FEC listings are public records, but audiences and context matter a lot. I've struggled to find a balance with this, calling attention to tech companies' political giving by citing FEC materials that contain employee names and (sometimes) home addresses. It's tricky.
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I think Joaquin Castro crossed a line. I'm cool with calling out donors who are public figures, or very well known. Listing random people in a tweet that's going to be seen by a big audience, even when you can get that same list easily by searching the FEC site, is icky.
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You don't want to punish people for participating in our political system, whether that's as donors, volunteers, candidates or staff. This is another example of those semi-private spaces I'm always going on about. You can find the names, but they shouldn't be shouted out loud.
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Huh. So you don't think Eich should have been called out for his financial support of stripping civil rights from gay people?
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He's a public figure and I'm fine with it.
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