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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clintons Campaign Turns Over Email List To DNC [View all]thesquanderer
(12,018 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 17, 2017, 12:02 PM - Edit history (1)
Well sure, we want to reach out to Independents. I think the gray area here is what the voter who signed up wants.
This is kind of related to all the privacy issues, people selling lists to other other people who they didn't necessarily agree to give their info to. So I can see both sides of this.
If you contributed to Hillary and signed up to be on her list (and *especially* if you did so after the primary was over), I think it is reasonable to assume that you may also end up on some other Democratic email list.
OTOH, if you signed up to be on Bernie's list, well yes, many of these people are Dems, but as pointed out, many probably were not, and may not have intended to authorize giving their info to the Dem party (even though BS was running as a Dem nominee).
I guess on one hand, nobody should expect any info to remain in one place anymore... you give out your info, it can end up anywhere. OTOH, though, there is still a question about whether or not that is a good thing. Those of us who have concerns about that shouldn't necessarily knee-jerk approve the sharing of info when it happens to be to our benefit.
I'm not suggesting that BS should or should not share his list, I'm just pointing out that I can see where it's not an obvious easy decision, and deserves some consideration.