A father defends his 17-year-old son against accusations of being slow or a street thug, insisting he's an honor student trying to get back into job court for employment. The confrontation turns personal, with attacks on the listener's parenting and family.
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What you fail to realize is your son is not slow. He's not slow, he's not dumb, he's an honor student. No, he's not. Yes, he is. No, he's not. Yes, he is. No, he's not. And I'm not putting him down, but I know the truth. How about the fact that he's trying to achieve something better? These are things that need to be corrected. How about the fact that he's trying to do better? He's not trying to do better. How about the fact that your son is 17 years old and he has more common sense than you? No, you don't know how much common sense— He got more common sense than you? You up here trying to raise a street thug. I am not. You up here trying to raise a street thug. If you honestly feel that way, it is what it is, but at the end of the day, he's going to do what he asked me. What he asked me to do was to help him get back in job court because he wants to do something with his life. No, and I wouldn't even— So if you feel that way, then I didn't. How do you feel about your sister? Man, listen. She's a loser.