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Exactly why should not every elected person's full details including phone number and address be publicly available? If they are doing nothing bad they have not

by Ekaros 1y ago

Exactly why should not every elected person's full details including phone number and address be publicly available? If they are doing nothing bad they have nothing to fear from electorate. Honest man has nothing to fear as proverb say. And allowing direct communication would increase transparency and improve how well democracy can work.

watwut 1y ago
> If they are doing nothing bad they have nothing to fear from electorate. This is not true. There are quite a few people who love to harassed whoever they see as opposition. That includes harassment of loved ones of the politicians. So, that is why. > Honest man has nothing to fear as proverb say. Nonsense. That is true in happy times and completely false in ... times like today.
nutjob2 1y ago
It's not practical, they'd just stop answering it and all you'd get is form responses. At least if we're talking heads of government or the like. Local representatives is a different matter and I think some reps in Australia do give out their mobile numbers.
scott_w 1y ago
> If they are doing nothing bad they have nothing to fear from electorate. Some possible reasons: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Donald_Trump_in_Pennsylvania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Don... - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_shootings_of_Minnesota_legislators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_shootings_of_Minnesota_le... - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Jo_Cox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Jo_Cox - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Amess https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Amess - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Paul_Pelosi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Paul_Pelosi I tried to choose a range of politicians to make my point.
tjpnz 1y ago
Too many nutcases. You could be elected two seconds ago and there will already be a small line of people waiting to do you harm.

by Ekaros 1y ago

watwut 1y ago

> If they are doing nothing bad they have nothing to fear from electorate. This is not true. There are quite a few people who love to harassed whoever they see as opposition. That includes harassment of loved ones of the politicians. So, that is why. > Honest man has nothing to fear as proverb say. Nonsense. That is true in happy times and completely false in ... times like today.

nutjob2 1y ago

It's not practical, they'd just stop answering it and all you'd get is form responses. At least if we're talking heads of government or the like. Local representatives is a different matter and I think some reps in Australia do give out their mobile numbers.

scott_w 1y ago

> If they are doing nothing bad they have nothing to fear from electorate. Some possible reasons: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Donald_Trump_in_Pennsylvania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Don... - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_shootings_of_Minnesota_legislators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_shootings_of_Minnesota_le... - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Jo_Cox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Jo_Cox - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Amess https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Amess - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Paul_Pelosi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Paul_Pelosi I tried to choose a range of politicians to make my point.

tjpnz 1y ago

Too many nutcases. You could be elected two seconds ago and there will already be a small line of people waiting to do you harm.