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dballance

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17. Seriously? "Got His Feelings Hurt?" I Call Bullshit on Your Opinion.

Sun Feb 10, 2013, 03:58 AM

Feb 2013

That's a crock of crap. I suspect the good judge has had a lot worse said to him than a simple "F**K YOU" and being flipped off.

When one is in court, having been charged with a felony, one is expected to behave with some sense of decorum, realize the seriousness of the event and show respect for court officers - most especially the judge. This young woman didn't behave at all. She showed great disrespect for the court by throwing an expletive at the judge and flipping him off. She deserved to be thrown in jail for contempt.

Would you support teachers ignoring students in K-12 grades that told them "F**K YOU" and flipped them off? I doubt it. I hope you'd think it was okay for the school to suspend a kid that did such a thing for a couple of days.

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Penelope Soto, Fla. teen who flipped off judge, apologizes and avoids 30-day sentence [View all] arely staircase Feb 2013 OP

Good for her. geomon666 Feb 2013 #1

Me too geomon, me too. AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #5

She wouldn't have done this if he hadn't brought the hammer down. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #2

i really like how they both ended up handling it arely staircase Feb 2013 #4

A good ending, indeed! =) n/t AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #6

Both are pretty common (30 days for contempt and dismissing it w/ apology) n/t X_Digger Feb 2013 #11

seems fair, and i guess common arely staircase Feb 2013 #12

Absolutely. Maybe this young woman can get her head on straight after this reality check. n/t X_Digger Feb 2013 #13

I agree davidpdx Feb 2013 #20

Idiot judge who got his feelings hurt so sentenced her to 30 days when DUI drivers get none. Idiot! Logical Feb 2013 #8

Can you define "idiot" for me? elias7 Feb 2013 #9

"risen through the ranks" reorg Feb 2013 #21

Your generalization is just a bit too broad. I got 30 days for a DUI in 1997. n/t cherokeeprogressive Feb 2013 #15

Are you saying pipi_k Feb 2013 #16

Seriously? "Got His Feelings Hurt?" I Call Bullshit on Your Opinion. dballance Feb 2013 #17

Right rl6214 Feb 2013 #18

She got 30 days for Contempt of Court RudynJack Feb 2013 #19

but i thought she was our hero who stood up to authority JI7 Feb 2013 #3

imho those who found her original tantrum heroic were few but vocal arely staircase Feb 2013 #7

I saw this one coming. Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2013 #10

Woman who flipped off judge goes viral reorg Feb 2013 #14