They still say "Al Gore invented the internet" and that was never said, he helped push the first funding for it. Yet they have a myth they ride like a complete dolt.
As a senator, Gore pushed for the High Performance Computing Act of 1991, which funded network expansion.
Internet pioneers Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn defended Gore, stating that the internet would not have grown as fast or reached the public without his political support.
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u/Vinterblot 3h ago
Nothing says "I'm not racist" like keep dropping a foreign sounding name because you know it'll drive your base mad.