IT'S NOT DEFAMATION OR HARASSMENT WHEN WE HAVE PROOF OF ADCOCK SAYING THINGS THAT DO NOT ALIGN WITH SECA'S MISSION AS SEEN BELOW-

SHE CALLED MAYOR CHIRICO A FASCIST "Kim White (married to Naperville City councilman Benny White) hosted a networking event last night at Meson Sabika. Mayor Chirico is pictured at the center. While your kids mask at school, your elected leaders dance and toast each other unmasked. Fire the fascists in the 2023 municipal elections. We won't forget this bullshit."

"Illinois is a dumpster fire of communist bureaucrats."

"Phase 5 in IL for nonvaccinated people looks a lot like the German propaganda that proposed Jews were vectors of disease before the holocaust. Pound sand IDPH."

"March 2020 I was genuinely worried about the virus. Since May 2020, I've only been worried about the social and political contagion. "

"Awake Illinois Advocates against Critical Race Theory and the "hypocrisy" of Equity Initiatives to School District 203 in Naperville."

"Today teachers are leading the rebellion and... it's political/sexual grooming."

"Equity is racism."

"The leftist haters (mainly angry, white suburban women) can step off."

"The War on Children needs more voices, i.e.the fight against Sex ed/gender activism/grooming in schools."

"The last two years we weren't fighting against Covid. The fight has been against evil."

"IL and the War on Children is real. Who will pay for these crimes? Let's start with a grand jury on IDPH/Judy Kauerrauf."

"Who will I sue next in the state of IL? Eeny, meeny, miny, moe..."

"Going into court will keep fascism out of the classroom."

"CTU Local1 Take your collective bargaining and shove it where the sun don't shine."

"Leftist, Chardonnay/Antifa women and their weak male minions were the first to spew vitriol against school opening advocacy in 2020."

"They hate your children. They call you racist. They refer to your children as "ours". They want to silence your advocacy. Wolves in educator/democrat/equity clothing."

"IL is Soviet-style communism."

"This is some grade-A bullshit right here. The GOP is just as corrupt as the Dems."

"What we see coming out of the @IEANEA teacher union troll network is a crack job effort to be like the mafia."

"They use clever buzz words like "Community Action", "social change", "coalition-building" to hide their clear agenda of sexual grooming and hyper-sexualization of minors."

"I'll never forget those who forced kids to wear masks all to ease the anxieties of the physically and mentally unwell."

"DuPage Children's Museum is requiring vaccines for all. Why? It bows to Marxism."

"Critical Race Theory. Equity. Culturally Responsive Teaching. Panorama Surveys. Diversity. Inclusion. These words are an attempt to veil the ultimate goal of chaos and division. We are not sheep. This is racism and it is wrong. Don't dissect our children. This problem is among the adults, not the kids."

"IL Government is a cesspool of ineptitude and malfeasance. Indictments better happen sooner than later."

"Never forget. Vote out Governor JB Pritzker and all his boot-licking fascists."

"America is in a Cold War against itself. The government is the communist effort."

"IL Citizens should pressure organizations to make DEI an unpaid, volunteer role. They'll be vacant and obsolete in no time. Race hustlers don't work for free."

She also posted a photo of a diverse group of teachers and called them the Real Domestic Terrorists.

We are not “cancelling conservative voices”. We are concerned about Shannon’s constant efforts to cancel the voices and lives of whole groups of people and her attacks on people with differing opinions from her own. she doesn't believe in DEI, calling those that work to spread DEI efforts as "race hustlers".

HOW ON EARTH CAN SOMEONE SO FULLY ANTI-DEI BE ON A COMMISSION WHO'S MISSION STATEMENT IS ALL ABOUT DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION? 

(As a lawyer himself, Coyne should be well aware of this already!

In 1964, the landmark decision, New York Times v. Sullivan ( 376 U.S. 254), was issued by the United States Supreme Court. The decision held that the First Amendment freedom of speech protections limit the ability of public officials to sue for defamation. The “public official” limitation does not strictly apply to office holders – it applies to many persons in the public arena, including candidates.

In Sullivan, Justice Brennan, writing for the majority, stated that “debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust and wide-open” and said that vehement criticism and even mistakes were part of the price a democratic society must pay for freedom.

As a result, the Sullivan decision adopted the “Actual Malice” test. For a “public official” to sustain a claim of defamation or libel against a person, the First Amendment requires that the plaintiff show that the defendant knew that a statement was false or was reckless in deciding to publish the information without investigating whether it was accurate.

Likewise, if a statement is merely an opinion, it cannot form the basis of a defamation claim. The First Amendment protects the right to voice opinions, criticize others and comment on matters of public interest. Although statements calling someone a “failure” or an “idiot,” may be hurtful, it is not illegal. These are “pure opinions” in a legal sense, because there is no way to prove them true or false.

Finally, the First and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit public figures and public officials from recovering damages for emotional distress in cases of satire or parody, absent a showing that there is a false statement of fact that was made with actual malice. Again, a parody may result in hurt feelings, but there is no basis to bring a defamation claim on such conduct if actual malice cannot be proven by the plaintiff.

☆☆☆☆Let it be known that we have counsel on this matter and we remain vigilant in our Petition to oppose Shannon Adcock and Kevin Coyne for board positions in Naperville. We would like to inform anyone threatening a defamation or harassment suit that we will avail ourselves to any counterclaims against them, and we would welcome discovery. We would also request opposing counsel review Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (relating to filings intended to harass), as well as the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct, particularly Rule 3.1. We will pursue all sanctions and ethical complaints, where applicable.

We will not be threatened or intimidated by candidates for political appointment from exercising our First Amendment freedoms. This behavior is not becoming of anyone seeking a leadership position, nor is it conducive to maintaining a free society. We retain our right to voice our grievances against any public official of our choosing, as well as engage in political discourse on any topic permissible under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.☆☆☆☆