I don’t know but it seems the judge had seen something in this case set him off on these two individuals, something they had done to their child. Who knows what it was but it set the judge off. So we don’t have all the facts, he did.
If you are in a courtroom you will sit down and shut up if the judge tells you too. If you don’t you pay the price. If you want to get into a pissing contest with a police officer on a traffic stop or a judge in his court room you will lose every time in that setting. You go to the officers supervisor and get an attorney involved after the event. In the case of a judge you have the same options, but taking them on in their domain is always a losing proposition.
As for respect, whatever these to so-called parents had done they had blown all respect the judge had for them. The judge escalated and she reacted like a thug and paid the price. The husband shut his mouth, got his butt chewed out and walked out the door with a much better judgement.
Then the judge should have told they’re sorry but excuses for parents and maybe even evil. But when he repeatedly called them idiots, first, he gave them an excuse because they’re idiots. What can you expect from a couple of idiots.
Second, if they had done something horrible the kid should have been taken from them rather than allow the two “idiots” to share in the horrible treatment of the child.
Third, It also showed the judge’s vocabulary is seriously lacking. Sounds like he’s “insult adjective” challenged.