It was for some local primary or something, I don't know, 2020 was the last primary I'll ever pay attention to. I'd been getting these texts all month and thought they were mostly automated by now, so in frustration I responded "For the love of god please shut the fuck up".

Well an actual person replied saying they'd take me off their mailing list and now I kinda feel bad because this person was probably just a volunteer with probably good intentions

  • blight [he/him]
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    9 months ago

    if someone volunteers for the genocide party in $current_year you shouldn’t prioritize being polite towards them

  • ElGosso [he/him]
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    9 months ago

    I've baited these people into arguments before. I have no regrets.

    rat-salute I will never log off.

  • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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    9 months ago

    Yeah, you should've held off, but I understand.

    Besides, local elections tend to be different (depending on the area, of course).

    But you were frustrated and you feel bad about it so it's not a bad mark on you as a person, I think, especially since you know how Democrats can be pretty bad themselves, no doubt.

  • Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida [he/him]
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    9 months ago

    I get like this too sometimes. I type out a whole tirade, remind myself I have to get out more, and delete it. Then I type a milder critical response and send that.

  • Rom [he/him]
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    9 months ago

    I've just been reporting these messages as spam. Didn't ask for them, don't want them.

  • anarchoilluminati [comrade/them]
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    9 months ago

    You did nothing wrong, we are bombarded by these assholes on our own personal devices prior to giving consent. It's possible they might be being paid for it at least too. Both the Democrats and Republicans text me. I also sometimes respond with something like "Fucking STOP!!!" I'm so annoyed with them, it's a daily fucking thing. I don't know why or how to make my number blacklisted everywhere by default.

    It really makes me just want to disable sms on my phone, since there are only two stragglers or so that still use sms instead of Signal—ah, you know what, I just decided while writing this that I'll disable sms. Fuck it. I'll just check it periodically when I want or for stupid ass 2FA sms texts when I need for idiotic sites that don't allow me to use Aegis.

    If any comrades have any tips on how to universally remove your number from political lists, please let us know! I'm not even fucking registered to vote anymore.