From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: Theo Brown <tbrown@braverangels.org>; frank@younglawllc.com <frank@younglawllc.com>; Tom Robertshaw <trobertshaw@braverangels.org>
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Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 06:29:06 PM CDT
Subject: Re: Regular Zoom Meetings - Braver Angels Birmingham Alliance and Charlie Kirk
Tom:
Huge interest in Turning Point USA has been generated at colleges and high schools in connection with Charlie Kirk's murder. Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA flooded with requests for new high-school, college chapters
The Braver Angels Birmingham Alliance should consider whether it can advance its goals by hitching onto Charlie Kirk's legacy of "don't stop talking." DR. CHLOE CARMICHAEL: Charlie Kirk’s Final Warning: Don’t Stop Talking – IJR.
If the Birmingham Alliance thinks this has potential in reaching out to Alabama colleges and high schools to hold Braver Angels type events, I would be interested in participating in efforts to do that.
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
P.S. The groups and other parties copied on this email may have their own interests in what I am suggesting to the Braver Angels Birmingham Alliance.
(for filing in Citizens Acting to End the Trump Presidency: Charlie Kirk and robust dialogue in Alabama)
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On Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:06:40 PM CDT, Tom Robertshaw <trobertshaw@braverangels.org> wrote:
Hi!
It has been suggested the Birmingham Alliance have Zoom meetings every 4 weeks lasting about 30 minutes. I have chosen the third Monday at 6pm. If this is not convenient we can agree on a different date and time.
The agenda would be an update on activities locally and nationally (5-6 minutes); Questions or suggestions for this alliance activities (5 minutes) and then a 15 to 20 minute open discussion on a topic submitted prior to the meeting. This discussion will follow the spirit of the BA way, respecting the input of all, asking questions of curiosity, etc. The Braver Way!
The first topic is the deficit, is it a concern to you? If so, what would you do to fix it?
If desired those interested can stay on the call to discuss for another 30 minutes.
I hope to see you on Zoom
Peace
Tom Robertshaw
Topic: Birmingham Alliance update and conversation.
Time: Aug 18, 2025 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: UnmuteAlabama <unmutealabama@gmail.com>; Jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org <jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org>; "jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org" <jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org>; Info@CandiceDuvieilhforCongress.com <info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com>; "info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com" <info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com>; info@sneedforcongress.com <info@sneedforcongress.com>; contact@markwheelerforsenate.com <contact@markwheelerforsenate.com>; citizensforapusczek@gmail.com <citizensforapusczek@gmail.com>; Elizabeth Anderson <elizabeth@eaforcongress.com>; purplepeopleresistance@gmail.com <purplepeopleresistance@gmail.com>; hivealabama@gmail.com <hivealabama@gmail.com>; shelbycountydems65@gmail.com <shelbycountydems65@gmail.com>; nayoungdems@gmail.com <nayoungdems@gmail.com>; Blueprintalabama Info <info@blueprintalabama.com>; Membership Coordination <membership@birminghamindivisible.org>; alabamademocraticchairs@gmail.com <alabamademocraticchairs@gmail.com>; indivisiblewestalabama@gmail.com <indivisiblewestalabama@gmail.com>; Celeste Davis-Dill <cdavisdill@gmail.com>; Udval Info <info@udval.org>; Laurie Beth Kesterson <lauriebethkesterson@gmail.com>; Barry Marks <bmarks@messerlikramer.com>; IndivisibleAthensAlabama@gmail.com <indivisibleathensalabama@gmail.com>; "indivisibleathensalabama@gmail.com" <indivisibleathensalabama@gmail.com>; Wyatt Darley <wdarley@proton.me>; Alec Austin <alecaustinimportant@gmail.com>; Billie London <billielondon@bellsouth.net>; Indivisible Mobile <indivisiblemobileal@gmail.com>; rmardisiii@gmail.com <rmardisiii@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2025 at 04:40:12 AM CDT
Subject: Targeted emailing against Auburn President Christopher Roberts?
Is there anyone who wants to do targeted emailing against Auburn University President Christopher Roberts and his firing of Auburn employees for social media posts related to Charlie Kirk?
The focus of the targeted emailing would be President Roberts' message at Auburn University on X: "A message from Auburn University President Christopher B. Roberts https://t.co/0l2mzOFDd1" / X
Please let me know if you wish to do emailing.
Thanks
(for filing in Citizens Acting to End the Trump Presidency: Charlie Kirk and robust dialogue in Alabama)
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: president@auburn.edu <president@auburn.edu>
Cc: boles@auburn.edu <boles@auburn.edu>
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 04:07:53 AM CDT
Subject: Suggested Auburn University protocols re offensive social media posts
Dear President Roberts:
This email is being written to suggest alternative protocols that Auburn University might adopt regarding offensive social media posts, instead of the approach Auburn took of firing employees for making such social media posts.
I believe such suggested protocols may better fulfill Auburn's values of "respect, integrity and responsibility" referred to in your statement at Auburn University (@AuburnU) / X, than the employee firing approach that was taken.
The alternative suggested protocols would consist of these:
1. The President's office would solicit that social media posts made by members of the Auburn community that other members of the community consider offensive/objectionable be reported by such other members to the President's office. The President's office would maintain a public file of such reports, including the identity of the member of the Auburn community who made the post that has been objected to and the full content of the post. The member of the Auburn community who reported the post would also be identified in the public file, unless such member requests anonymity. The President's office would notify the social media poster that it has received an objection to his or her post. If the reporter of the post has not requested anonymity, the poster and the reporter of the post will be encouraged to meet in person and converse about the "feelings" and reasons of the poster for making the post and the "feelings" and reasons of the other member in objecting to the post. At the request of either, a representative of the President's office will attend the conversation.
2. From time to time, the President's office would hold campus discussion events at which social media posts that have been objected to would be discussed and the makers of such social media posts may be given an opportunity to discuss the reasons and "feelings" of the maker. Also, there would be discussed whether members of the Auburn community think the protocols that are being followed regarding offensive/objectionable social media posts are helping fulfill Auburn's values of "respect, integrity and responsibility."
President Roberts, I hope you will consider whether these suggested alternative protocols have merit and perhaps make a decision in favor of Auburn University adopting such alternative protocols regarding offensive/objectionable social media posts.
Thank you. (FYI, I am not an Auburn graduate and am not otherwise affiliated with Auburn.)
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook
(for filing in Citizens Acting to End the Trump Presidency: Charlie Kirk and robust dialogue in Alabama)
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: Indivisible Mobile <indivisiblemobileal@gmail.com>; Wyatt Darley <wdarley@proton.me>; Billie London <billielondon@bellsouth.net>; Alec Austin <alecaustinimportant@gmail.com>
Cc: UnmuteAlabama <unmutealabama@gmail.com>; Jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org <jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org>; "jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org" <jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org>; Info@CandiceDuvieilhforCongress.com <info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com>; "info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com" <info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com>; info@sneedforcongress.com <info@sneedforcongress.com>; contact@markwheelerforsenate.com <contact@markwheelerforsenate.com>; citizensforapusczek@gmail.com <citizensforapusczek@gmail.com>; Elizabeth Anderson <elizabeth@eaforcongress.com>; purplepeopleresistance@gmail.com <purplepeopleresistance@gmail.com>; hivealabama@gmail.com <hivealabama@gmail.com>; shelbycountydems65@gmail.com <shelbycountydems65@gmail.com>; nayoungdems@gmail.com <nayoungdems@gmail.com>; Blueprintalabama Info <info@blueprintalabama.com>; Membership Coordination <membership@birminghamindivisible.org>; alabamademocraticchairs@gmail.com <alabamademocraticchairs@gmail.com>; indivisiblewestalabama@gmail.com <indivisiblewestalabama@gmail.com>; Celeste Davis-Dill <cdavisdill@gmail.com>; Udval Info <info@udval.org>; Laurie Beth Kesterson <lauriebethkesterson@gmail.com>; Barry Marks <bmarks@messerlikramer.com>; IndivisibleAthensAlabama@gmail.com <indivisibleathensalabama@gmail.com>; "indivisibleathensalabama@gmail.com" <indivisibleathensalabama@gmail.com>; rmardisiii@gmail.com <rmardisiii@gmail.com>; Tom Robertshaw <trobertshaw@braverangels.org>; Theo Brown <tbrown@braverangels.org>; frank@younglawllc.com <frank@younglawllc.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 07:25:03 AM CDT
Subject: Fw: Suggested Auburn University protocols re offensive social media posts
Ok, I sent the below email to Auburn University President Roberts.
The censorship issue, governmental and otherwise, is dominating in the political news at the moment, and there are many possible targets in Alabama to email to in connection with the censorship issue.
I will give this further thought.
Rob
----- Forwarded Message -----
[forwarded message is above Email to Auburn University President Roberts re "Suggested Auburn University protocols re offensive social media posts"]
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: editor@theplainsman.com <editor@theplainsman.com>; social@theplainsman.com <social@theplainsman.com>; ejr0030@auburn.edu <ejr0030@auburn.edu>; amm0357@auburn.edu <amm0357@auburn.edu>; lcm0061@auburn.edu <lcm0061@auburn.edu>; tstacy@aptv.org <tstacy@aptv.org>; Brian Lyman <blyman@alabamareflector.com>
Cc: yaffee@yellowhammernews.com <yaffee@yellowhammernews.com>; jmoon@alreporter.com <jmoon@alreporter.com>; Dale Jackson <dale@yellowhammernews.com>; tstacy@aptv.org <tstacy@aptv.org>; rscott@aptv.org <rscott@aptv.org>; jsharp@al.com <jsharp@al.com>; blyman@gannett.com <blyman@gannett.com>; sbritt@alreporter.com <sbritt@alreporter.com>; bbritt@alreporter.com <bbritt@alreporter.com>; johnaarchibald@gmail.com <johnaarchibald@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 04:38:44 PM CDT
Subject: Email to President Roberts suggesting alterative protocols re social media posts
To The Auburn Plainsman:
RE: Auburn University releases statement, employees terminated - The Auburn Plainsman
I sent Auburn President Christopher Roberts the below email in which I suggest to him alternative protocols that Auburn might adopt regarding offensive social media posts, instead of the approach Auburn took of firing employees for making such social media posts.
I hope you will ask President Roberts about these suggested alternative protocols.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: president@auburn.edu <president@auburn.edu>
Cc: boles@auburn.edu <boles@auburn.edu>; editor@theplainsman.com <editor@theplainsman.com>; social@theplainsman.com <social@theplainsman.com>; ejr0030@auburn.edu <ejr0030@auburn.edu>; amm0357@auburn.edu <amm0357@auburn.edu>; lcm0061@auburn.edu <lcm0061@auburn.edu>; tstacy@aptv.org <tstacy@aptv.org>; Brian Lyman <blyman@alabamareflector.com>; "yaffee@yellowhammernews.com" <yaffee@yellowhammernews.com>; jmoon@alreporter.com <jmoon@alreporter.com>; Dale Jackson <dale@yellowhammernews.com>; rscott@aptv.org <rscott@aptv.org>; jsharp@al.com <jsharp@al.com>; blyman@gannett.com <blyman@gannett.com>; sbritt@alreporter.com <sbritt@alreporter.com>; bbritt@alreporter.com <bbritt@alreporter.com>; johnaarchibald@gmail.com <johnaarchibald@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2025 at 06:49:08 PM CDT
Subject: Re: Suggested Auburn University protocols re offensive social media posts
Dear President Roberts:
Brian Lyman's article today Who gets to speak freely at Auburn, and who doesn't? | Alabama Reflector concludes by saying, "But if Auburn is going to start obsessively monitoring employees’ comments on public events, you should at least let your workers know what is and isn’t free speech. And who gets to speak freely at Auburn, and who doesn’t."
The below email I sent to you on Saturday suggested alternative protocols that Auburn University could adopt regarding offensive social media posts, instead of the approach Auburn took of firing employees for making such social media posts.
I think such suggested protocols for Auburn to adopt are the best answers to Brian Lyman's questions of "what is and isn’t free speech. And who gets to speak freely at Auburn, and who doesn’t."
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook
On Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 04:07:53 AM CDT, Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com> wrote:
[above Email to Auburn University President Roberts re "Suggested Auburn University protocols re offensive social media posts"]
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: UnmuteAlabama <unmutealabama@gmail.com>; Jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org <jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org>; "jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org" <jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org>; Info@CandiceDuvieilhforCongress.com <info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com>; "info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com" <info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com>; info@sneedforcongress.com <info@sneedforcongress.com>; contact@markwheelerforsenate.com <contact@markwheelerforsenate.com>; citizensforapusczek@gmail.com <citizensforapusczek@gmail.com>; Elizabeth Anderson <elizabeth@eaforcongress.com>; purplepeopleresistance@gmail.com <purplepeopleresistance@gmail.com>; hivealabama@gmail.com <hivealabama@gmail.com>; shelbycountydems65@gmail.com <shelbycountydems65@gmail.com>; nayoungdems@gmail.com <nayoungdems@gmail.com>; Blueprintalabama Info <info@blueprintalabama.com>; Membership Coordination <membership@birminghamindivisible.org>; alabamademocraticchairs@gmail.com <alabamademocraticchairs@gmail.com>; indivisiblewestalabama@gmail.com <indivisiblewestalabama@gmail.com>; Celeste Davis-Dill <cdavisdill@gmail.com>; Udval Info <info@udval.org>; Laurie Beth Kesterson <lauriebethkesterson@gmail.com>; Barry Marks <bmarks@messerlikramer.com>; IndivisibleAthensAlabama@gmail.com <indivisibleathensalabama@gmail.com>; "indivisibleathensalabama@gmail.com" <indivisibleathensalabama@gmail.com>; Wyatt Darley <wdarley@proton.me>; Alec Austin <alecaustinimportant@gmail.com>; Billie London <billielondon@bellsouth.net>; Indivisible Mobile <indivisiblemobileal@gmail.com>; rmardisiii@gmail.com <rmardisiii@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 06:40:05 PM CDT
Subject: 'Who gets to speak freely at Auburn, and who doesn't?'
I previously forwarded to you an email I sent to Auburn University President Christopher Roberts this past Saturday, in which I suggested to him alternative protocols that Auburn could adopt regarding offensive social media posts, instead of the approach Auburn took of firing employees for making such social media posts.
In an article yesterday Who gets to speak freely at Auburn, and who doesn't? | Alabama Reflector, Brian Lyman concludes his article by saying, "But if Auburn is going to start obsessively monitoring employees’ comments on public events, you should at least let your workers know what is and isn’t free speech. And who gets to speak freely at Auburn, and who doesn’t."
Brian Lyman's article prompted me to send Auburn President Roberts a second email, saying that I think my suggested protocols for Auburn to adopt regarding offensive social media posts would be the best answers to Brian Lyman's questions of "what is and isn’t free speech. And who gets to speak freely at Auburn, and who doesn’t."
This second email to President Roberts is below.
I think, to the extent the addressee groups and other addressees seek political dialogue beyond among themselves, that the Auburn matter offers much opportunity for engagement, including communicating about the matter to other Alabama universities, to the Alabama business community that has its interest in free speech for employees, and to Alabama TV stations.
If I can help with any such communications, please let me know.
Thanks.
----- Forwarded Message -----
[second email to President Roberts is above Email to Auburn President Roberts re Brian Lyman's article Who gets to speak freely at Auburn, and who doesn't? | Alabama Reflector]
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: jessica.umbro@wsfa.com <jessica.umbro@wsfa.com>; shannon.isbell@wbrc.com <shannon.isbell@wbrc.com>; Susana Schuler <susana.schuler@hearst.com>; brendan.kirby@fox10tv.com <brendan.kirby@fox10tv.com>; jama.killingsworth@waff.com <jama.killingsworth@waff.com>; Mike Wright <mwright@waaytv.com>; rmartin@cbs42.com <rmartin@cbs42.com>; Baylor Long <blong@hearst.com>; dwingard@wsfa.com <dwingard@wsfa.com>; news@mynbc15.com <news@mynbc15.com>; randy.merrow@fox10tv.com <randy.merrow@fox10tv.com>; gmcdonald@waka.com <gmcdonald@waka.com>; comments@abc3340.com <comments@abc3340.com>; newstip@abc3340.com <newstip@abc3340.com>; wvtm13@wvtm.com <wvtm13@wvtm.com>; dlamb@cbs42.com <dlamb@cbs42.com>; sdiorio@wvua23.com <sdiorio@wvua23.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 06:28:09 PM CDT
Subject: Charlie Kirk and robust dialogue in Alabama
Dear Alabama TV stations:
Are you or are you not in favor of there being robust dialogue in all quarters in Alabama?
In which quarters do you favor robust dialogue? In which quarters not?
Do you think Alabama TV stations should be exemplars that demonstrate on their platforms what robust dialogue is about?
Thank you.
(for filing in Citizens Acting to End the Trump Presidency: Charlie Kirk and robust dialogue in Alabama)
