Monday, November 28, 2011
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.] I know a lot of people are supporting this girl because her situation kind of represents the government vs freedom of speech conflict that people are up in arms about right now, and I definitely don’t think she should be forced to give the governor an a apology, but I still think she’s kind of a mouth breathing idiot. She “made mean comments at” him, guys. 

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.]

I know a lot of people are supporting this girl because her situation kind of represents the government vs freedom of speech conflict that people are up in arms about right now, and I definitely don’t think she should be forced to give the governor an a apology, but I still think she’s kind of a mouth breathing idiot.

She “made mean comments at” him, guys. 

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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….
  2. lordpotterofthetardis reblogged this from ellierratic
  3. theresapattern reblogged this from persisting and added:
    Go you kid. Also: wtf. Way to be a child, Brownback.
  4. theplacewhereilove-you reblogged this from br0sephk0ny
  5. shardsofcare reblogged this from thedailywhat
  6. epicleicaness reblogged this from thedailywhat
  7. dotcomslashpost reblogged this from tomsellecksbootyshorts and added:
    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...
  9. tomsellecksbootyshorts reblogged this from felixfirecrotchwalken
  10. niallhasnandoshoran reblogged this from gaelilove
  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....
  12. carlietiffaniex reblogged this from miss-no
  13. miss-no reblogged this from felixfirecrotchwalken
  14. felixfirecrotchwalken reblogged this from mistressneko
  15. mistressneko reblogged this from marleymagaziner
  16. dameswithspades reblogged this from riningear
  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...
  18. frostneko reblogged this from thedailywhat
  19. ricinbeanz reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    lot of people are supporting this girl because...government vs freedom
  20. findingreed reblogged this from thedailywhat
  21. geekmystic reblogged this from gypsyblue and added:
    I have to live here. WTF?
  22. mischiefmanaged97 reblogged this from tommilsom
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  24. ohsnappfinn reblogged this from bobsroadhouse and added:
    Fuck Yeah First Amendment!