As much as I despise narcissists and their never ending need to post every second of their lives on social media, in this particular case I would side with the federal appeals court opinion that she could not be punished as her message was posted off-campus. Besides, she posted only a profane venting, not directing her profanity at the school or anyone associated with it.
Uncle Joe's administration by the way sides with the school district in that she should be held accountable for her conduct regardless of it being off-campus.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/supreme-c...135542855.html
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When a ninth grader at a Pennsylvania high school discovered one Saturday that she didn't make the varsity cheerleading team and would remain on the junior varsity squad, she lashed out the way her peers often do — on social media.
What happened next is the subject of a case the Supreme Court will hear Wednesday involving the free speech rights of students nationwide.
Brandi Levy responded to the rejection by taking a photo of herself and a friend at a convenience store with their middle fingers raised. She repeatedly used a vulgar four-letter verb to write, "f--- school f--- softball f--- cheer f--- everything." She posted that message on Snapchat to 250 friends and assumed it would vanish, like any post on that site, within 24 hours.
"I wasn't really thinking about it when I was making it. I was just upset at everything," she said in an interview. "I just wanted to blow off steam."
But another student found out about the message, took a screenshot and showed it to her mother, who happened to be one of the school's two cheerleading coaches. Brandi was suspended from the junior varsity team for her entire sophomore year.
She and her parents sued, and a federal appeals court ruled that because her message was posted off campus, she was beyond the reach of school authorities and for that reason could not be punished.
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