Fullbore Friday

Fullbore can be an act, a tool of war, a concept ... or just an attitude in the face of adversity. An example to measure yourself and those around you by.

A little something different this week. I'm not sure how to quite put this, but here we go.

You're 17 and you're off being, well, 17. You wake up, things seem fuzzy and then, poof. Everything is upside down.

Frustrated by what she felt was a lenient plea bargain for two teens who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting her and circulating pictures of the incident, a Louisville 17-year-old lashed out on Twitter.

“There you go, lock me up,” Savannah Dietrich tweeted, as she named the boys who she said sexually assaulted her. “I’m not protecting anyone that made my life a living Hell.”

Now, Dietrich is facing a potential jail sentence, as the attorneys for the boys have asked a Jefferson District Court judge to hold her in contempt because they say that in naming her attackers, she violated the confidentiality of a juvenile hearing and the court’s order not to speak of it.
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Her parents also gave their written permission for her to speak with the newspaper.

“I’m at the point, that if I have to go to jail for my rights, I will do it,” she said. “If they really feel it’s necessary to throw me in jail for talking about what happened to me ... as opposed to throwing these boys in jail for what they did to me, then I don’t understand justice.”
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Dietrich said she was sexually assaulted by two teen boys she knew in August 2011. She had been drinking at a gathering, she said, and became unconscious. Months later she learned that pictures of the incident had been taken and shared with others.
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Dietrich said she was sexually assaulted by two teen boys she knew in August 2011. She had been drinking at a gathering, she said, and became unconscious. Months later she learned that pictures of the incident had been taken and shared with others.

Read the whole thing.

This is about a lot more than a sexual assault - this is about an individual seeing wrong and standing up to it. She feels the system is wrong - and she does not accept it. In the face of others who may shame her or worse - she does not care; she leans in to it - and she does it with her parents' approval.

American spirit? Yes; they have it.

I am humbled by this young lady's bravery, spine, attitude, and ... well ... what more can you say? Also, BZ to her parents.

Savannah Dietrich - you are fullbore. Keep going like you are, and you'll be fine. May we all be blessed with daughters such as you.