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On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 10:03:36 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

This issue has arisen before but I dropped it.

A friend of mine sends political e-mails to a list of about 30
people. I rarely reply. However, lately some of them have been very
sleazy to my way of thinking so I have decided to "Reply All". He
does not want me to "reply all" but to just send replies to him. The
sleaziness of the latest e-mails has made me decide that "reply All"
is appropriate. He has decided to take me off the list which I think
is his right. However, he has the right but what would you think of
this person? I believe he is not taking responsibility for what he
says and I think he is behaving in a cowardly manner although I have
not said so.
To my way of thinking, his political posts which are kinda leftish are
similar to the person who privately to his friends uses the N word and
acts racist but acts politically correct in public. He is a local
attorney and official in the local Dem party as are some people on his
e-mail list. I believe he is afraid that my replies may cause
political problems for him. I hate to lose a friend over politics
but ..........
What do you think?

He should send his messages as a BCC to everyone on his list if he
wants to prevent "reply all" responses. You have every right to "reply
all" just as he has every right to take you off his list.

If you want to keep getting the emails, then do as he wishes.
Otherwise, you should ASK to be taken off the list if it's such a a
problem for you.