I never understood how this Sovcit stuff keeps spreading.

I’ve listened to an unhealthy amount of sovcits in court. The majority of them seem like people who picked up on it after being in a bad place in life, where- often by their own bad choices- they’ve ended up with very limited options. They are looking at loss of driver’s license, some jail time, and/or fees they can’t easily pay. They have used up all of their chances, and now are staring down some real consequences. They can either internalize responsibility, or they can try out this sovcit thing which tells them that actually none it is their own fault. Rarely have I heard sovcits on court streams who haven’t had a long list of prior police interactions.

You also have the kind of person who just loves to argue. I’m sure you’ve met them. The person who makes tortured troll logic arguments against every rule, simply for the sake of wanting a win. They want to feel smart, and they take baffling other people to shocked silence as a win. Sovcit stuff plays into their desire to argue hypertechnically (in a way that’s ultimately incredibly stupid). Combine that with the above, and boy you got a stew goin’.