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I figured you’d like to know that there is someone out there who is pushing an alternative view of net neutrality:(contrary to what I wrote earlier about the marxist version being the only one in motion)

===========As Congressman (Joe)Barton tries to explain Net Neutrality he reveals important aspects of how these folks understand freedom in entirely economic terms:

JB: [Net Neutrality means we] cannot regulate the internet, it should be open and free. Democrats’ definition of Net Neutrality is we want to give FCC the authority to tell people who actually provide the internet [again, they don’t provide the internet, only access to it] what they can and can’t do with it. Now, what people like yourself and myself mean is no government interference; it’s pretty straightforward. Republicans and conservatives have always tried to keep the internet totally free.================

So that’s the difference.

But you have put yourself on the marxist side of net neutrality, where government usurps.

I’d prefer to keep the government out of it. I’ll keep my freedom, you can have the “hope” and “change” that I don’t believe in.

Now, what people like yourself and myself mean is no government interference; it’s pretty straightforward. Republicans and conservatives have always tried to keep the internet totally free

Net neutrality means both the government and corporations keep their hands off the content when they both want to get their hands on it. This is the way the Internet has been operating, it's not a new concept. Barton is being ignorant because keeping the corporations free from government interference in this aspect means they are able to make the Internet non-free.

I’d prefer to keep the government out of it. I’ll keep my freedom, you can have the “hope” and “change” that I don’t believe in.

You are simply choosing corporate serfdom for yourself over government serfdom. I'd prefer neither. As far as the government goes, there is no "camel's nose under the tent." The government created the Internet, has ultimate say in many of its policies, and has passed various laws governing its use (some of which FR leverages in order to operate).

I could respect the anti-neutrality viewpoint if I could see it through all of the strawmen.