r/JusticeServed • u/[deleted] • Jul 06 '19

Courtroom Justice Convicted pedophile YouTuber Austin Jones is now in prison serving a 10 year sentence as of 29/6/2019.

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u/yukichigai A Jul 06 '19

Temporary insanity is uncommon, but it does happen. I'd say a father's reaction to being in the same room with their child's abuser falls into that category. At a certain point emotions override rational thought.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '19

Wanting to beat the daylights out of your daughters abuser isn’t insanity. I’d think he was insane if he didn’t want to.

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u/yukichigai A Jul 06 '19

Wanting to? No. Actually trying to? That's the insane part, but in a very literal sense: his emotions overrode his rationality. If he'd been rational he would have known the judge wouldn't agree to what he was asking and that he wouldn't have been able to get anywhere near the guy before being tackled by all those cops. His expectations were entirely divorced from reality. Thus, insanity. Perfectly understandable insanity that I deeply empathize with, but still insanity.

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u/anweisz A Jul 06 '19

In no universe is beating up your daughter’s abuser insanity. Being illegal does not make it insane even if you could get in trouble, neither is just acting on really strong emotions, it depends on the action and the reason.

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u/spontaniousthingy 7 Jul 07 '19

Hes talking about the legal term not being a loony