"Cancel culture," "intimidation" and reminiscent of the Red Scare. That's how three First Amendment advocates described Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita's desire to publicly document and shame the controversial speech of some teachers following conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination .
In a Sept. 12 X post , Rokita asked people to report teachers who "celebrate or rationalize" Kirk's Sept. 10 killing so they can be included in his office's government dashboard. The platform has been used to list and condemn instances of "objectionable" political ideology entering the classroom.
"These individuals must be held accountable — they have no place teaching our students," Rokita, a Republican, said in the post, which generated replies with specific teacher profiles and commen