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vermontaltaccount t1_j12cewx wrote

Ironic seeing the support of Leahy on Reddit when he was the person who proposed PIPA to shut down sites like reddit back in 2012.

Reddit even disabled their site for a day to protest Leahy's proposed law, as did Wikipedia, and even Google put information about it on their Google doodle for a day on the day of the protest.

And he did it for the sake of preserving the profits of billionaires in the entertainment industry.

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dordemartinovic t1_j12s8wz wrote

He’s also kept the state afloat economically through federal funding. Things are already starting to get bad for the poorest Vermonters, with the rental money running out

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vermontaltaccount t1_j13r5tw wrote

Yeah, I'm not saying he hasn't done good things. Almost all politicians do some good and some bad things in their careers.

But trying to prevent the entire internet from having user-generated content is one of the worst laws conceived, and probably the one that has the most wide-spread impact across so many people. Again, I have to re-iterate:

Under Patrick Leahy's proposed law, the following would be removed from the internet:

-Reddit

-Wikipedia

-All social media. Facebook, Twitter, etc

-All video sharing sites. Youtube, Tiktok, etc

-All Image sharing sites. Instagram, Imgur, etc.

-Any sites for users sell things. Ebay, Craigslist, etc. Amazon would only be things sold directly from amazon, no more third party sales.

And again, the REASON he tried to stifle the sharing of knowledge across the world was in order to protect the wealth of Billionaires.

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