Ted Cruz, an avid believer in the free market and opponent of net neutrality, picked a fight with some high-profile opposition over the weekend about whether or not “Star Wars” bad guy Darth Vader would support the now-defunct internet provider regulations.
And by “high-profile,” we mean none other than Vader’s “son” himself – Luke Skywalker actor Mark Hamill.
The brouhaha started after Hamill hammered FCC chairman Ajit Pai for posting this light-hearted video defending the Obama-era policy’s repeal.
The “Star Wars” references in the video were too much for the liberal Hamill to ignore.
Cute video Ajit "Aren't I Precious?" Pai 🤮-but you are profoundly unworthy 2 wield a lightsaber-A Jedi acts selflessly for the common man-NOT lie 2 enrich giant corporations. Btw-did you pay John Williams his royalty? @AjitPaiFCCorpShill #AJediYouAreNOT pic.twitter.com/SpIcOEySUY
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) December 16, 2017
“Btw-did you pay John Williams his royalty?” Hamill asked, referring to the use of the “Star Wars” score in the video, before inserting the hashtags AjitPaiFCCorpShill and AJediYouAreNOT.
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This was entirely too much for known Twitter-provocateur Sen.Ted Cruz, who fired up his Twitter lightsaber and jumped in post-haste to invoke none other than Darth Vader into the debate.
After all, wasn’t Vader the Big Government type?
.@HammillHimself Luke, I know Hollywood can be confusing, but it was Vader who supported govt power over everything said & done on the Internet. That's why giant corps (Google, Facebook, Netflix) supported the FCC power grab of net neutrality. Reject the dark side: Free the net! https://t.co/nARkMvIEYk
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) December 17, 2017
Hamill swung back by criticizing Cruz’s misspelling of his name, then referred to that time Cruz’s account accidentally liked a porn video.
Thanks for smarm-spaining it to me @tedcruz I know politics can be confusing, but you'd have more credibility if you spelled my name correctly. I mean IT'S RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF YOU! Maybe you're just distracted from watching porn at the office again❤️-mh https://t.co/nHpJVG1Wpe
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) December 17, 2017
After a classy apology for the name-misspell, Cruz dismantled Hamill’s clumsy barbs with laser-like precision – after a Yoda quote, of course.
Yes, that's it. So sorry to misspell your name. Respond not with facts, but with anger. Who was it that said, "Fear is the path to the dark side…fear leads to anger…anger leads to hate"? (1/2) https://t.co/uwMMzgKC1R
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) December 17, 2017
(2/2) Rather than insults, try civil discussion of facts. Fact 1: until 2015, the FCC had NO authority over Internet. The Net grew free & unregulated. Fact 2: W/ "net neutrality" the FCC declared power to regulate everything said & done on Internet. That's really bad for freedom. https://t.co/uwMMzgKC1R
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) December 17, 2017
“Rather than insults,” Cruz tweeted, “try civil discussion of facts. Fact 1: until 2015, the FCC had NO authority over Internet. The Net grew free & unregulated. Fact 2: W/ ‘net neutrality’ the FCC declared power to regulate everything said & done on Internet. That’s really bad for freedom.”
Yeah, that’s pretty much a shot right at the heart of the Death Star right there, Senator Cruz.
Hamill later took a parting shot at Cruz while responding to liberal actor Billy Baldwin’s compliment.
April Ryan finally gets her pie, and it changes everything!
Much appreciated @BillyBaldwin! Aside from leaving an "L" out of "smarm-spLaining"-my only regret is that 280 characters are just not enough to unpack all the lies & the stupid contained in just one @tedcruz tweet. #CondescendingCruz #MuellerIsOurOnlyHope https://t.co/BH3h3ZlyLm
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) December 18, 2017
Nothing says you can’t do it in more than one tweet, Mark. Why not give it a shot?
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