I'm hoping that I can get some feedback from my fellow DA'ers on the other end of the political spectrum from me, but all comments are welcome. I've been getting these emails from a former work colleague about Sarah Palin. And may I add, that these are completely unsolicted, out of the blue and sent only to me. Also, I haven't heard from or seen this person in almost 3 years.

At any rate, I tried to be impartial and humorous about it at first. But then it started to get mean spirited. I asked him to stop sending me this stuff and he agreed. But then the very next day, he's sent me another article from the web with a snide comment about the left.

What am I doing wrong here? Can you guys give me some insight? I'm getting angry over it and it's so stupid. Grumble. Anyway, any ideas on how to politely deal with this person?

Retardlicans feel like they're on top of the world 'coz they gots them a rootin', tootin', hockey-puck-n-moose shootin' VP candidate who has enough children to know what changing diapers for McCain is going to be like.

For whatever reason, they're excited about this woman, perhaps because so far she's generating some shallow media coverage and that's something the stiffs on the right haven't been able to muster much in the last few decades.

You might counter by asking this dude what he thinks of Palin's hypocritical stance on pork -- having "voted for it before she voted against it", so to speak ... on her heavy taxing of oil bigs ... on her year-old passport with two stamps in it and her expected role as a diplomat presenting America's interests the world over ... on her apparent fear of and the careful scripting required when dealing with the media ... on her lie about the alleged sale, for a profit, of that jet on eBay ...

If he's got half a brain he might stop gloating over whatever it is about Calamity Jane he feels is so hot and start asking himself some tougher questions about her and her walker-mate.

lol, play on words is always effective. :p

If you're getting these at work, I'm sure it's a violation of company policy. You could possibly even get in trouble for trying to deal with it yourself.

Forward the emails to HR, and block his address permanently.

While I'm sure he's sending them while he's at work, he's sending them to my webmail from his webmail. I thought about forwarding them to HR at my old employer. I may still.

It means you need to add that person's address to your "spam" list and not be bothered again.

As for Palin ( or lose the "L" and just call her "PAIN" since that's what she is), she is a joke by anyody's definition of the word... just laugh at her and be done with it.... She isn't worth more that a few good belly laughs. ( And the same can be said of the Neo-Cons)

While I'm sure he's sending them while he's at work, he's sending them to my webmail from his webmail. I thought about forwarding them to HR at my old employer. I may still.

That would be the best course of action to take.

Tell him if you wanted a caribou barbie, you would have already gone down to Toys R Us and gotten one.:nice:

I'm hoping that I can get some feedback from my fellow DA'ers on the other end of the political spectrum from me, but all comments are welcome. I've been getting these emails from a former work colleague about Sarah Palin. And may I add, that these are completely unsolicted, out of the blue and sent only to me. Also, I haven't heard from or seen this person in almost 3 years.

At any rate, I tried to be impartial and humorous about it at first. But then it started to get mean spirited. I asked him to stop sending me this stuff and he agreed. But then the very next day, he's sent me another article from the web with a snide comment about the left.

What am I doing wrong here? Can you guys give me some insight? I'm getting angry over it and it's so stupid. Grumble. Anyway, any ideas on how to politely deal with this person?

Honestly. Tell him point blank that you're not interested, and that any further unsolicited political emails will result in his being placed in your spam folder.

Honestly. Tell him point blank that you're not interested, and that any further unsolicited political emails will result in his being placed in your spam folder.

:yeahthat:

Tell him if you wanted a caribou barbie, you would have already gone down to Toys R Us and gotten one.:nice:
^^^this is why you are awesome. :nice:

Honestly. Tell him point blank that you're not interested, and that any further unsolicited political emails will result in his being placed in your spam folder.

i took this advice. his response to this was that I was in complete denial and couldn't deal with the truth. I wrote him something a little stronger (frankly it was just immature, but scathing) and got two emails back. One was a knee jerk reaction and the other was an apology. I also apologized and said we should be friends who don't talk about politics. I haven't heard anything back, but I consider the matter to be settled. (Provided he doesn't send me anything political ever again.) :nice:

Thanks everyone. You guys rock!

i took this advice. his response to this was that I was in complete denial and couldn't deal with the truth.

Next time, just tell him that he's the reason they make warning signs like this:

http://dontclickthis.whatingods.name/do-not-insert-into-penis.jpg

Next time, just tell him that he's the reason they make warning signs like this:

http://dontclickthis.whatingods.name/do-not-insert-into-penis.jpg

I may as well have said that. I was mean, but I felt like he wouldn't listen unless I pushed back. It was scary, but effective. I'm sort of a doormat in real life. :hmm:

If he's pissing you off badly enough to not want any communication from him at all, block his ass.
Otherwise, just hit delete and don't worry about it. It's not worth stressing over.

I'm hoping that I can get some feedback from my fellow DA'ers on the other end of the political spectrum from me, but all comments are welcome. I've been getting these emails from a former work colleague about Sarah Palin. And may I add, that these are completely unsolicted, out of the blue and sent only to me. Also, I haven't heard from or seen this person in almost 3 years.

At any rate, I tried to be impartial and humorous about it at first. But then it started to get mean spirited. I asked him to stop sending me this stuff and he agreed. But then the very next day, he's sent me another article from the web with a snide comment about the left.

What am I doing wrong here? Can you guys give me some insight? I'm getting angry over it and it's so stupid. Grumble. Anyway, any ideas on how to politely deal with this person?

Just reply to one of the emails and ask the person to stop sending them. End of story. There's no point in making a big deal out of it.

Tell him you can't vote because you're a convicted felon. When he asks what you did just smile.

My brother's been doing this since the Sarah palin thing blew up and at first I tried debating him on the facts. When he started getting weird with it, I sent him an email with a "link" about her record in Alaska. It was a motherboard eating virus. He doesn't have a computer anymore and he can't pester me with that Palin crap now. I hated to do it, but it's probably for the best. By the time he saves up for another computer, this whole nasty business will be past and we'll be able to get along again.

It was a motherboard eating virus.

Uhhhh... I'm not going to even begin with how many things are wrong with this statement :|

My brother's been doing this since the Sarah palin thing blew up and at first I tried debating him on the facts. When he started getting weird with it, I sent him an email with a "link" about her record in Alaska. It was a motherboard eating virus. He doesn't have a computer anymore and he can't pester me with that Palin crap now. I hated to do it, but it's probably for the best. By the time he saves up for another computer, this whole nasty business will be past and we'll be able to get along again.
that's devious, but effective.

Tell him you can't vote because you're a convicted felon. When he asks what you did just smile.

lol, that would work. :nice:

Just ignore it, along with the vile hatred that forms 99% of what's oozing around the net about her.

An old school buddy of mine is trying to recruit me to her side with a zeal you'd only see if an Amway salesman and Jehovah's witness mated. I realized that just as her spam wouldn't convert me, anything I had to say would fall on deaf ears as well.

"Delete" is my friend. :D