principia-coh: itisdefended: principia-coh: thedailywhat: Follow Up of the Day: An outpouring of support for a Kansas teen who criticized Gov. Sam Brownback on Twitter, only to have the governor’s office call her school and get her in trouble, has led her to recant an earlier promise to send Gov. Brownback an apology letter. 18-year-old Emma Sullivan of Fairway was ordered by Shawnee Mission East High School to write the letter after the governor’s office called the principal to complain about a tweet Sullivan wrote while attending a speech by Gov. Brownback encouraging students to be active in government. Sullivan was in Topeka as part of a Youth in Government program. While she had initially agreed to apologize, a swell of support from strangers, particularly on Twitter, has caused Sullivan to have a change of heart. “I would do it again,” Sullivan says, adding that a “dialogue” about free speech in social media had been “opened up” thanks to her tweet. She isn’t quite sure what will happen when she formally declines to pen the apology letter, but says she’s received several emails from attorneys. Though she won’t apologize, Sullivan would take an opportunity to talk to the governor if presented with one. “I think it would be interesting to have a dialogue with him,” she told the Kansas City Star. “I don’t know if he would do it or not though. And I don’t know that he would listen to what I have to say.” Whatever ends up happening, Sullivan’s mother Julie says she supports her daughter’s actions. “I raised my kids to be independent,  to be strong, to be free thinkers,” she said. “If she wants to tweet her opinion about Gov. Brownback, I say for her to go for it and I stand totally behind her.” [kcstar.] Good for her! I’m all for speaking your mind to government officials. I think it’s brilliant when people do so. But what she said and how she said it just seem ridiculously disrespectful. It’s possible to tell someone that you disagree with their policies and choices without telling them that they “suck,” which is an immature, childish response to disagreeing with someone. And finding out what school the girl attended in order to get her in trouble for something she did outside of the school environment that was in no way a criminal offense was completely out of line. She made a crack to her friends on Twitter, all 65 of them. OH NOES, A TEENAGE GIRL SAID SOMETHING ABOUT ME ON TWITTER. BETTER HAVE MY TAXPAYER-FUNDED STAFF HUNT HER DOWN AND GET HER IN TROUBLE. Funny how Republicans love to spend the public’s money when it’s something they care about. Which in this case seems to be the governor’s ego. I didn’t say that his response was the wisest. But what she did was incredibly disrespectful. It would be disrespectful if she said it to a democrat; it would be disrespectful if she said it to an independent party member. Your hasty generalization of republicans is grossly out of line as well. I would appreciate it if you weren’t as harsh and disgracious. Just because the party this man is with is not one you may share political views with does not mean you can treat him without respect. 

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Follow Up of the Day: An outpouring of support for a Kansas teen who criticized Gov. Sam Brownback on Twitter, only to have the governor’s office call her school and get her in trouble, has led her to recant an earlier promise to send Gov. Brownback an apology letter.

18-year-old Emma Sullivan of Fairway was ordered by Shawnee Mission East High School to write the letter after the governor’s office called the principal to complain about a tweet Sullivan wrote while attending a speech by Gov. Brownback encouraging students to be active in government.

Sullivan was in Topeka as part of a Youth in Government program.

While she had initially agreed to apologize, a swell of support from strangers, particularly on Twitter, has caused Sullivan to have a change of heart. “I would do it again,” Sullivan says, adding that a “dialogue” about free speech in social media had been “opened up” thanks to her tweet.

She isn’t quite sure what will happen when she formally declines to pen the apology letter, but says she’s received several emails from attorneys.

Though she won’t apologize, Sullivan would take an opportunity to talk to the governor if presented with one. “I think it would be interesting to have a dialogue with him,” she told the Kansas City Star. “I don’t know if he would do it or not though. And I don’t know that he would listen to what I have to say.”

Whatever ends up happening, Sullivan’s mother Julie says she supports her daughter’s actions.

“I raised my kids to be independent,  to be strong, to be free thinkers,” she said. “If she wants to tweet her opinion about Gov. Brownback, I say for her to go for it and I stand totally behind her.”

[kcstar.]

Good for her!

I’m all for speaking your mind to government officials. I think it’s brilliant when people do so. But what she said and how she said it just seem ridiculously disrespectful. It’s possible to tell someone that you disagree with their policies and choices without telling them that they “suck,” which is an immature, childish response to disagreeing with someone.

And finding out what school the girl attended in order to get her in trouble for something she did outside of the school environment that was in no way a criminal offense was completely out of line. She made a crack to her friends on Twitter, all 65 of them.

OH NOES, A TEENAGE GIRL SAID SOMETHING ABOUT ME ON TWITTER. BETTER HAVE MY TAXPAYER-FUNDED STAFF HUNT HER DOWN AND GET HER IN TROUBLE.

Funny how Republicans love to spend the public’s money when it’s something they care about. Which in this case seems to be the governor’s ego.

I didn’t say that his response was the wisest. But what she did was incredibly disrespectful. It would be disrespectful if she said it to a democrat; it would be disrespectful if she said it to an independent party member.

Your hasty generalization of republicans is grossly out of line as well. I would appreciate it if you weren’t as harsh and disgracious. Just because the party this man is with is not one you may share political views with does not mean you can treat him without respect. 

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    1. getbackinthewagonwoman reblogged this from sharksareawesome and added:
      Is it really horrible how I knew this was Katy’s school before she said it on Tumblr….
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    3. theresapattern reblogged this from persisting and added:
      Go you kid. Also: wtf. Way to be a child, Brownback.
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      This Governor needs to be thrown out.
    8. itisdefended reblogged this from principia-coh and added:
      I didn’t say that his response was the wisest. But what she did was incredibly disrespectful. It would be disrespectful...
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    11. sallyfredericktudor reblogged this from onenationundergod and added:
      Sorry, but I disagree!! FREE SPEECH IS JUST THAT, FREE! She has a right to say, think, and feel whatever she wants to....
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    17. onenationundergod reblogged this from itisdefended and added:
      I’m sorry but saying someone “blows alot” is not appropriate. You cannot defend immature behavior by saying it’s free...
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      lot of people are supporting this girl because...government vs freedom
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      I have to live here. WTF?
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      Fuck Yeah First Amendment!