Screeds

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How do you respond to a coworker who forwards a political rant full of hate and fear, intended to deter you from voting for a particular candidate? I told him "This is not appropriate for interoffice mail," and I don't want to get dragged into a protracted argument of refuting his points. He and I do not share an outlook at all. I don't want to rat him out to Human Resources, because I suspect he's already in danger of being let go, and other than disagreeing with him politically I have no problem with him as a coworker.

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[ramblingmom.livejournal.com]

When I first read this I figured I'd likely ignore it if I were you. Perhaps there has been something in your history that makes him feel comfortable discussing politics with you. After reading the comments I had a second thought and IF this was the "Obama radical muslim" crapola, then I'd at least send the snopes.com response.

So I guess if he's spouting political opinions that you disagree with then you can ignore if (unless you want to make a fuss - inappropriate use of email and all) but if he's spreading malicious lies, then you might consider correcting him. (For all the good it might do -- my SIL sends me no end of terribly important information that I need to know -- and when I send her the links to snopes.com I don't believe she ever sends a message to all the people she's forwarded the crap to saying "Uh I was wrong"