Whoa, read this after I sent my own politically oriented email. I don't find myself offensive, but then I didn't really get terribly mad about Shanna's email either. Interesting to read.
The thing that teed me off about the email was less the fact that the email was politically oriented than it was the fact that she and I are nothing more than vague acquaintances. If you had sent me that exact same email, I would recieve it quite differently because we have had numerous conversations about politics, and I'd say you're pretty well informed about my political stances to make a recommendation regarding who I might like as a candidate.
Shanna and I haven't spoken or emailed in nearly a year, we've never had a political discussion, and she has no concrete idea what my political leanings are (or whether I can even vote in this country given that I was born overseas). If she knew for certain that I was Republican I probably wouldn't have been included on that list; I find it presumptuous that she include me on it because she doesn't know one way or the other.
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Shanna and I haven't spoken or emailed in nearly a year, we've never had a political discussion, and she has no concrete idea what my political leanings are (or whether I can even vote in this country given that I was born overseas). If she knew for certain that I was Republican I probably wouldn't have been included on that list; I find it presumptuous that she include me on it because she doesn't know one way or the other.
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