it's a stretch of Plasticman proportions. At worst, it's a purposeful misrepresentation of the video. I'm not here to defend the video, I'm just here to point out the hilarious perception of self-importance that must just be a function of the software at Redstate. Not to mention, the knee-jerking, phony indignation that oozes out of the febrile bodies and brains (they appear to be cooking in their skulls) of the lead guard of the Right Wing Blogoshpere.
Tomorrow, Lawrence Lessig will testify before the Senate Commerce Committee on the future of the internet. Lessig will do Google's bidding and suggest that the net neutrality doctrine should be legislated to force companies that provide the connection to your home to give everyone access for free. It sounds great until you start thinking about all the freeloaders. I too supported net neutrality in principle until realizing just how far left groups like Google want to push it -- eradicating privacy along the way. But, while Google wants open access to your broadband connection, they themselves want to censor pro-lifers and Christians from Google's own network.
Apparently, things are okay until you find out that one of the most successful businesses in the world... I mean left wing Communist scum, sorry about that... is in favor of the same things you are. I hear that the good owners at Redstate are on a hunger strike because Left Wing Wackos insist that you must eat food to survive. They'll show Google!
I don't intend this to be a candidate diary, but I think Erick thinks he's doing two things- attacking Barack Obama by association through Lessig, and defending Christianity. Clearly, he achieves neither. His anemic blog post and action alert receive very little interest even from his own readers. I'm actually surprised that more comments haven't been removed.
Here is the video in question.
I'll end this with my favorite comment plucked from literally tens of comments (two tens).
I don't get it by weave
I don't get the point of this call to action. Are you saying we should be against net neutrality because someone and some org who is for it is anti-Christian?
Or do you think content on the Internet should be censored by the government to make sure it's not offensive to any given group?
Here's a better idea. It's called free market. If you feel Google is anti-Christian. Don't use their products.
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