I am extremely disappointed in my community’s pressure on Liza Sejkora to resign from the Camas School District as the result of her personal Facebook post (“Camas high principal resigns after social media backlash,” The Columbian, Feb. 7). What message does it send our students to see that First Amendment rights to freedom of speech only apply to noncontroversial ideas?
We men probably do not fully comprehend the pain of a woman’s sexual assault. Fortunately today’s society now strongly condemns this behavior. It is surprising that only a single voice was notably raised to protest the accolades being given to one offender. First Amendment rights should be encouraged — most particularly within the public education system. One would think that they would also be strongly championed by a free press.
