I keep getting e-mails from people concerned about a soda tax, and it’s creeping me out. Like, once every couple weeks, I get an e-mail — always a different person — saying something like, “Can you believe these people are talking about making a soda tax!” And there’s a link to some new story mentioning a soda tax. And I thought it was a legitimate concerned reader the first time, but not after the second time. Because no one ever e-mails me about serious issues, and am I to really to believe out of all the issues out there concerning conservatives, I’m going to keep getting e-mails from readers about a soda tax?
Obviously, this is astroturf, and that creeps me out for some reason. More so than a possible soda tax. As I’ve said, it’s always a different person (or claims to be a different person), but I’ve noticed a pattern. The e-mail is always of the form [firstname].[lastname][possible number]@gmail.com. I don’t know how knowing that pattern helps me — or what I’m event trying to do about this that I need help towards — but finding patterns makes me feel like a detective.
Stop astroturfing me, Big Soda! And bring back the real sugar version of Mountain Dew.