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Is Gmail Silencing Republicans?
- Comevius 4y agoLong story short: no. Their emails are notoriously aggressive and deceptive, and they keep sending them relentlessly, so people get tired of them. This is a typical Republican email: "This is your FINAL NOTICE. So far, you've ignored all our emails asking you to join us in DEFENDING THE ELECTION. You’ve ignored Team Trump, Eric, Lara, Don, the Vice-President AND you’ve even ignored the President of the United States. TENS OF THOUSANDS of Patriots have stepped up for the VERY FIRST TIME in the last 48 hours - why haven’t you?"
- jleyank 4y agoSome people dislike repetitive emails. Some people dislike political emails. Some people dislike irrelevant emails (like, perhaps, they live outside the US). I'm sure there are other reasons to dislike emails. But as has been said all over the place, "free speech" means you face no government action when it's exercised. It does not mean that speech lacks consequences, or that people have to host it, listen to it, etc. There's an xkcd on this as an exercise for the reader. Personally, I try to not be an asshole or associate with assholes. Therefore, any behaviour that smacks of asshole-dom has an increased chance of ending up in the trash. This includes solicitations and "marketing"...