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    • By Hampton Stevens - Special to The Washington Times

    Thursday, December 1, 2011

    • Associated Press photographs Fairway, Kan., high school senior Emma Sullivan displays the text of a tweet she sent after listening to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (above) speak to a group of students last week. After posting the tweet, Emma was called into the principal's office and ordered to write an apology to Mr. Brownback, but instead he offered an apology for his staff's reaction to the tweet.

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    Emma Sullivan initially professed “shock” that the governor’s office would even care enough about her tweet to react like it did. And, really, in this cultural environment, can you blame her?

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