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In reply to the discussion: Penelope Soto, my hero: Florida teen flipping the finger at abusive judge [View all]OwnedByCats
(805 posts)I'm not missing the point at all. We must not be watching the same video. That judge was fine until she started goofing off and judges tend to not appreciate that at all. You look at the second judge and think "oh see, he was nice". You know why??? Because she wasn't acting like an asshole with him! I'm very sure had she acted the same way, he would not have appreciated it and you probably wouldn't have agreed with his decision either. On the same token, the first judge probably would have been completely fine with her had she presented herself properly! It's true I don't know this for a fact, and seeing as how we can't go back in time and change her behavior, NEITHER DO YOU.
What he gave her as bail was still less than the standard $20,000 that many people busted with illegal possession of a controlled substance could get, and 30 days in county jail for flipping off a judge and saying "fuck you" at the same time is also pretty standard for direct contempt of court. The outrage and hero worship over this just boggles my mind, quite frankly. Do you not see that the majority of people in this thread think you're nuts?? Find a better a role model.
Whatever happened to personal responsibility? She was in possession of a controlled substance, got arrested, she fucked about with the judge and thought she'd be clever and flip him off because she didn't like his decision. Well you know what? If you're going to piss off a judge, expect JAIL TIME. How else can we possibly keep order in the court if there are no punishments for disrupting the process? We'd never get anything done with all the chaos that would occur. MOST people are smart enough to avoid that and I think she will in future.
She's got a real chance to clean this up and become a success in whatever she wants to do.
She just has to take it. End of story.
Time to move on.