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> running on "liberty and freedom" while pushing censorship

The Democrats are usually paid more by Hollywood than Republicans. During the SOPA fiasco, the GOP was considering turning the bill into a wedge issue for the election.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/01/throwing-hollywoo...

If you're talking about their net neutrality stance, there are plenty of people skeptical of net neutrality who aren't just in it for Comcast to eat our souls.

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In the interest of fairness, minority whip Palosi, Obama, and many other Democrats were against SOPA as well. It was Wyden (D. OR) that placed a Senate Hold on PIPA.

Ron Paul opposed all legislation... ever. (/s)

True, but implementing a national firewall à la China to stop pornography? I don't care how objectionable the material is; once something like that is in place it's bound to be misused.

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