[guns]

> TL;DR: Someone, at this point, who claims they have never "understood" net neutrality and wants a "thoughtful discussion" is lying to us in an attempt to derail discussions.

This is not a charitable opinion. Reading old threads on NANOG¹ has convinced me that net neutrality is more nuanced and technical than the "people vs big-ISP" narrative advanced by campaigns such as the OP. If anything, the reddit and battleforthenet bandwagons have created a hostile environment for actual debate.

¹ AFAICT, the majority NANOG opinion on net neutrality is that it doesn't actually address the underlying issue that prevents natural competition in the ISP market.

[DoreenMichele]

I will add that anyone who ever wonders why women/blacks/whomever may not feel comfortable here, this * type comment would be one reason why. It presumes malice for asking an honest question and then talks trash about the asker. If you don't already know what "insiders"/the majority here know and think what they think, god help you for trying to find out.

There are plenty of ways to comment on the concern of the discussion being derailed by noob questions that don't involve personal attacks, assumptions of malice aforethought, etc.

* I mean the GP: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15910790

[amigoingtodie]

The other point to keep in mind is that this is a USA issue.