I don't normally check my email account unless I am expecting something, but today I decided to do my annual cleaning up of the account by deleting all of the junk emails I regularly receive. There were a number of messages from an ebay seller that I had purchased an old Gillette from, given their age I naturally assumed that they concerned the transaction itself and seeing as I had already received the razor I deleted them. However, upon checking some of my more recent emails I found more messages from this individual and decided to see what they contained. For some reason this particular seller has been sending me extreme right propaganda. There are details of various white supremascist groups and how to join, attacks on various left wing politicians, generally racist and religiously intolerant rants and various conspiracy theories concerning the 60's Civil Rights movement.
First and foremost, there was no actual contact between this man and me, and just to clarify my personal politics are somewhere to the left of the Dalai Lama. But I have a hard time understanding why he would send this to me. Also, seeing as I live in the UK, what is the point of sending this material to me anyway? Irrespective of my personal beliefs.
Has this happened to anyone else? What would you do about this?
Eventhough it is a difficult view to hold sometimes, I firmly believe in freedom of political expression for everyone; even people like this have a right to say what they want ( you have no idea how dirty it makes me feel to say that) So what can I do?
First and foremost, there was no actual contact between this man and me, and just to clarify my personal politics are somewhere to the left of the Dalai Lama. But I have a hard time understanding why he would send this to me. Also, seeing as I live in the UK, what is the point of sending this material to me anyway? Irrespective of my personal beliefs.
Has this happened to anyone else? What would you do about this?
Eventhough it is a difficult view to hold sometimes, I firmly believe in freedom of political expression for everyone; even people like this have a right to say what they want ( you have no idea how dirty it makes me feel to say that) So what can I do?