Posted on 11/25/2011 7:26:01 PM PST by peggybac
A Kansas teenager is in trouble after mocking Gov. Sam Brownback during a mock legislative assembly for high school students.
Emma Sullivan, a senior at Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, was in Topeka on Monday as part of Kansas Youth in Government, a program for students interested in politics and government.
During the session, in which Brownback addressed the group, Sullivan posted on her personal Twitter page:
“Just made mean comments at gov brownback and told him he sucked, in person #heblowsalot”
On Tuesday, Sullivan was called to her principal’s office and told that the tweet had been flagged by someone on Brownback’s staff and reported to organizers of the Youth in Government program.
The principal “laid into me about how this was unacceptable and an embarrassment,” Sullivan said. “He said I had created this huge controversy and everyone was up in arms about it … and now he had to do damage control.
(Excerpt) Read more at kansas.com ...
Posters are hammering Brownback but none seem to care about the behavior and language of this teenager. Had I done such a thing, my parents would have made me apologize to Brownback and the school, then I would have been grounded for weeks. Am I so behind-the-times that behavior like this is acceptable behavior and no one bats an eye?
Probably a candidate to join Young Democrats of KS; KS never elects Democrat senators but they do governors.
I happened to see that the comments are all over DU. Stupid kid picked it up there I ‘m sure. She is going to reap the consequences.
Nice to know that the State of Kansas has the resources to allow state employees to monitor the social media postings of high school girls.
Alright, I’ve not read the whole thing yet - must go - but how is she in trouble for a “tweet” (what stupid lingo...)? Did she ACTUALLY do what she twitted? Or is this seriously just electronic?
The teen is an idiot, but making a big deal out of her tweet is even bigger idiocy.
I agree
Good for Brownback. It’s about time we started joining the battle.
I also find it frightening that several freepers thinks it's ok for a public official to get a school girl in trouble for her opinion & free speech.
Ah, a future Democrat candidate for president..........
“She is a registered Democrat”
No! Who would have guessed!!!!
Even if she told him “you suck” to his face, who cares? She has an opinion, he is an elected official. Is he supposed to be protected from the opinions of teenagers? What kind of wussy people are we that we can’t hear an insult from a moron without going and making a big deal about it?
I assumed all politicians monitored electronic media, am I being naive here? I think what upsets me the most is the lack of manners this gal had and how many believe this behavior is OK. Yes, she has every right to say or write what she thinks, I’m just baffled how most people think this rudeness and language is alright. Brownback’s Facebook page is being bombarded with the rudest comments - so tacky.
I’m not crazy about former Senator Switchback and I’m not a teen or a democrat. Will Kansas come after me if I tweet about it?
“I assumed all politicians monitored electronic media, am I being naive here?”
Probably not now. A year ago I would think most Republicans would ask “What is the Electronic Media?”
“I think what upsets me the most is the lack of manners this gal had and how many believe this behavior is OK. Yes, she has every right to say or write what she thinks, I’m just baffled how most people think this rudeness and language is alright. Brownback’s Facebook page is being bombarded with the rudest comments - so tacky”
Agree...that’s why we need to start calling this out. We need to show the hate that left-wing parents are instilling on their kids. And show it every time.
Very stupid gov.
I’d love to leave comments on Facebook but she doesn’t live far from me and I’d probably have my house egged, or worse!
Very stupid snotty ill-mannered kid and very poor parents.
You’d make a good KS newspaper editor. They’re all RATS who hate Brownback, too.
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