--- title: Parks and Recs' Ron Swanson Doesn't Like FCC Chair Ajit Pai description: Upon hearing that Ajit Pai was a fan of Park and Rec's Ron Swanson and his Pyramid of Greatness, Nick Offerman had some words for Pai. canonical: https://time.com/5056224/ron-swanson-chastises-fcc-chair-ajit-pai/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-08T19:29:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:11.294Z og:title: Parks and Recs' Ron Swanson Doesn't Like FCC Chair Ajit Pai og:description: "I will remind you that the top category is Honor." og:url: https://time.com/5056224/ron-swanson-chastises-fcc-chair-ajit-pai/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ea25ffc58977cf7/69889f4f5f570f3e93b21e58/gettyimages-462038758.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Parks and Recreation - Season 7 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Parks and Recs' Ron Swanson Doesn't Like FCC Chair Ajit Pai twitter:description: "I will remind you that the top category is Honor." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ea25ffc58977cf7/69889f4f5f570f3e93b21e58/gettyimages-462038758.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # FCC Chair Ajit Pai Loves _Parks and Recreation_. Ron Swanson Just Chastised Him for His Stance on Net Neutrality.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 8, 2017 7:29 PM UTC  PARKS AND RECREATION -- "Save JJ's" Episode 707 -- Pictured: (l-r) Jason Mantzoukas as Dennis Feinstein, Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson -- (Photo by: Colleen Hayes/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) PARKS AND RECREATION -- "Save JJ's" Episode 707 -- Pictured: (l-r) Jason Mantzoukas as Dennis Feinstein, Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson -- (Photo by: Colleen Hayes/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)NBC-NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 8, 2017 7:29 PM UTC FCC chairman [Ajit Pai](http://time.com/5040429/net-neutrality-fcc-ajit-api/) has received his fair share of criticism for his plan to [repeal the Obama Administration’s net neutrality regulations](http://time.com/5033521/fcc-ajit-pai-net-neutrality-repeal/), but the most recent round of dissent might have hurt the most since it came from one of Pai’s personal heroes: the stoic libertarian national TV character treasure known as [Ron Swanson](http://time.com/3914672/nick-offerman-parks-and-rec/) from [_Parks and Recreation_](http://time.com/3678205/parks-and-recreation-politics/). Pai, who enjoys the show so much that [_Vulture_](http://www.vulture.com/2017/12/ron-swanson-would-not-approve-of-the-fcc-chairman.html)reports that he once referenced the show’s beloved Li’l Sebastian in an FCC white paper about the implementation of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, showed off a signed “Ron Swanson Pyramid of Greatness” on [_Vice News_](https://twitter.com/Nick%5FOfferman/status/938892238683336704?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref%5Furl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vulture.com%2F2017%2F12%2Fron-swanson-would-not-approve-of-the-fcc-chairman.html)on Wednesday, Ron Swanson had some choice words for him, proffered through his real-life counterpart, the actor that plays him, Nick Offerman. Offerman took to Twitter to deliver Swanson’s message, which clearly told Pai that he failed the Pyramid of Greatness’ top category, honor, because of his “duplicitous handling of the net neutrality issue.” Read Ron Swanson’s full chastisement to Pai below. > [](https://twitter.com/Nick%5FOfferman/status/938892238683336704) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5056224/ron-swanson-chastises-fcc-chair-ajit-pai/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5056224/ron-swanson-chastises-fcc-chair-ajit-pai/"},"headline":"FCC Chair Ajit Pai Loves Parks and Recreation. 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