Password protection law killed by House of Representatives

According to this article, a proposed law which would have limited how employers are allowed to control usernames and passwords of employees' social media accounts was voted against by a large majority in the US House of Representatives, which is an important half of the Congress. Interestingly enough, the vast majority of Democrats in the House were for the measure, and the vast majority of Republicans voted against it - coming out as winners.

This is incredibly frustrating to me. At first, I was going to be angry about how politicians don't represent the will of the people anymore, but once I saw the partisan split, it made me even more angry and further reinforced how, as an American citizen, I will never vote for a single Republican ever again until they clean their act up.

It seems to me that the Republicans are almost willfully ignorant. How can these Representatives who voted against the measure be so woefully out of touch? Do they really believe that it is in the best interest of the American people to have our privacy violated so obviously and egregiously? We could chalk it up to them being older, and most likely not computer-savvy, and blame this vote on the lobbyists who influence the Representatives.

However, I think this is the symptom of a greater problem. The Republicans, most of whom have taken on the title of "conservative," are going overboard in their conservatism. There is something to be said for conservatism, but in this time, this ever-changing world, there is not really a place for it. We are on the edge of the old world - gasoline power, incomplete civil rights, underestimating the power of technology - and the new - where alternative energies are possible, where all people deserve clear and sensible rights, and where technology and the forces that control it and spring out of it are addressed in a thoughtful and honorable manner.

How many House Republicans use Facebook? Probably very few. They don't understand how this decision will affect the common man and woman in America. This is a huge problem with Republicans as I see it - they find the voters who are afraid of change - the homophobes, the racists, the victim-blamers, the deeply religious - and they pander to them, shamelessly using them to push their agenda through. It works though, as we have seen, and there are people in America who are loving this, as they help contribute to the general decline of our rights and liberties in the name of order, false righteousness, and conserving all that is "good."

I used to be proud to be an American. I used to love what my country stood for, what we did and believed in as a nation. I'm not sure if it's because I grew older and wiser, or if it's because things have gotten so bad - maybe they've always been bad, and I just never realized. I hope that there are many Americans like me, who don't like what's happening and are willing to use their anger to make change. I'm tired of politicians and the "moral" right telling me what's good and how I should live. Although I plan to live in Canada, possibly forever, I want to contribute to a better reality for Americans who stay.

I think what is wonderful about technology, what the right doesn't yet completely understand, is the incredible potential it has to reach a massive audience. I believe technology can and should be used as a vehicle for social, and through voting, political change. I'll be posting this article on Facebook, and I hope the word will spread. I hope people will see what is going on and get angry. The fight isn't over yet.