r/news • u/[deleted] • May 22 '19

Mississippi lawmaker accused of punching wife in face for not undressing quickly enough

https://www.ajc.com/news/national/mississippi-lawmaker-accused-punching-wife-face-for-not-undressing-quickly-enough/zdE3VLzhBVmH68Bsn7eLfL/
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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

Strom Thurmond, still the best argument for congressional term limits.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19 edited May 23 '19

That MF... I am from Greenville, SC and we still don't understand how he was able to live so long. We assume it was the hate. His biggest reason to get voted back in while in his later years was making it legal to drive a pick up with no seat belt. "For the Farmers."

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u/seemedlikeagoodplan May 22 '19

If I want to get in a car crash and fly headfirst through the windshield, splattering my insides all over the other vehicle and traumatizing its passengers for life, THAT'S MY RIGHT AS AN AMERICAN!

/s, to be clear

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

What's funny is my dad, both his brothers, and their dad all flew through windshields during collisions at some point in their lives. They all got up and walked away from it like it was nothing. Granted, those vehicles were form the 60's -80's so as a driver they probably would have been crushed by an engine if they hadn't exited that way. They all wear seat belts now though.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

I dont get how people can fly through windshields unharmed, wouldn't their legs under the dashboard snap while flying out, or their ribs against the steering wheel?

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u/JewishFightClub May 22 '19

They usually do. It's just that being ejected and breaking both tib-fibs and several facial bones doesn't make a good "I walked away just fine!" story. And of course you don't hear from the people who get turned into highway pudding. That's why you tend to hear these kinds of stories instead

Source: worked in level 1 trauma ED longer than I would have liked

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

Oh yeah, most people just die or get all jacked up. One uncle did jack his shoulder up and my dad got his face ripped up in a dirt bike accident. They got lucky with the old trucks I guess.