ladyliberal
Progressive Princess
- Aug 5, 2011
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Are the people abusing the original poster disputing the facts of the ThinkProgress story? The story links to a similar one from the Orlando Sentinel, so I see no reason to disbelieve the essential facts of the incident.
This seems incredibly foolish behavior on the part of the Webster staff. They basically took a document that they should have realized embarrassed them, not the protesters, and then distributed it to the media.
Even if the media figures were sympathetic, it's not clear that the questions are very helpful to Webster. Is someone going to report that a protester is associated with the infamous (sarcastic) Wade Rethke? How many protesters could possibly answer yes to the question, "Were you ever the Florida State Director for ACORN?" Would anyone really be surprised if someone protesting Webster admitted that they had worked on the campaign of Barak [SIC] Obama?
This seems incredibly foolish behavior on the part of the Webster staff. They basically took a document that they should have realized embarrassed them, not the protesters, and then distributed it to the media.
Even if the media figures were sympathetic, it's not clear that the questions are very helpful to Webster. Is someone going to report that a protester is associated with the infamous (sarcastic) Wade Rethke? How many protesters could possibly answer yes to the question, "Were you ever the Florida State Director for ACORN?" Would anyone really be surprised if someone protesting Webster admitted that they had worked on the campaign of Barak [SIC] Obama?