From Daily Mail (UK):
An 18-year-old high school senior was scolded by her principal after she criticised her state governor in a tweet.
Emma Sullivan, of Fairway, Kansas, was reprimanded by the head of The Shawnee Mission East High School.
She was summoned to the principal’s office and was ordered to apologise to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback.
Emma posted the tweet during a field trip to the state Capitol.
After meeting Mr Brownback, Emma tweeted: ‘Just made mean comments at gov brownback and told him he sucked, in person #heblowsalot.’
Mr Brownback’s office contacted the school and complained about the tweet.
The following day Emma wound up in the principal’s office, NBC Action News reports.
She said: ‘He laid into me about how this was unacceptable and an embarrassment.
‘He said I had created this huge controversy and everyone was up in arms about it … and now he had to do damage control.’
She said she was told to write a formal apology to the governor, which so far she hasn’t done.
Emma said: ‘I don’t agree with a majority of the things that he is trying to pass.
‘I believe that it is my right to state my opinion.’
The school’s principal said: ‘This is not about political views since none were given in the tweet – it’s about being respectful with a public official whether we agree or disagree with their viewpoints.’
Read more here. This is exactly wrong. We all have the absolute right to be totally disrespectful to any elected official. That a Governor, like Brownback, should miss this point is completely disheartening.
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