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-------------The discussion here seems to imply that the "Net Neutrality" rules are similar to the FCC "Fairness Doctrine" and would regulate content based on political factors.---------------

I've stated outright that Net Neutrality is not the Fairness Doctrine. It's several shades worse. Here's an article which contains fact after fact after fact regarding the agenda of these people:

Forget the Fairness' Doctrine - Net Neutrality is the Future of Censorship

-------------Can anybody point to where in the actual regulations anything involving government-mandated discrimination in favor or against any site is talked about?--------------

As of yet, no. But everybody here knows the history of marxism. I presume you know the history of marxism?

These people are out there pushing iphone neutrality, search neutrality and other such orwellian terms. One of the FCC's chairpeople said they want to control all of the internet's on/off ramps.

They are not done yet. The current regulations do not achieve any of these stated goals.

You can do what you like. But I'm not going to wait for them to silence me, then scramble to do something about it. I prefer to stay ahead of the curve. They've stated enough about their agenda, any and every one of us can stay ahead of this agenda.

So you acknowledge that the Net Neutrality regulations, as currently written, have nothing to do with any "Fairness Doctrine"-like suppression of politically-incorrect forms of speech over the Internet? While I haven't read the whole 115 pages, I haven't seen anything like that.

But I agree with you, and your sources in your links, the the precedent is troubling: if the FCC, without any authority in the law, can impose regulation on the ISPs with respect to barring preferential treatment in transmission speed, then that precedent could be used in the future to impose a "Fairness Doctrine" on Internet content.

We need to be clear in our arguments, and not say things are in the regs that are not really there, because doing so makes us look stupid when the libs point out that we haven't read the actual regulations.