From this morning's NOW column...
Death threats cause FCC Chairman Pai to cancel his trip to next week’s CES. Ajit Pai was supposed to have an on-stage conversation with his counterpart at the Federal Trade Commission – but last night Recode said the reason behind the cancellation reported earlier in the day is death threats. And that those were related to his rollback of Net Neutrality. You’ll remember that the most recent Commission meeting was halted by a security incident inside the its own building. Recode hears that “federal law enforcement intervened” in the Chairman’s planned appearance at CES (the former Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas. Now he won’t be in Vegas – although three Commissioners (Mignon Clyburn, Mike O’Rielly, Brendan Carr) will proceed with their travel plans. But it’s Pai who’s the focal point of Net Neutrality protests. (Recode reminds us that previous FCC Chair Tom Wheeler, who instituted the policy that Pai’s repealing, was picketed at his house and couldn’t get out of his own driveway.)
I think Tom Taylor (author of the column) doesn't quite understand the anger here. Pai unilaterally did something that 90% of America didn't want done. I'm not in favor of death threats obviously, but I don't think Pai realized just how much people DID NOT WANT HIM TO DO THIS. He ignored people. He was even a dick about it. Again, death threats are out of line. But you can't possibly be surprised by this.
