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Wow. Wow.
I don't think I've ever seen anything quite as exploitive as the Schiavo family's e-mail list being sold for conservative causes. And that's really saying something in the context of that entire fiasco.
Is this yet another notch in the difference between Republicans and Democrats? Republicans, it seems, don't think twice about sharing their e-mails with like-minded causes and candidates, as we saw when Bush shared his content with the RNC. We've been ragging on the Democrats such as Kerry and Dean for not being so smart when writing their privacy policies and thus keeping their lists to themselves.
But is it possible the difference is more philosophical? Democrats are "too stupid" to write a privacy policy that allows content sharing, but the Schiavo family took time from watching their daughter die to meet with a Web site organizer to talk about e-mail lists? There has to be more to it than bad (or good) planning. Maybe it's just another ideological difference--we don't take quite as kindly to the Big Brother concept of the party or the candidate or the organizer knowing what's best for us. Plus, I bet it's a pretty good assumption that whatever anti-choice, conservative organization these e-mail addresses will get sold to have already been contacted by most of the sort of people who signed up to donate to the Schiavo family in the first place. These are the people who look up to Randall Terry. I think they're probably on more than one mailing list already.
I'm going to stop dumping on Kerry and others for not sharing their e-mail lists. Because when I signed up for Howard Dean's e-mail list in 2003, I signed up for Howard Dean's e-mail list. If I wanted to sign up for Kerry's* list a year later, I'm capable enough to have found my way to his sign-up page. If I want to be on the DNC's e-mail list, I'll go over there and join that, too. I don't need or want someone else choosing who gets to fill my in-box.
*Note: Blogger's spell check wants to replace "Kerry's" with Kerouac. Brilliant! Let's all do that!
It also wanted to change "DNC" to Dune, which is similarly hilarious if you've ever read the book or seen the movie. Ahh, "humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream": A Democratic president.
I don't think I've ever seen anything quite as exploitive as the Schiavo family's e-mail list being sold for conservative causes. And that's really saying something in the context of that entire fiasco.
Is this yet another notch in the difference between Republicans and Democrats? Republicans, it seems, don't think twice about sharing their e-mails with like-minded causes and candidates, as we saw when Bush shared his content with the RNC. We've been ragging on the Democrats such as Kerry and Dean for not being so smart when writing their privacy policies and thus keeping their lists to themselves.
But is it possible the difference is more philosophical? Democrats are "too stupid" to write a privacy policy that allows content sharing, but the Schiavo family took time from watching their daughter die to meet with a Web site organizer to talk about e-mail lists? There has to be more to it than bad (or good) planning. Maybe it's just another ideological difference--we don't take quite as kindly to the Big Brother concept of the party or the candidate or the organizer knowing what's best for us. Plus, I bet it's a pretty good assumption that whatever anti-choice, conservative organization these e-mail addresses will get sold to have already been contacted by most of the sort of people who signed up to donate to the Schiavo family in the first place. These are the people who look up to Randall Terry. I think they're probably on more than one mailing list already.
I'm going to stop dumping on Kerry and others for not sharing their e-mail lists. Because when I signed up for Howard Dean's e-mail list in 2003, I signed up for Howard Dean's e-mail list. If I wanted to sign up for Kerry's* list a year later, I'm capable enough to have found my way to his sign-up page. If I want to be on the DNC's e-mail list, I'll go over there and join that, too. I don't need or want someone else choosing who gets to fill my in-box.
*Note: Blogger's spell check wants to replace "Kerry's" with Kerouac. Brilliant! Let's all do that!
It also wanted to change "DNC" to Dune, which is similarly hilarious if you've ever read the book or seen the movie. Ahh, "humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream": A Democratic president.
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