FARK.com: (6768864) Teenage girl who tweeted a criticism of Kansas Governor and then refused to apologize after pressure from the Governor and her school ends up getting over 6000 followers a day later. Welcome to the internet, Gov. #blowsalot

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AverageAmericanGuy

2011-11-28 08:38:25 AM

She's cute.

david_gaithersburg

2011-11-28 08:39:37 AM

I want to know why the governor was following the tweets of a teenage girl?

Barricaded Gunman

2011-11-28 08:40:54 AM

Ha, ha... 18 year old Emma Sullivan hung a stink on that jerkass Brownback that's not going away any time soon. Way to pick your targets, there, tough guy.

Balchinian

2011-11-28 08:41:02 AM

david_gaithersburg: I want to know why the governor was following the tweets of a teenage girl?

No you don't. You really don't.

Arcturus72

2011-11-28 08:41:07 AM

Meh... Fark the Governor... Make HIM re-read the Constitution...

Freedom of speach and all that yappity yap... She should not have to apologize.

AverageAmericanGuy

2011-11-28 08:41:15 AM

david_gaithersburg: I want to know why the governor was following the tweets of a teenage girl?

She "sent" him a tweet. Those will show up in your feed if you have it set up to show all @mentions.

RockofAges

2011-11-28 08:41:41 AM

Good for her -- lots of chutzpah for a girl so young! You know that the authoritarian network is almost complete when the system tries to shut down an 18 yo student for voicing her opinion of a politician on Twitter.

BarbadoSlim

2011-11-28 08:42:43 AM

Is this the Republican Governor of Kansas that is allegedly into hardcore gay porn?

Mambo Bananapatch

2011-11-28 08:42:50 AM

I've never understood the point of demanding an apology. Everybody knows a forced apology has no meaning or value.

This governor sounds like a waste of skin.

skinink

2011-11-28 08:43:54 AM

Soon we'll see the Kansas Governor give a non-apology apology over this. Why couldn't the gov have contacted the girl to find out why she disagreed with him then just try to win her over? Would have been better publicity.

Malicious Bastard

2011-11-28 08:44:50 AM

Mambo Bananapatch: I've never understood the point of demanding an apology. Everybody knows a forced apology has no meaning or value.

It provides an example to others that, if they step out of line, they will be shamed and forced to show obeisance.

Mambo Bananapatch

2011-11-28 08:45:04 AM

Hoo! What a fox.

InfrasonicTom

2011-11-28 08:45:21 AM

Dear Gov. Brownback:

I am sorry you are an overjesusified asshole politipuppet.

david_gaithersburg

2011-11-28 08:45:59 AM

When will people learn. Anyone over the age of two should not be bothering with Twitter.

jiaxiaobo

2011-11-28 08:46:23 AM

One of these people is behaving like a teenage girl.

And the other is Emma Sullivan.... *ba-da-bum crish*

Flakeloaf

2011-11-28 08:46:58 AM

Walker

2011-11-28 08:47:06 AM

Ah, crazy old Brownback. He lived in what was zoned as a "church" in DC. He and his fellow religious nut Senator roommates caressed and washed each other's feet every night as they figured out ways to stop those "horrible gays".

Frizbone

2011-11-28 08:47:12 AM

Topeka, Kansas...home of Shirley Phelps-Roper and the Westboro Baptist Church. That is what reminds me of Topeka.

LL316

2011-11-28 08:47:24 AM

RockofAges: Good for her -- lots of chutzpah for a girl so young! You know that the authoritarian network is almost complete when the system tries to shut down an 18 yo student for voicing her opinion of a politician on Twitter.

What's so chutzpah about tweeting something? Wow, she can type some words. Way to go! Douchebags all around. Especially her parents. If she had said the same exact thing about some random classmate, I bet they'd make her apologize.

TheStag

2011-11-28 08:47:30 AM

Just another illustration of how out of touch all politicians are; convinced they have absolute power and that anyone who doesn't bow down to them should be punished.

\You know who else didn't like negative tweets about him?
\\Zombie Hitler

Minimally Hairy Beer-Powered Simian

2011-11-28 08:49:14 AM

david_gaithersburg: I want to know why the governor was following the ~~tweets~~ tits of a teenage girl?

I believe someone was misquoted.

Shakespeare's Monkey

2011-11-28 08:49:22 AM

Barricaded Gunman: Ha, ha... 18 year old Emma Sullivan hung a stink on that jerkass Brownback that's not going away any time soon. Way to pick your targets, there, tough guy.

www.trolleydodger.com

Molavian

2011-11-28 08:50:20 AM

david_gaithersburg: I want to know why the governor was following the tweets of a teenage girl?

Well, he's a Republican, so he's into anonymous sex with dudes.

/NTTAWTT

Deathfrogg

2011-11-28 08:51:07 AM

This Brownback character is a hard core Tea Party brownshirt. He's an imbicile and a lapdog of the Koch Bros and the John Birch Society. fark this prick. He can eat shiat.

The My Little Pony Killer

2011-11-28 08:51:23 AM

I love the idjit in the comment section who is complaining that her critique wasn't constructive enough i.e. didn't say exactly why Gov#heblowsalot blows a lot.

Hey, Lisa H.- If you'd been paying the slightest bit of attention as to why this teenage girl's tweet is getting so much attention, you would clearly see that Gov#heblowsalot provides the details of the critique himself. He does it much more clearly and beautifully than the 140-character limit on twitter ever could.

/found her tweet
//re-tweeted it
///twat

The Crepes of Wrath

2011-11-28 08:51:57 AM

18 years old, and she already has more balls (figuratively, I hope) than every celebrity or politician who issues a retraction after saying what's on their mind. Kudos.

Splinshints

2011-11-28 08:52:18 AM

LL316: What's so chutzpah about tweeting something? Wow, she can type some words. Way to go! Douchebags all around.

Oh, the delicious, sweet irony of your stupidity.

BishopHatto

2011-11-28 08:53:29 AM

I demand you not to have an unfavorable opinion of me.

Alonjar

2011-11-28 08:54:08 AM

LL316: .
What's so chutzpah about tweeting something? Wow, she can type some words. Way to go! Douchebags all around. Especially her parents. If she had said the same exact thing about some random classmate, I bet they'd make her apologize.

You must have had some really, really lame parents growing up.

bwilson27

2011-11-28 08:54:12 AM

s2s2s2

2011-11-28 08:54:13 AM

but does SHE blowalot?

D-D-D-Dave

2011-11-28 08:54:17 AM

BarbadoSlim: Is this the Republican Governor of Kansas that is allegedly into hardcore gay porn?

You say that like it narrows it down.

timswar

2011-11-28 08:56:32 AM

This teenage girl A: recognized the obvious hypocrisy of a forced apology, B: obviously understands how the Internet works, and C: seems to know how to control her message and divert attention towards a cause she prefers.

In other words, Governor you should fire your Director of Communication and hire this teenage girl because she would obviously do a better job.

s2s2s2

2011-11-28 08:56:41 AM

D-D-D-Dave: BarbadoSlim: Is this the Republican Governor of Kansas that is allegedly into hardcore gay porn?

You say that like it narrows it down.

How many Governors of Kansas can there be at one time?

rebelyell2006

2011-11-28 08:57:14 AM

LL316: RockofAges: Good for her -- lots of chutzpah for a girl so young! You know that the authoritarian network is almost complete when the system tries to shut down an 18 yo student for voicing her opinion of a politician on Twitter.

What's so chutzpah about tweeting something? Wow, she can type some words. Way to go! Douchebags all around. Especially her parents. If she had said the same exact thing about some random classmate, I bet they'd make her apologize.

There's a world of a difference between parents telling their kid to shut up and apologize, and a governor telling a kid to shut up and apologize. But you are probably a third-generation guided troll so it wouldn't matter what I say.

Theeng

2011-11-28 08:57:31 AM

Hmmm, so I can throw ad hominems around, and if I get called out on my shiat I can ask for "meaningful dialogue".

LL316: RockofAges: Good for her -- lots of chutzpah for a girl so young! You know that the authoritarian network is almost complete when the system tries to shut down an 18 yo student for voicing her opinion of a politician on Twitter.

What's so chutzpah about tweeting something? Wow, she can type some words. Way to go! Douchebags all around. Especially her parents. If she had said the same exact thing about some random classmate, I bet they'd make her apologize.

This, it's just douchebaggery on all sides. This isn't David v. Goliath, it's just a girl talking shiat on the internet and a dumbass paid attention to her.

Serious Black

2011-11-28 08:57:34 AM

Governor Brownback, may I introduce you to the Streisand Effect?

author1701

2011-11-28 08:57:40 AM

Dear Governor Blowback,

Suck it.

Sincerely,

21st century social media

smitty04

2011-11-28 08:58:09 AM

getting over 6000 followers a day later. Welcome to the internet

6000 is only a small fraction of the people on the internet with nothing to do.

SweetSilverBlues

2011-11-28 08:58:42 AM

Sir, sir! An eighteen year old is being mean to you on the internet!

Shut

Down

EVERYTHING

special20

2011-11-28 08:58:47 AM

Anybody else note the Dickensian name that Brownback has? And... he's trying to stop the gays... with his ass, most likely... and thus we know why his back is in fact - brown.

/no, I won't apologize

Scoot951

2011-11-28 08:58:50 AM

Mambo Bananapatch: I've never understood the point of demanding an apology. Everybody knows a forced apology has no meaning or value.

This governor sounds like a waste of skin.

It works when you can prove that someone was wrong about something, and actually get them to admit being wrong. But yea, just saying "cause you made me feel bad :( " doesn't really cut it.

jayhawk88

2011-11-28 08:59:09 AM

The funny part is that she's a poser; she admitted that she didn't really say anything to Brownback and it was just talking among her friends.

Not that this doesn't make the girl less awesome for standing her ground and refusing to apologize, it just makes the Brownback camp seem that much more ridiculous.

Alonjar

2011-11-28 08:59:16 AM

The Crepes of Wrath: 18 years old, and she already has more balls (figuratively, I hope) than every celebrity or politician who issues a retraction after saying what's on their mind. Kudos.

I fail to see how you can compare a basically unkown child who has nothing to lose to someones who's entire career depends on public image.

/And shes ugly compared to boxxy, whoever posted the comparison image.

CygnusDarius

2011-11-28 08:59:41 AM

Wait, she's 18?.

*game face*

Korb

2011-11-28 09:00:14 AM

AverageAmericanGuy: david_gaithersburg: I want to know why the governor was following the tweets of a teenage girl?

She "sent" him a tweet. Those will show up in your feed if you have it set up to show all @mentions.

Only she didn't send it to him. Gov. Butthurt there has staff that watches Twitter for his name.

arte1953

2011-11-28 09:01:08 AM

Are folks hanging any other tags on Brownback that are worth mentioning?

/#blowback comes to mind
//so does #backfire

ThisIsntMe

2011-11-28 09:01:09 AM

AverageAmericanGuy: david_gaithersburg: I want to know why the governor was following the tweets of a teenage girl?

She "sent" him a tweet. Those will show up in your feed if you have it set up to show all @mentions.

Know how I know you DNRTFA?

Long and short.
Kid is goofing off during a school sponsored visit, and tweets a joke.
Governor has a Director of Communication, Sherriene Jones-Sontag, that monitors tweets with Governor #hesucks name in them.
Said DOC contacts group sponsoring ~~snowflakes~~ independant and funny young woman's school trip.
Group sponsoring visit contacts school principal.
School Principal A$$hat then requires a written apology to Governor #hesucks.
Story goes viral.
Cute chick pick means, well I picked her side as well.

/A whole chain of fail.
//Governor sucks
//Cute chick with sense of humor wins

Larry Mahnken

2011-11-28 09:01:16 AM

I thought the descent was the highest form of patriotic or something...

X-boxershorts

2011-11-28 09:02:20 AM

FTFA-Comments section - Lisa H

this comes across as some kid giving the establishment the bird because, well, ~~it's cool~~ this is America and she is free to do so.

I feel better now.

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