Used to just tweet frustration about campus speaker bans till last fall

I would vent on Twitter for maybe 5 minutes and get zero traction. After the Charles Murray thing at Middlebury in 2017, I started writing actual letters to my state representative with specific dates and names of banned speakers, and got a reply from his office within 2 weeks. Has anyone else tried contacting local officials instead of just posting online?

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baker.ben4d ago

Got a reply from his office within 2 weeks" - what exactly did the reply say?

cameron6844d ago

Yeah, thats actually what I was wondering too. I mean, I got a reply once from a different politicians office and it was just a generic form letter saying "thank you for your input." It felt kinda hollow. Idk, maybe some offices really do take the time to write personal responses, but most of the time it just seems like a box they check off. It would be nice to know if you actually got something with more substance.