'F*****g moron': Trump Jr viciously slammed for blaming 'Obama's FCC chair' for net 'neutality' repeal
Twitter immediately pounced on the opportunity to roast Trump Jr with a slew of sharp criticism and biting memes.
US President Donald Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., slammed critics complaining about "Obama's FCC chairman" voting to dismantle net neutrality rules this week and suggested that most commenting on the issue may have not even heard of the regulations before.
He was referring to Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), who was elevated to the top role in January by his father during his initial days in the Oval Office. Twitter grabbed the opportunity and mercilessly roasted Trump Jr over his comments stating, he "desperately needs to get his facts straight".
"I would pay good money to see all those people complaining about Obama's FCC chairman voting to repeal #NetNeutality actually explain it in detail," Trump Jr tweeted on Friday (15 December). "I'd also bet most hadn't heard of it before this week. #outrage."
Net neutrality rules were implemented during former president Barack Obama's tenure to ensure equal access to internet services and prevent service providers from blocking, slowing down or speeding up certain content or charging customers additional fees for high-quality streaming and other services.
On Thursday, the FCC voted to repeal Obama's landmark rules in a 3-2 vote that fell along party lines despite massive backlash and criticism, particularly from Silicon Valley. Pai, who was appointed to a five-year term on the FCC in 2012 by Obama, too was at the receiving end of the backlash.
Twitter users could not overlook Trump Jr's glaring misconception involving Pai's appointment to the top FCC post and immediately pounced on the opportunity to roast him. He was also trolled over the fact that he spelled "net neutrality" wrong in his tweet.
"He's your dad's FCC chair, not Obama's. I seriously wonder how you manage to dress and feed yourself every day," one Twitter user wrote.
"You really are quite dim, aren't you Jr?" another chimed.
"Prior to the proliferation of high speed Internet there wasn't much need to enforce neutrality, and once it became prevalent in the early '00s the FCC assumed ISPs would largely avoid discriminating among traffic. Well that wasn't the case," a Twitter user explained in a series of tweets.
"When Obama took office his FCC decided it would take regulatory action to prevent this from happening, so they put in place the Open Internet Order of 2010 which among other things prevented ISPs from discriminating among traffic.
"Now it's 2017 and the FCC wants to give these ISPs the right to discriminate among web traffic. Now, you might say that the 2015 rule stifles competition and decreases investment. Well, I'd say that the physical backbone of the Internet (which the ISPs run) really should be treated as a public good.
"Think about the millions of people who work for software, ecommerce or other technology companies. Livelihoods depend on cable companies treating them fairly. Anyway, you're a f**king moron," the person added.
"First of all it's neutrality. Clearly spelling isn't your strong suit. Considering your FATHER appointed Ajit Pai and not Obama, I guess intelligence isn't your strong suit either. #dotard", a user added.
First, You misspelled #NetNeutrality, you genetically altered butternut squash. Second, you don't know the value of a dollar, you silver-spoon snickerdoodle. Third, sunshine, Reaganomics is like DeLorean. It was sexy in the 80s, but I didn't work then and much less now.
— Tony Chacon (@TheTonyChacon) December 15, 2017
Oh and thatâll be $4.99 for that message. Cash only
— Kathy Boulet (@KathyBoulet) December 15, 2017
Oh, and it was your father who appointed Pai the chairman of the FCC. Not President Obama.
— David Pitt (@bookfella) December 15, 2017
You're not too bright, are you?
It's also not a new subject, and many of us with tech backgrounds (not to mention tech businesses and small businesses in general) have been fighting for #NetNeutrality for many years. Did you know that NetNeutrality is a founding principle of the Internet? That's key.
— Metro Issues: âï¸Louisvilleâï¸ & Beyond (@MetroIssues) December 15, 2017
You couldn't possibly be this ignorant? The fact YOU couldn't explain fetal neural development in detail doesn't make it any less important you dingus!! pic.twitter.com/VJXwDGt8i5
— Villain McBeardface (@tshakaarmstrong) December 15, 2017
Spelling, Fredo.
— Scott Monty (@ScottMonty) December 16, 2017
#NetNeutrality, genius. New rule: If you canât spell it, you donât get to talk about it. Which means you & Dad will never be on @twitter again. #YAY!
— James Ludwig (@JimmyLudwigNYC) December 16, 2017
Your father appointed this guy. Isn't Eric supposed to be the idiot?
— Pete Forester (@pete_forester) December 15, 2017
You are truly clueless. Who appointed the current FCC chair? Hereâs a hint: It wasnât President Obama. Apologize please.
— Steve Ritchie (@ritchieontrack) December 15, 2017
I see the problem. You donât think people understand net neutality. I thought at first you meant net neutrality.
— Allan Golombek (@AllanGolombek1) December 15, 2017
.@DonaldJTrumpJr Your Dad appointed the FCC chairman, son. Perhaps you should read the paper
— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) December 15, 2017
Youâd be wrong, Jun. And why are you referring to Pai as âObamaâsâ when it was your Daddy who elevated him to his current role? Also, you must be limiting yourself to very selective information if youâre unaware that WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR MONTHS. #ShutYourPAIHole
— Erin Altman (@AltmanErin) December 15, 2017
So, um, yeah, while Google is free you should use it to see who appointed him.
— Amanda Jo (@imamandajo) December 15, 2017
I would pay good money to see you explain just one provision of net neutrality you disagree with and why.
— Dorrian Porter (@dgp) December 15, 2017
I'm available.
— Paolo Attivissimo (@disinformatico) December 15, 2017
Imagine a highway where you have to queue with everyone else in one lane while the rich have their own fast, empty lanes.
That's the Internet without Net neutrality.
But I guess you may find it hard to imagine not being among the rich and privileged.
Donald, if #NetNeutrality gets taken away, you will lose millions of followers and thousands and thousands of retweets.
— Frederick Douglass (@gettinnoticedmo) December 14, 2017
The person you will want to fire for this is @AjitPaiFCC.
Ajit, We're making sure Trump knows.
cc:@realDonaldTrump
@DanScavino
@DonaldJTrumpJr
You absolute moron. Tom Wheeler was Obama's FCC Chairman. Ajit Pai, the current FCC Chair was appointed by your father.
— ð Kaki Miller ð (@KakiMiller1) December 15, 2017
The correct spelling is Neutrality.
Non-moron's have heard about Net Neutrality being overturned for months.
1) Tom Wheeler was Obamaâs FCC chairman.
— mark hurty (@mdh) December 15, 2017
2) send me your phone number and Iâll explain Net Neutrality to you.
3) I can also explain other things if youâd like. (I.e., obstruction of justice, etc.)
This feels like a weird attempt to trick someone into explaining what #NetNeutality is for you without admitting that you don't know what it is. Don Jr, stop needlessly offering people money. Use google. It's free. But it might not be soon because #netneutrality just got repealed
— Jack Leahy; Socrates (@jacksocrates) December 15, 2017
