r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Lock_Psychological • 20d ago

Unskippable ad I keep getting threatening texts

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I get these ALL the time. I’ve never donated to these “people.” Never supported them. Never voted for them. Nor has my wife. I received four of these today. All threats. Always a telling me it’s my last chance. These are some of the less malicious-sounding ones.

I’m not even sure they’re legitimately from those parties, though I wouldn’t put it past them.

So… report as spam. Report as spam. Report as spam.

It isn’t like it’s painful. Just pretty irritating.

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u/Awkward_Pangolin3254 19d ago

I've never voted R. I've never registered R. Every week lately I'm dumping a fistful of conservative propaganda from my mailbox into the recycling. They don't care what you're registered as.

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u/twinoaksBandB 19d ago

I used to have to print that shit. It's insidious, I don't know for sure but I think they target specific neighborhoods and or demographics send their garbage to every address therein.

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u/Awkward_Pangolin3254 19d ago

When it says who it's from—which not all of them do—it's all One Nation PAC. And everything out of them is a bald-faced lie.

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u/twinoaksBandB 19d ago

Not surprising, it's all feelings and lies trying to influence the people who won't take a moment to fact check. The most infuriating thing for me is that pac is only one of many and I can't help but think of how many people those millions of dollars spent could lift out of poverty or how much broken infrastructure could be fixed....