So the FCC vote to repeal Net Neutrality has come and gone and the FCC is now working to repeal N.N. and we won't see the result of that as early as January of 2018. And while some are still discouraged by these events, I and some actually qualified legal experts are still convinced that this vote was just the easy part and getting it through court will be wildly difficult at best or impossible at worse for the FCC chairman; Ajit Pai.

And part of the reason why I think it'll be diffiicult for Pai is because he hasn't made his case once in the entirety of the 2 weeks he's been doing this.

I've said this before and I'll say it again: Pai has done nothing but lie to the public and be incredibly condescending about other people's concerns about freedom or speech. While at the same time, trying to paint himself as a nice and relatable person. And the biggest example of that came just a day before the vote. Pai did an online video called "7 Things you can still do after I basically kill the internet", or something along those lines. And the video consists of Pai making fun of Americans, claiming that all we care about is being able to take pictures of our food, watch videos, take cute puppy videos and do the Harlem Shake.

No, I am not kidding. An elective official used the term "Harlem Shake" to relate to other people. Look, say what you want about Clinton dabbing on the Ellen Show, but at least Dabbing was still a thing when she did it!

But, like all of his attempts to get people to like him, this may lead to something that'll backfire horribly in the future. For one thing, he doesn't address any of the actual concerns that people have regarding blocking people's free speech or charging money for things people use on the daily like email and social media. Because of course he didn't. If Pai had any evidence to what he was saying, he would've said it at this point. The closest thing he has to an argument is claiming that ISPs won't screw us over if they repeal N.N. (something everyone knows he's saying while crossing his fingers behind his back) and claiming how they never did anything like that before, which is just another lie.

To paraphrase Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw: if Pai really wants to win this fight, he needs to stop regarding his opponents with such giggling contempt. And as he keeps lying and resulting to memes so old that they existed before the word "meme" meant what it means today, contempt is this guy's standard. And it will lead to his downfall.

The other thing that harms Pai's case with this video is the fact that one of the people in the background of his video was a woman known for the Pizzagate Conspiracy Theory. Because of course she is: most of Trump's best men are people who associate themselves with white supremacists, bigots, racists, nazis and Conspiracy Theorists.

Going back to that friend of mine from college: she pointed out that a lot of Trump's lackeys are people who looked at the fact that he got into the Oval Office and think that's a sign that anyone can be a politician and be in charge of any part of the government and screw it over for the rich and get away with it, and that using the alt-right to fuel your progress is a smart idea. When in reality, Trump got elected because his opponent was someone that a lot of people in the country hated for no good reason and a lot of people voted against her or for Trump as a sign of protest.

That mentality of thinking already backfired for the woman in charge of the Department of Education who is likely a high school dropout, the man in charge of the Department of Energy whose competence has been in question, and the fact that the Republicans tried to push a bill to cut taxes for the rich, but pulled out the numbers of how much it'll provide for people out of their asses, and even pushed it out with the kind of speed I do when I realize I have a multi-paged essay due in exactly 3 hours. And was graded just as well.

What I'm saying is, what Pai did here could be the start of his version of that scenario. This could be the beginning of his downfall.

The only other things I can say regarding the vote is the fact that the livestream the vote took place in was interrupted at that point to raise security (Which, to me, seems like someone tried to resort to drastic measures ) and the fact that after the 2 female commissioners tried to make their case regarding the vote, a lot of people described Pai and his lackeys' reaction as laughing and saying "Women, am I right, fellas?".

All in all, there really isn't that much to say at this point. And no, it's not because this is over. People are still fighting against this, there are still congressmen who hate Pai and and Maloney's bill is still going through the works. Like I said to a good friend of mine last night, nothing in the government happens overnight. and like one of the FCC commissioners said; the FCC itself doesn't have the final word with what happens with the internet. Which should be kinda obvious, because if they did, they would've gutted the internet back in the summer.

The real reason why I don't have anything else to say on the manner is because this is a "Wait and See" scenario. The only way we can find out what happens next is exactly when it happens. And like I, and every other actual legal professional has said over and over again, nothing happens over night. By the time these rules get into court, it'll be 2018. And when that does happen, Pai will be against all of the enemies he's made in just 2 months, which include the protesters, big budget internet companies, his own members of the FCC and congress. Which, again, isn't gonna be easy for him.

So, all I can say at this point is that I'll keep my eyes open on the news and continue to let you guys know what happens when it happens. I know that sounds like a B.S. answer, but the only way I can know for sure what would happen is if I had a crystal ball, a time machine, a way of communicating with Miss Martian or some other 4th option that allows me to see the future before it happens.

I don't know, you don't know, not even Pai knows how this repeal is actually going to effect the world until it goes into effect. All we can do is fight forward, continue calling congress and prepare ourselves.

I will end with this: remember how I keep saying that this N.N. repeal would lead to Pai's downfall? That might be true for the entire republican party. A lot of people are putting this along with ever other screw up that Trump has done could be the perfect path for any democratic elective, even Hilary "Pokemon Go To The Polls!" Clinton to win in a landslide. Simply with the tagline, "Vote for me because I didn't screw up the country".

Until then, keep fighting for the internet and keep calling your local congressmen. Pai may have won this battle, but he hasn't won the war.