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.
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.
Good for Brownback. It’s about time we started joining the battle.
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’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?
Very stupid gov.
What’s is all this whining of the little Leftist and her right of “free speech”? The state didn’t incarcerate her for it nor is it likely to. I’m unaware the First Amendment covers boorish behavior.
She was at a school function posting BS about her meeting the governor on school time. She should be punished in some way if she can’t handle the responsibility of participating in school activities.
I cannot believe what FReepers are actually posting! Political speech in a political forum and then some asshole politician pressures a school official to make the gal’s life miserable?
Lucky for you I need to reset the PC because I have several epithets for a lot of posters on this site. Starting with you.
Who gives a rodent’s posterior what this smart-a$$ teenager thinks? Apparently Brownback’s office does. It should have just been ignored and dealt with quietly. His office shouldn’t have been complaining.
Sooo, so much for free speech?
> ... Youth in Government program.
Would that be the Hitler Youth program?
Student government events are very selective and hard to get into. Which means that this girl's presence was at the expense of many of her classmates who couldn't go.
School functions always have a "code of conduct" attached. Students are expected to be respectful and appropriate. They don't have to agree, but they do have to disagree in a respectful and appropriate manner (are we not trying to inculcate maturity in schools?).
This girl tweeted that she told a member of government that he "sucked" to his face at this school-sponsored event. Now, I don't know how many of you think "You suck!" is a respectful and appropriate form of disapproval (but if so, please go back to watching the Jersey Shore and sucking off the government teat... the rest of this discussion is for the adults in the room).
The girl was rightly called on the carpet for her manner of speaking. The student should not have expressed her disapproval in a manner that would put her and her fellow students in a bad light (would you be defending her if she flicked him off and urinated on his foot, too?), and she certainly should not have published that fact in order to draw attention to it.
This has nothing to do with her opinion, and everything to with her choice to voice her opinion in a rude way during a forum where her participation was a privilege in the first place.
That’s so gay.
Both Brownback and the girl, are jerks.