He said WHAT?!
1mon 7d ago by sh.itjust.works/u/muusemuuse in NoWireHangers@sh.itjust.works
In elementary school, I was sent to the principals office for beating the hell out of another kid. I can’t remember what exactly I did but I don’t imagine elementary school me was the most threatening creature.
Mom comes into the principles office absolutely livid. Back then it was a sort of walk of shame for a parent to come in when their child misbehaved in school. Karen’s were batting around teachers and principals like a cat playing with a mouse. It was different then.
Mom asked why I hit the other kid and I told her “he called (my sister) a whore.” I had no idea what that meant. Me and my sister had no concept of whores but I knew that was an insult and I was supposed to protect my little sister.
-Karen theme starts playing-
Mom, suddenly scary calm, sent me back to class. Not the principal, mom.
Mom had multiple stillbirths before they could have me and my sister. She has lots of Catholic school anger in her to this day. She served in the military and never once took anyone’s shit for not having a penis. The principal got literal military grade psycho the second I left that room.
I can only assume this ended in early retirement and a padded room after I left that man alone in a room with a Eldrich horror whose daughter was just called a whore.
Legally your mom was in the wrong and you could’ve gone to juve. You’re talking about freedom of speech vs battery. You can’t just hit someone for saying something. I don’t care if your mom was the literal 4 star god of war, that shit ain’t cool, man.
Bet you believe punching nazis is a bad thing too?
First I’m not saying as a veteran she gets special privileges or something. I mention it to bring up the mindset of who this is.
Second, it’s an elementary school, calm down.
It's called "fighting words", some things you can say, according to the law, allow you to get beaten up for it.
I mean it doesn't remove the assault part, it just makes it less amoral. It's still not legally okay to hit someone who's using "fighting words". Fighting words are just defined, because they're an exception to the first amendment of the US. Ie fighting words are not protected speech.
It's illegal to use fighting words, but it's also illegal to punch a person for using them. You're not Judge Dredd.
Oh shit TIL. Thanks.
Simple battery or simple assault. So like, smacking a bitch, I assume. Not a bitch, but a bitch. (Read that in whatever non-misogynist voice you imagine.)
I wish I could defend smacking someone like that in Finland. But our justice system sucks in its own way, and despite the US justice system being also shit, there are a few things I'd take home from it.
Like the defense lawyer culture.
