"Thank you for your thoughts on this matter, I didn't read them. Here is a boilerplate statement espousing all the great things about this bill that you specifically criticized in your message to me. Please don't reach out again."
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"Email your senator" is just about the most pointless waste of time aside from watching paint dry. Every time I've done it, I get a canned response that clearly shows nobody read it, just a robot that scans for keywords and generates a response based on that. "Let me tell you why all the things you are upset about are actually good things, and remember to vote for me!"
I wouldn't call it entirely pointless. I'd describe it as one of the easiest ways to be involved with politics, along with voting. It's very low commitment, and a low level of escalation/results. I highly recommend doing some training on union organizing, even if you aren't interested in organizing a union. The tradeoff between commitment and escalation is very important when determining what actions to take in all forms of organizing, including political organizing
It certainly feels entirely pointless, even more pointless than voting. It's not really being involved with politics because it doesn't really change anything. It's like writing letters to Santa Claus, except Santa is polite enough not to write back "Fuck you I won't do what you tell me."
If you really care about climate change, you should firebomb a coal power plant or take a claw hammer to a private jet. That will be far more effective and fun than writing a senator who could not give two shits what you think.
Ok I firebombed a power plant but now the warden says I'm not allowed to call my senator (or anyone else) and two thirds of the public associates climate activism with terrorism, what next?
Break out. Do it again.