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“For many of Jewish heritage, there have to be some doubts right now. If the President, with Jewish grandchildren, cannot recognize the threat his rhetoric presents to those of Jewish faith or heritage, if he cannot recognize that the son who bears his name regularly retweets things with memes that are clearly anti-Semitic, if he cannot realize the horror is unleashing, it is totally reasonable for those of us of Jewish background might question our faith in America.”
🚨This is a Red Alert for net neutrality 🚨
Last December, the FCC voted to to kill net neutrality. If we do not take action, this will kill the free and open internet as we know it. The internet needs you—all of you—to make sure your voices are heard NOW.
We need all hands on deck for this one. It may be our last chance. If you’re feeling under-informed and overwhelmed about why net neutrality is so incredibly important, we have this handy guide just for you.
Here’s what you can do to save the internet:
- In mid-May, the Senate will vote on a resolution to overrule the FCC using the Congressional Review Act (CRA). We only need one more vote in the Senate to win. Write or call your Senators or Representatives. You can also text BATTLE to 384-387 to get more information on how to write to your reps. You can do this, Tumblr.
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This is important. This matters. It’s up to you to help.
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What really bugged me about most 1970′s-80′s news stories about D&D? They were articles about books, but most were written by people who had not read the books. Only roleplaying games and minority religions seemed to get that sort of treatment. Other books got reviewed by a writer who at least claimed to have read the book before offering an opinion.
This sort of thing probably was my first experience with news articles about a topic I knew well. This was how I learned to recognize the worst sort of shallow fly-by reporting that filled column space on a tight schedule by pasting a few quotes into a simplistic “two sides of the story – you decide” narrative form that at best might trick a careless reader into thinking they had learned something real about a topic.
One good thing came out of all this – Neil Gaiman has said he quit journalism after being asked to write about the dangers of D&D, then started writing fiction full time.
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