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Downvoted because this essentially reduces the conversation to "well, we don't have to have a rationale for our actions, they won't listen anyway!". If you intend to retain moral high ground, you must be able to defend it. Throwing away your reasons and knowledge in favor of blatent partisanship does not make your position stronger; it alienates those who might have listened to you. While it may feel better, it will only hurt your cause in the long run. Your solutions at the bottom also have nothing to do with SE or the proposed blog post.
– Knetic
Commented Jun 30, 2017 at 4:53
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@Knetic: What are you even talking about? I'm not trying to justify anything in the first place. This answer is about political strategy, not moral high ground.
– Kevin
Commented Jun 30, 2017 at 5:09
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@Kevin Consider that you're speaking as if to a purely liberal audience. Many members of stack exchange are actually not liberal and will probably still vote for the GOP after this, but may want to know a way in which to influence their representatives on this issue regardless.
– Magisch
Commented Jun 30, 2017 at 8:26
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@Magisch If you find a way, we are all ears, really! It's ridiculous difficult changing someone's mind once it's made up, unless they are open to change. So, how to to influence their representatives? Elect someone that is open to be influenced with reasonable arguments and take decisions based on facts, it seems like the only way.
– Braiam
Commented Jun 30, 2017 at 12:26
I'd like to know why states are preempting local communities from establishing municipal broadband. From what I've read, most communities that have municipal broadband enjoy greater speeds and lower prices than those that do not!
– Zarepheth
Commented Jul 14, 2017 at 0:50
@Zarepheth It cuts into the profits of private ISPs and thus they lobby against it on the state level.
– JAB
Commented Nov 24, 2017 at 3:47

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