anyone that frequents 4Chan can understand why the so-called "normal people" insult its users and content. but not every single person on 4chan is on /b/, posting pictures that are indeed terrible. I go to 4chan for /wg/, the wallpaper/general thread. i've gotten hundreds of top-quality walls there for free. all in all, it's not a bad community until you stray to /b/.
but at any rate. 4Chan is only as strong as people make it. if left alone, without an enemy, 4chan will stew and grow boring. by openly blocking it, all Verizon has done is opened up a can of worms, and given the /b/tards something to target. and lord knows they have much more free time than most people.
then again, i'm not on Verizon in any way, so i guess this doesn't really matter to me, but i'm not a fan of ISPs blocking websites, when customers are paying for unrestricted access.