Gov. Sam Brownbeck (R-What’s the Matter With Kansas?) is Against Free Speech
November 25, 2011 at 1:06 PM Leave a comment
Is freedom of speech dead in Kansas? I ask because Governor Sam Brownback (R) sicked the authorities on a high school girl who sent a tweet he didn’t like. Yes, unfortunately, you did read that right:
A Kansas teenager got in some trouble with her school for comments she posted on her Twitter account — in which she claimed to have trashed Gov. Sam Brownback (R) to his face during a field trip.
Emma Sullivan, an 18-year old high school senior, was at an event in Topeka this past Monday for Kansas Youth in Government, which was addressed by Brownback. During the event, Sullivan posted to her Twitter account:
Just made mean comments at gov brownback and told him he sucked, in person #heblowsalotBut as it turns out, Brownback’s office watches Twitter for comments about him. Brownback spokeswoman Sherriene Jones-Sontag told the event organizers about the comment, “so that they were aware what their students were saying in regards to the governor’s appearance,” the Wichita Eagle reports, also adding: “We monitor social media so we can see what Kansans are thinking and saying about the governor and his policies.”
Brownback’s office flagged the tweet to the event organizers, who in turn passed the complaint on to Sullivan’s school. This got her called to the principal’s office.
Is Brownback so insecure he’s willing to trample a high school senior’s First Amendment rights in order to intimidate people into only saying nice things about him? Apparently so.
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