: I'm always very outspoken, usually to the dismay of some, but hardly ever myself. Well, I think I may have crossed the activism line....I'm a secretary for our local concert choir. As such, I have forty-some e-mail addresses in my records. We have a local judge who made an atrocious ruling against a young breastfeeding mom and placed her 5 month old baby in dad's care, who admittedly DUMPS her breastmilk and gives her formula. Every week from 6 pm on Mon until 6 pm on Thurs, the baby must live with dad, as well as one weekend a month. It was an awful ruling, despite several expert witnesses testifying to the detrimental effects resulting. Well, the VP of our choir is constantly sending out political e-mails. Tonight I received one that was in support of this judge, simply because he's approved "right to life." I'd had it, and in a moment of upheaval, I sent out a copy of a recent newspaper article outlining the case and my personal beliefs against this judge... *blush* including to my choir members.
Now I know that this is out of line given my (voluntary) position of authority for the choir. But I was ticked to receive that e-mail. I should have kept it between that VP and myself...not everyone else. I've already received one searing e-mail back, and another person immediately sent me several spam political e-mails obviously opposed to my views.
I'm dreading tomorrow. I know my inbox will be filled with several nasty e-mails...and I don't blame them. How do I take this perpetual foot out of my mouth? I don't regret what I said...but it wasn't the right forum to spread the word on. It was kind of an abuse of my power to have those e-mail addresses. I'm also fairly young compared to everyone else in the choir...by a good twenty years. As such, I tend to get pushed around a lot more.
Anyone else make an activism oops and (almost) immediately regret it?
