Posted on 11/25/2015 3:34:55 AM PST by bryan999
REVERE, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) -- A local high school cheerleading captain was disciplined after she sent out a tweet about illegal immigrants.
She says it was a political statement, not a racial one. FOX25 spoke with the teen who says she was taking a page from Donald Trump. Caley Godino is a senior at Revere High School and she says part of their homework is to watch these presidential debates and her tweet was simply about a hot button issue in the headlines.
"When only 10 percent of Revere votes for mayor cause the other 90 percent isn't legal," Godino said in the tweet.
She says it was a response to a tweet from her teacher about the low voter turnout for November's mayoral race. Caley says she meant her tweet as a political comment, not a racial one.
But after other students complained, the school stepped in. Revere Superintendent Dianne Kelly says the district believes in freedom of speech, but cannot support what she calls insensitive language.
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And that, in a nutshell is the ENTIRE PROBLEM with Twitter.
One dopey high-school student can make themselves the center of global media attention. Which is NOT a good thing for the world, nor for the student.
“None of the schoolâs business unless she used school equipment to tweet it.”
PERFECTLY STATED!
Dear Dianne (can I call you “Dianne”?)
No one is asking you to support this. Just telling you not to punish it.
We have the Bill of Rights on our side. I know you may find the 1st Amendment inconvienient, but until you and your fellow travellers figure out a way to get rid of it, you need to abide by it.
“isn’t legal” is now a “race”, in the eyes of those who want thought control. Great.
Can't be having American kids criticizing Bathhouse Buckwheat now can we?
The cheerleader is NOT GUILTY by the way.
What? Lookism is a disease. In fact I should get a check from the government for having it. :-)
She should wear a full face bee-keeper Batman suit burka to make our new head-chopping arrivals feel right at home.
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