I'm a bit crestfallen to read this. My initial reaction to hearing influential people were standing up for this kid was one of happiness but I can totally see

I'm a bit crestfallen to read this. My initial reaction to hearing influential people were standing up for this kid was one of happiness but I can totally see the "hoax bomb" narrative getting extended to the President by some of the people I interact with here [edit: here where I am standing, not here on HN]: "Did you hear that this kid made a hoax bomb and took it to school and Obama invited him to the White House as a reward???" On the bright side, maybe the anti-Obama knee jerk will be counteracted by the outrage "girl chewed PopTart into shape of gun, got suspended" stories tend to generate around here.