Mad Gastronomer

A Kansas teenager who wrote a disparaging tweet about Gov. Sam Brownback said Sunday that she is rejecting her high school principal’s demand for a written apology.

deliciouskaek:

nonplussedbyreligion:

abaldwin360:

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH | Associated Press

Emma Sullivan, 18, of the Kansas City suburb of Fairway, said she isn’t sorry and doesn’t think such a letter would be sincere.

The Shawnee Mission East senior was taking part in a Youth in Government program last week in Topeka, Kan., when she sent out a tweet from the back of a crowd of students listening to Brownback’s greeting. From her cellphone, she thumbed: “Just made mean comments at gov. brownback and told him he sucked, in person (hash)heblowsalot.”

She actually made no such comment and said she was “just joking with friends.” But Brownback’s office, which monitors social media for postings containing the governor’s name, saw Sullivan’s post and contacted the Youth in Government program.

Sullivan received a scolding at school and was ordered to send Brownback an apology letter. She said Prinicipal Karl R. Krawitz even suggested talking points for the letter she was supposed to turn in Monday.

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Her principal should be reprimanded for trying to force her to apologize, someone’s opinion of a politician is none of the schools fucking business.

Are you kidding me?  How is the Principal even still employed?  Censorship at this level is very telling.  ~ Kim

I was reading this on FB earlier, and couldn’t even comprehend the fact that anyone would expect her to apologize for having an opinion. 

So glad she decided not to write it. Neither the principal nor the governor has any right to demand it of her.

(via karnythia)