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Meddlesom 6 points ago +6 / -0

The dead cat got more media attention than all the dead people in Virginia did.

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Neogeo 1 point ago +1 / -0

Sure, because it sounds ridiculous and makes for a great headline. The way these work is there's 3rd party groups that just mass mail tens of thousands or more names off of a giant mailing list. They're just blank forms, so these groups are just shoving them out to get as many people registered as they can. People are freaking out over a name on an envelope, not anything official.

I'm not saying don't be watchful, but having a hair trigger over this stuff without looking at the how and why can backfire.