Why are you surprised? I'm more surprised that you oppose it. You've poo-pooed virtually every attempt by the government to wrangle and tame the internet
?? since I don't like the idea of Gov't messing with the internet and have "poo-pooed virtually every attempt by the government to wrangle and tame the internet" that leads you to be surprised that I would be against SOPA?
ohkay...
So I can't tell who is for or against based on party. More likely who is close to Hollywood or not.
http://news.firedoglake.com/2012/01/19/sopa-activism-moves-republicans-more-than-democrats/SOPA Activism Moves Republicans More Than DemocratsYesterday’s SOPA strike was enormously successful, not only raising attention to the issue but moving a tremendous amount of politicians for a one-day event. Over 4.5 million people signed Google’s petition against SOPA. The Wikipedia action gave high-profile attention to the issue as well, and even if Facebook and Twitter’s responses were muted, overall the online community made themselves heard.
But those of us charting the protest yesterday were struck by how most of the lawmakers turning against the bill were Republicans. If you look at the latest whip count on PIPA, for example, you see that more Republicans oppose it at this point than Democrats.
Instead, Democrats by and large finessed their responses, claiming that they would work to fix the finished product. Markos Moulitsas lets Democrats have it:
"You have an entire wired generation focused on this issue like a laser, fighting like hell to protect their online freedoms, and it’s FUCKING REPUBLICANS who are playing the heroes by dropping support?
Those goddam Democrats would rather keep collecting their Hollywood checks, than heed the will of millions of Americans who have lent their online voice in an unprecedented manner.
Are they really this stupid? Can they really be this idiotic?
Are they really going to cede this issue to Republicans, hand them this massive public victory, then get left with nothing but public scorn when SOPA and PIPA go down in flames?"well, they'll either see the light or regret it...
