@RavenCT

I also signed a petition to investigate the judge's cases.

Those would both be fair outcomes in my book.

@NoPlanetB we know that, and with his resignation I think he now does too.

I wonder how many other people he let off for similarly flimsy reasons to repeat they're offenses again and again, while simultaneously over penalizing those who came from "bad" families and ruining what slim chances they had of making a "good" family of thier own. How many lives has this skewed perspective ruined?

Like the fucking kids get to choose thier families. Give them an equal playing field to at least have some say in thier future.

@1of5 He knows now, but it sucks that someone that classist was allowed such unquestioned power for so long. Classism is the last acceptable form of prejudice and bias in America and that disgusts me. It's frustrating as an American socialist to know how ignorant or accepting most Americans are about it, unlike Europeans, who are very aware of, open about class and mostly in favor of equality. Of course, unlike most Europeans, Americans still believe the myth of upward mobility and accept classism in the belief they will make it big some day and join the club of the rich. Europeans know better and that's why they support socialism and equality. More Americans are starting to wake up and see how they are being conned and kept poor by the system. That's why last time Sanders and Trump were the only two candidates that excited people, because they addressed this discontent with the system.

@TomMcGiverin this "gospel of prosperity" bullshit has done as much to harm our country as much as anything else. Wed god and economics, and BAM! Suddenly the rich are righteous.

Fucking disgusting.

@1of5 In my book and that of Jesus himself, for that matter, there was never anything inherently righteous about the rich. What there is about most of them is a smug arrogance of knowing they are above the law for the most part and, at least in America, being rich will buy you respect and admiration from a lot of people no matter how much you are garbage wrapped in skin.....

Although more rapes are inflicted by white males, the punishment rate is way lower in that category than for other races...so yeah, I think white privilege might have some bearing...