School Trustee Tangled in Web (Freeper Under Attack)

The Daily Freeman ^ | Sunday, July 31, 2005 | William J. Kemble

[kristinn]

Welcome to politics.

[IronJack]

Now if this particular FReeper were posing suggestions for anal lube on a homo website, or organizing an illegal traffic-stop "demonstration" against the war, the authorities would be conducting the same level of "investigation," right? Because those activities don't fall under the right to free speech either?

[Prime Choice]

Geez...if this had happened to a Liberal, the ACLU would be all over the case, screaming "invasion of privacy"!

I don't get it. Why does having an opinion make Kevin Post less qualified?

Criminy...the dopes behind this smear campaign are of the same caliber of idiots who wanted General George Patton relieved of command because his language was coarse. Nevermind that he did his job and did it well!

[dila813]

A DU Troll emailed your posts to these people.

[TheSpottedOwl]

A DU Troll emailed your posts to these people.

Really? I was just going to ask who narc'd him out.

[Petronski]

"This evening we FReeped the dykes - women? - in black again."

"Seemingly homophobic?" He doesn't seem afraid of them at all. Acerbically contemptuous, perhaps, but not afraid.

[kristinn]

Public comments on a message board are fair game. Politicians are held accountable for their comments all the time.

[Khepera]

Is the subject of this post still with us?

[em2vn]

"I hope he realizes his own personal views can't color his decisions on what the school district has to and should do," Hughes said."
Just why is that? I would imagine that one reason to get elected is to make decisions based on one's personal views.

[evad]

"Seemingly homophobic?" He doesn't seem afraid of them at all...

apparently homophobic refers to more than fear.

"irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals"

[kristinn]

Good point. This is an elected, not appointed position.

[dila813]

I think we need to ask our system admin to allow a flag that would make a new post only be to registered freeps. Maybe with a member since cut-off.

This would reduce this activity of lurking trolls.

Another cool feature would be to have the ability upon request to admin to turn off your historical posts and replies along with your user post history except for registered freeps that were members for xxx weeks/months.

[Petronski]

I can't accept that.

A phobia is a persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid it, despite the awareness and reassurance that it is not dangerous.

Arachnophobia, for comparison, is not "irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against" spiders. The "discrimination" add-on is too politically correct for me. Plus, if one knows anything at all about Greek, the "discrimination" add-on is also demonstrably false....a politically-motivated lie.

[Txsleuth]

I didn't see anything in those posts, that should warrant this kind of backlash...

I hope he is still with us...he sounds like a terrific freeper!!!

[Abcdefg]

phobia means fear, nothing else.

[politicalwit]

"I think we need to ask our system admin to allow a flag that would make a new post only be to registered freeps."

I wasn't aware a "guest" could post without first registering. Is this a new policy?

[austinmark]

""This is not the type of opinion, belief or core belief that I think the majority of the board has, so I don't believe that anybody has anything to worry about," Sheehan said. "We've had board members in the past that have provided some distraction, entertainment, so it is what it is. People who choose their elected officials have the right to do so, and they have the right to decide whether that's somebody they agree with or that's somebody they don't agree with."

Then school board President Kevin Sheehan added ..... " as long as THEY are someone who fits the Hyde Park School Trustee "mold" and isn't a FReeper !."

[Lancey Howard]

Public comments on a message board are fair game. Politicians are held accountable for their comments all the time.

Yeah, but how was it determined that kphockey2 is definitely Kevin Post? Granted, the posts themselves and the "kp" in the screen name are big clues, but is there some way for an outside party to definitvely identify a freeper's real name?

[DumpsterDiver]

Is the subject of this post still with us?

Yep, he is still with us.