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Coffeebeanz
10/22/18 12:52:17 AM
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Seriously that shit is annoying and unacceptable
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Pepys Monster
10/22/18 12:52:50 AM
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Yes, especially when I get a bullshit text about some guy standing up to the NRA, which I'm a lifetime member of.
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Coffeebeanz
10/22/18 12:53:44 AM
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I don't give a shit who it is and what side of the aisle they're on. They text my phone, their competitor gets my vote.
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gunplagirl
10/22/18 12:55:13 AM
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Pepys Monster posted...
Yes, especially when I get a bullshit text about some guy standing up to the NRA, which I'm a lifetime member of.

So you are a lifetime member of an organization that defends the right to own guns unless the person in question is a minority in which case they either attack that minority or simply opt not to publicly acknowledge the situation?

Confirms my suspicions, at least.
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gunplagirl
10/22/18 12:56:10 AM
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Coffeebeanz posted...
I don't give a shit who it is and what side of the aisle they're on. They text my phone, their competitor gets my vote.

I take it you haven't got a million ads saying to rate Trump on a scale of 8-10 because that's literally his site's metrics, all the options are praise.
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Kazi1212
10/22/18 12:56:11 AM
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gunplagirl posted...
Pepys Monster posted...
Yes, especially when I get a bullshit text about some guy standing up to the NRA, which I'm a lifetime member of.

So you are a lifetime member of an organization that defends the right to own guns unless the person in question is a minority in which case they either attack that minority or simply opt not to publicly acknowledge the situation?

Confirms my suspicions, at least.


The NRA is against minority gun rights?
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Coffeebeanz
10/22/18 12:56:14 AM
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gunplagirl posted...
Pepys Monster posted...
Yes, especially when I get a bullshit text about some guy standing up to the NRA, which I'm a lifetime member of.

So you are a lifetime member of an organization that defends the right to own guns unless the person in question is a minority in which case they either attack that minority or simply opt not to publicly acknowledge the situation?

Confirms my suspicions, at least.


Leave actual political discussiona for other topics. We need to stand up to this bullshit mass texting problem.
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southcoast09
10/22/18 12:56:28 AM
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What bullshit is that our wireless providers allow people to pay money to block their ID so you cant block them.
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Coffeebeanz
10/22/18 12:57:11 AM
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gunplagirl posted...
Coffeebeanz posted...
I don't give a shit who it is and what side of the aisle they're on. They text my phone, their competitor gets my vote.

I take it you haven't got a million ads saying to rate Trump on a scale of 8-10 because that's literally his site's metrics, all the options are praise.


I wish I could donate negative money to the GOP.

They seem to be the ones really into this mass texting BS.
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Prestoff
10/22/18 12:58:30 AM
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Oh man I thought I was the only one who was getting these texts. I block the number but more from other numbers keep coming in. I have about 4 of these annoying texts so far.
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catboy0_0
10/22/18 12:58:53 AM
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I haven't gotten any
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Coffeebeanz
10/22/18 1:01:37 AM
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Prestoff posted...
Oh man I thought I was the only one who was getting these texts. I block the number but more from other numbers keep coming in. I have about 4 of these annoying texts so far.


They always.come from different numbers because there's a loophole in a 1991 law because it allows for blocking individual numbers.

And worse, another law explicitly banned mass texting for commercial or fundraising purposes unless someone physically sends the text to you

So they basically have unpaid interns shotgunning texts to all the numbers they can find.
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frozenshock
10/22/18 1:02:26 AM
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Coffeebeanz posted...
I don't give a shit who it is and what side of the aisle they're on. They text my phone, their competitor gets my vote.


If they both text you, does a fissure appear in the space time continuum?
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Coffeebeanz
10/22/18 1:03:13 AM
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frozenshock posted...
Coffeebeanz posted...
I don't give a shit who it is and what side of the aisle they're on. They text my phone, their competitor gets my vote.


If they both text you, does a fissure appear in the space time continuum?


If it's ever happened, it un-happened.
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gunplagirl
10/22/18 1:04:16 AM
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Kazi1212 posted...
gunplagirl posted...
Pepys Monster posted...
Yes, especially when I get a bullshit text about some guy standing up to the NRA, which I'm a lifetime member of.

So you are a lifetime member of an organization that defends the right to own guns unless the person in question is a minority in which case they either attack that minority or simply opt not to publicly acknowledge the situation?

Confirms my suspicions, at least.


The NRA is against minority gun rights?

They don't defend or demonstrate in the defense of the gun rights of minorities.
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Prestoff
10/22/18 1:04:51 AM
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Yeah I think I'm just going to join you in voting their opposition. Hopefully this will send a message not to bombard us with this bs.
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Two_Dee
10/22/18 1:05:52 AM
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I've only gotten 1 text for a Blue Wave movement in my state of PA but they called me by my brother's name

fuckers didn't even get my name right smh
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catboy0_0
10/22/18 1:07:01 AM
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I'm voting all blue to stick it to the repugnants
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Pepys Monster
10/22/18 1:09:36 AM
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gunplagirl posted...
Kazi1212 posted...
gunplagirl posted...
Pepys Monster posted...
Yes, especially when I get a bullshit text about some guy standing up to the NRA, which I'm a lifetime member of.

So you are a lifetime member of an organization that defends the right to own guns unless the person in question is a minority in which case they either attack that minority or simply opt not to publicly acknowledge the situation?

Confirms my suspicions, at least.


The NRA is against minority gun rights?

They don't defend or demonstrate in the defense of the gun rights of minorities.

This isn't true. The NRA defends the gun rights of Americans regardless of race. That said, they're not the perfect organization. They're just the most powerful one standing up for gun rights.
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prince_leo
10/22/18 1:11:36 AM
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I haven't gotten any, but my wife got a text last night from someone who knew her first name and asked when she was planning on voting and who she supported for governor
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jborgan
10/22/18 1:14:26 AM
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The NRA has sent a few letters begging for donations because they're broke (lol), but the biggest joke was when they sent a card begging me to vote for Ted Cruz (LOL).

They all but guaranteed that I'm voting for Beto. The crocodile tears from this joke of an organization is pathetic.
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__B0xxY2J0sHBK_
10/22/18 1:15:52 AM
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Did you sign up for these texts? I've never heard of people getting random political texts. I've surely never got one
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Coffeebeanz
10/22/18 1:16:18 AM
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__B0xxY2J0sHBK_ posted...
Did you sign up for these texts? I've never heard of people getting random political texts. I've surely never got one


No. Never. And I don't use my phone number for anything online.
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__B0xxY2J0sHBK_
10/22/18 1:32:38 AM
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Coffeebeanz posted...
__B0xxY2J0sHBK_ posted...
Did you sign up for these texts? I've never heard of people getting random political texts. I've surely never got one


No. Never. And I don't use my phone number for anything online.


Damn. That sucks. I've honestly never heard anything like that. I wonder if someone signed you up to troll you
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Gheb
10/22/18 1:39:52 AM
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I've been getting a bunch and all I can think is thanks for the reminder to vote, but if you knew how I was going to vote, you would never have texted me.
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Learning
10/22/18 1:51:51 AM
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Coffeebeanz posted...
I don't give a shit who it is and what side of the aisle they're on. They text my phone, their competitor gets my vote.


Do you possess any beliefs whatsoever? First you say the behavior of extremist liberals make you want to vote against them, now you're saying you automatically vote against people who text you?

You might as well just stay your ass home on election day cause this meme voting mindset is part of the reason we have a fat reality TV star sitting in the White House.
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Phantom_Nook
10/22/18 2:23:35 AM
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I've gotten one text, and it wasn't for a specific candidate.
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The_Theorum
10/22/18 2:29:55 AM
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I haven't gotten any of these texts, but I also didn't get the Presidential text either.
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Coffeebeanz
10/22/18 7:44:44 AM
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Learning posted...
Coffeebeanz posted...
I don't give a shit who it is and what side of the aisle they're on. They text my phone, their competitor gets my vote.


Do you possess any beliefs whatsoever? First you say the behavior of extremist liberals make you want to vote against them, now you're saying you automatically vote against people who text you?

You might as well just stay your ass home on election day cause this meme voting mindset is part of the reason we have a fat reality TV star sitting in the White House.


No, that reason is Hillary Clinton.
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treewojima
10/22/18 7:49:37 AM
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I don't get political texts, but I do get all sorts of ads on YouTube that can't be blocked because I watch using my console

I can't even vote against the schmuck because I live in a different district
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X-Pac_Heat
10/22/18 7:53:15 AM
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I haven't gotten a single text from a politician yet o_0

I did get a shit ton of phone calls from people schluping for Hillary last election though. I assumed it's probably because I voted for Obama before though.
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The Trent
10/22/18 7:59:35 AM
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Beto is going hard to the hoop with phone bombardment
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spikethedevil
10/22/18 8:01:36 AM
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Kazi1212 posted...
gunplagirl posted...
Pepys Monster posted...
Yes, especially when I get a bullshit text about some guy standing up to the NRA, which I'm a lifetime member of.

So you are a lifetime member of an organization that defends the right to own guns unless the person in question is a minority in which case they either attack that minority or simply opt not to publicly acknowledge the situation?

Confirms my suspicions, at least.


The NRA is against minority gun rights?


They're against children having a safe school environment.
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SSJCAT
10/22/18 8:04:01 AM
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Hairistotle posted...
i dont base my votes on spite so i cant say i relate

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Coffeebeanz
10/22/18 8:06:57 AM
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SSJCAT posted...
Hairistotle posted...
i dont base my votes on spite so i cant say i relate


As good a reason as any, considering politicians don't actually care about your political views once they're elected.
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ImTheMacheteGuy
10/22/18 8:21:28 AM
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Sounds like you live in a trashfilth state. I don't get these types of texts.
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545x39
10/22/18 8:31:25 AM
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Kazi1212 posted...
gunplagirl posted...
Pepys Monster posted...
Yes, especially when I get a bullshit text about some guy standing up to the NRA, which I'm a lifetime member of.

So you are a lifetime member of an organization that defends the right to own guns unless the person in question is a minority in which case they either attack that minority or simply opt not to publicly acknowledge the situation?

Confirms my suspicions, at least.


The NRA is against minority gun rights?

Nah, Dems are though. The nra has a token black guy, the dems dont have a token gun guy.
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Alpha218
10/22/18 8:56:38 AM
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Coffeebeanz posted...
gunplagirl posted...
Pepys Monster posted...
Yes, especially when I get a bullshit text about some guy standing up to the NRA, which I'm a lifetime member of.

So you are a lifetime member of an organization that defends the right to own guns unless the person in question is a minority in which case they either attack that minority or simply opt not to publicly acknowledge the situation?

Confirms my suspicions, at least.


Leave actual political discussiona for other topics. We need to stand up to this bullshit mass texting problem.

Bullshit mass texting problem

Well maybe we wouldnt have that if we didnt have a bullshit mass non-voter problem

It just so happens the the largest demographic of non-voters is millenials. There is a reason why this has been picking up since 2016
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SailorGoon
10/22/18 9:03:30 AM
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Damn. Even my local government won't hmu
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Balrog0
10/22/18 2:05:26 PM
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https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-politicians-dont-always-listen-to-political-scientists/

Thats not to say that political campaigns dont use some lessons from political science. For instance, if youve gotten a text message this year from a campaign, youve seen some of Michelsons research in action. Shes one of the people whose work showed that text messages are a more effective way to communicate with voters than mail or email. And when Sen. Ted Cruzs 2016 presidential campaign sent a series of ill-fated letters to Iowa voters accusing them of voting violations for failure to turn out in past primaries, his campaign was using a (poorly executed) version of an idea put forward by political scientists.
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Learning
10/22/18 2:20:13 PM
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Coffeebeanz posted...
Learning posted...
Coffeebeanz posted...
I don't give a shit who it is and what side of the aisle they're on. They text my phone, their competitor gets my vote.


Do you possess any beliefs whatsoever? First you say the behavior of extremist liberals make you want to vote against them, now you're saying you automatically vote against people who text you?

You might as well just stay your ass home on election day cause this meme voting mindset is part of the reason we have a fat reality TV star sitting in the White House.


No, that reason is Hillary Clinton.


I said 'part of the reason', not the whole reason
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tamashiini
10/22/18 2:32:58 PM
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Yeah, the RNC can fuck right off. I'm certainly not voting for any of their shit if they're going to harass me.

i wasn't going to anyway
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The Great Muta 22
10/22/18 7:33:48 PM
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How odd, I hadn't gotten one of these yet so far this election cycle, checked this topic this morning, and yet now I just got one, followed by a second exact copy a minute later, from a congressional district that I don't live in, although is right next to me, for a party that I despise everything about and have made such known on all my public social media profiles with my real name.

Lmao Tom Reed and the Republicans of NY-23, especially as they have like a +13 advantage in the district

EDIT: Oh, and the text addressed me by the wrong name, meaning someone out there is using my number to sign up for shit or their data is just awful. Lmao
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