KU Prof Sends Anti-NRA Tweet, Teabagger State Legislators Become Apoplectic

[LonePirate]

The freedom loving Teabaggers continue to exhibit their scorn for the First Amendment.

More than 100 current and former University of Kansas faculty and staff Wednesday publicly affirmed the free-speech rights of a professor whose tweet against the National Rifle Association sparked a political firestorm and demands from legislators for his firing.

The statement described the tweet last month by David Guth, an associate professor of journalism, as "intemperate" but said the signers support his right to express his ideas. The statement said promoting freedom of expression should be "a core value of any university."

Guth posted the tweet after shootings killed 13 people at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. It said, "The blood is on the hands of the #NRA. Next time, let it be YOUR sons and daughters. Shame on you. May God damn you."

The university placed Guth on paid leave indefinitely, but several Republican leaders of the GOP-dominated Legislature want him fired. Also, Sen. Greg Smith, an Overland Park Republican, has said he won't support budget proposals from the university until Guth is terminated.

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2013/10/02/3035321/kan-academics-worry-over-reaction.html#storylink=cpy