A plea to Michigan attorney general Mike Cox, who steadfastly refuses to fire cyber-bully Andrew Shirvell, who has been publicly harassing the openly gay student body present at the University of Michigan: Please, don't fire Andrew Shirvell!

Don't fire Shirvell, because firing him would send the wrong message. It would send the message that Republicans think it's outrageous that a public servant would cyber-bully someone half his age, in increasingly crazy, reactionary ways.

Shirvell has called Armstrong a "racist Nazi" on the blog he dedicates to watching Chris Armstrong, the student body president at Michigan. That's about the nicest, least crazy thing on that blog. Seriously. Go take a look. He has shown up at Armstrong's house, followed him to parties, and posted large portions of Armstrong's personal Facebook page for the public to see. These excerpts range from banal to 'who cares', yet Shirvell finds each of them increasingly "outrageous."

Cox has called Shirvell's acts "immature" and admits that his acts constitute "bullying." However, he feels that Shirvell has the right, outside of work, to free speech. In fact, Michigan does not have a law in place against cyber-bullying.

However, Cox is also aware that he can fire Shirvell for "conduct unbeconing a public servant." I would assume from his refusal to fire Shirvell, that Cox does not think Shirvell's behavior meets that criteria.

I am happy to see the Republicans continue to align themselves with the truly insane. If that's what it takes to make people understand the dangers of electing truly radical, mean-spirited folks into office for the sake of saving the very wealthy a few tax dollars, I'm all in favor of this. Have a nice day at work, Mr. Shirvell.