# Fuck you, Judge Littlejohn **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 7, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326 "2010-10-07T03:09:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326/1 "2010-10-07T03:09:47Z")
This asshat had a guy jailed for almost 5 hours because he did not say the Pledge of Allegiance out loud. [story here](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ODD_JAILED_NO_PLEDGE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2010-10-06-21-18-40) I have no idea why Mr. Lampley didn’t want to say the pledge, but AFAIK it’s his right to keep his fucking mouth shut if he feels like it. If I saw the judge on the street, I’d say: “Fuck you, Judge Littlejohn.” Pledges, oaths and other deeply held trusts are not small things to be trifled with, not meaningless words to be said as if they were a trifle. It isn’t just some crap you recite from rote memory because it’s customary, you idiot. And a pledge or oath or other word of honor given under threat or duress is hardly the kind of thing I want my country forcing people to do, and I hope this judge gets plenty of email and such letting him know what a dick he is. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326/2 "2010-10-07T03:17:40Z")
Now here’s some Outrage I can get behind. That’s really fucked up, if true. (As always, I reserve judgment until I see some more in-depth reportage.) I hope the lawyer files a complaint. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326/3 "2010-10-07T03:20:46Z")
I agree. No coerced oaths! ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326/4 "2010-10-07T03:21:22Z")
How is that even legal? The South just even bothering with the Constitution anymore, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326/5 "2010-10-07T03:22:42Z")
Seeing as the judge is acting as the State, shouldn’t the first Amendment apply? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326/6 "2010-10-07T03:36:13Z")
File a complaint, hell! The judge should be removed, disbarred, tarred, feathered, and exiled from the country for life. Fuck him and the horse that fucked his mother! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326/7 "2010-10-07T03:44:30Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > The South just even bothering with the Constitution anymore, I guess. That’s right, Dio. It is very fair to smear the entire South over the actions of one judge in Mississippi. Asshole. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326/8 "2010-10-07T03:51:47Z")
I’m from the south. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326/9 "2010-10-07T04:00:37Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I’m from the south. You’re also an asshole. An asshole with a broad brush and limited intellect. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326/10 "2010-10-07T04:02:15Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > > > I’m from the south. > > You’re also an asshole. An asshole with a broad brush and limited intellect. Is this that monolithic southern temper I often hear referenced in Dio’s posts? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326/11 "2010-10-07T04:03:39Z")
Technically, he wasn’t jailed for not saying the pledge. He was jailed because he was in contempt of court for failing to obey the judge’s order to say the pledge. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326/12 "2010-10-07T04:05:03Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > > > I’m from the south. > > You’re also an asshole. An asshole with a broad brush and limited intellect. Why don’t you go sleep it off, bro. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326/13 "2010-10-07T04:10:56Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > > [@Oakminster](#): > > > > You’re also an asshole. An asshole with a broad brush and limited intellect. > > Is this that monolithic southern temper I often hear referenced in Dio’s posts? I’m from New York and found **Dio** ’s comment to be assholish as well. But it’s **Dio**. No surprise there. > [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > Technically, he wasn’t jailed for not saying the pledge. He was jailed because he was in contempt of court for failing to obey the judge’s order to say the pledge. Yeah, so the outcome of this will depend on whether it’s lawful for a judge to order someone to say the Pledge of Allegiance. (My ignorant non-lawyer opinion: it isn’t.) ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326/14 "2010-10-07T04:13:50Z")
Please, when the south stops electing moronic teabaggers to every elected office, I’ll stop taking shit about it. Until then, I’ll say whatever the fuck I want about my own region of origin. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326/15 "2010-10-07T04:18:41Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Please, when the south stops electing moronic teabaggers to every elected office, I’ll stop taking shit about it. Until then, I’ll say whatever the fuck I want about my own region of origin. You can say whatever the fuck you want about any region you want. That doesn’t make you not an asshole, though. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326/16 "2010-10-07T04:20:11Z")
I’m not the one in this thread who gratuitously attacked somebody and calling them names for no reason, dude. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326/17 "2010-10-07T04:25:16Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I’m not the one in this thread who gratuitously attacked somebody and calling them names for no reason, dude. Actually, I called your _comment_ assholish. Then you called every elected official in a dozen states moronic teabaggers. _Then_ I called you an asshole. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326/18 "2010-10-07T04:28:05Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Please, when the south stops electing moronic teabaggers to every elected office, I’ll stop taking shit about it. Until then, I’ll say whatever the fuck I want about my own region of origin. Well, he ran unopposed. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326/19 "2010-10-07T04:28:24Z")
Please. I made a comment about the politics of a geographical region which is undeniably true. It’s also a region I am from and know a lot about. Spare me your butthurt indignation. That’;s the last I’m going to feed into **Oakminster’s** hijack. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326/20 "2010-10-07T04:41:02Z")
I remember when Judge Liljon was only concerned with what was crunk, and issued the landmark case “What! v. Okaaay!” Then he changed his name and got all lame. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326.md?page=2)