Live by the freep, die by the freep

When I was a freeper, I spake as a freeper, I understood as a freeper, I thought as a freeper: but when I became a schoolboard member, I should have put away freeperish things.

From The Daily Freeman.

SCHOOL TRUSTEE TANGLED IN WEB

By William J. Kemble , Correspondent

HYDE PARK, NY - Two school board trustees say comments posted on a Web site by new board member Kevin Post may conflict with his obligation to uphold state and federal education laws.

In telephone interviews last week, Trustee Doug Hieter said a district resident contacted him about Post's comments on the Web site www.freerepublic.com under the user name kphockey2. Hieter said he's particularly concerned about seemingly homophobic comments made by Post.

Trustee Stephen Hughes said he was troubled by Post's "derogatory" references to school board actions and the types of people Post considers harmful to society.

Just remember: the good people of Hyde Park voted him into office.

In some postings, kphockey2 is accompanied by the identifier "Yasser Arafat burn in Hell" or "Michael Schiavo burn in Hell," a reference to the husband of Terri Schiavo, the vegetative Florida woman who died after her feeding tube was removed by court order earlier this year.

ON JULY 5, four days after Post started his school board term, he wrote: "Got to vote against the national school lunch program/reduced or free meals tonight. I hope it turned some heads." In another posting, he wrote that in "my first official meeting as a member of the skool board, I cast a NO vote on the participation of our district in the Nation(al) School Lunch program. Too bad the lemmings said yes."

In response to an apparent June 28 request to participate in an upcoming protest, Post declined to attend because there was a board meeting where he said he could "vote against the current sb vp (school board vice president) for not having a clue."

In response to a June 22 post about the death of a John Kerry supporter, kphockey2 wrote: "Good f'ing riddens. One less commie voter. Only 50+ million more to go."

A July 2, 2004, posting about a counterdemonstration in New Paltz opens with: "This evening we FReeped the dykes - women? - in black again." Women in Black is an organization that frequently has protested the war in Iraq.

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