An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings
Commenter Arrested
I read about this yesterday, but failed to post the links and such.
Teacher arrested in Web posting
But Owen Robinson, a West Bend resident and administrator of bootsandsabers.com - a collection of news and conservative commentary where the message was posted at 6:50 p.m. Nov. 16 - said Friday that it seemed that “Observer” was “posing as a conservative, right-wing whack job to discredit” the Web site’s discussion of teachers’ salaries.
Robinson also criticized Buss’ arrest as an overreaction.
“The comments were not a direct threat to teachers,” he said. “This is free speech.”
The blog discussion began when Robinson noted that the Journal Sentinel had an online database on teacher salaries at JSOnline.com.
Owen’s response, here and here.
Do I think he should have been arrested? Well, no, not really. He didn’t actually make any direct threats.
But trolls must beware, even if you sign in anonymously, you aren’t anonymous! 
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