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Sam Brownback Panicks Over Teenaged Tweet

Nov 28, 2011 13:43

The scene: A teenage girl in a high school group called Youth in Government uses her fancy new tweeting phone to exercise her constitutionally-protected right to call a governor a butthead. (Or, to be more specific, to say that he "sucked" and to create the hashtag #heblowsalot.) Her perceptive abilities proved accurate, when said Gov. Sam ( Read more... )

for great justice, sam brownback

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dark_puck November 28 2011, 22:44:02 UTC

Was it Brownback's own doing? I thought it was his office that objected, not him personally.

quizzicalsphinx November 28 2011, 23:07:04 UTC

Even if it wasn't his own doing, he's still had plenty of opportunity to say "w/e, free speech" and apologize for one of his people causing an unnecessary kerfluffle.

celtic_thistle November 28 2011, 22:57:09 UTC

I LOVE that he made such a complete prick of himself over this. His views are terrifying and I'm glad the girl didn't back down or cave. Good for her.

rkt November 28 2011, 23:01:42 UTC

i don't think it's creepy for a politician to have a team monitoring mentions. that makes sense. however, i do think this response is beyond ridiculous and vile.

beuk November 28 2011, 23:03:54 UTC

This is pretty much the worst write up on the matter I've read.

The tweet was an in-joke.
A politician monitoring social media mentions is pretty much standard.
Seems like a staffer freaked out about it when it should have been treated like the non-issue it was.
Now everyone except for Emma has to lose face. I bet Brownback isn't very pleased with said staffer.

Things I'm not doing in this comment:
defending Gov. Brownback in any way. He probably does blow a lot.
defending the school's actions. That principal sounds like a jerk and reportedly called Emma an embarrassment. Not cool.
objecting to the tweet Emma sent. She can do what she wants, as long as it's legal, which this is.

purepulp November 28 2011, 23:45:20 UTC

LOL I like your "Things I'm not doing in this comment" bit. A vague disclaimer is nobody's friend.

coyotesuspect November 29 2011, 17:28:12 UTC

A politician monitoring social media mentions is pretty much standard.

This. Brownback's views are seriously reprehensible, but this definitely seems more like a staffer on a power trip than anything else.

danceprincess20 November 28 2011, 23:15:53 UTC

Good for her for refusing to write that apology her principal demanded.