Teacher arrested for clapping in support of speaker opposing data center

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WTF?! A lot of people don't like data centers – you could go as far as saying that they hate them. But you might want to be careful how you express these feelings. Just ask the teacher who was recently arrested for clapping in support of an anti-data-center speaker.

There have been claims that pushback against data centers hurts the economy and national security, and that it's even a campaign fueled by China. Fox News compared it to protesting against tank and plane factories during World War II.

The situation has come under the spotlight again after high school physics teacher Lux Claridge was carried out of a public meeting in Lyon County, Kansas, last week when he clapped to show his support of an impassioned speech opposing a proposed gigawatt-scale facility...

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