Stancil makes an important point. The underlying speech (including a cartoon penis) was, well, a penis move. If the state senator had published the text messages and made fun of Byrnes, the equities would be very different. But the government overreaction is now the story.
Stephen Hardwick
I agree that sending the photos doesn’t make him or his causes look good—up to the point where the politician has the person arrested and held without bond in jail for a day. That dramatically changes the equities.
