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xenity7 on Dec 30, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Enter your address and find out everyone who repre...

Why is it ridiculous that tweeting would be taken seriously?Why would the form of communication matter? Elected representative "should" listen to their constituents by most definitions, and a tweet is just as valid a form of communication as any otherb- and hard to ignore because it is public.

source99 on Dec 30, 2016 [–]

How would an elected official know the tweet actually came from a constituent?

How would they know a yell or a letter came from a constituent?

bluejekyll on Dec 30, 2016 | [–]

A letter at least has a local USPS stamp on which postal office first received it.

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