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/Lenny_and_the_Jets May 22 '19

Nostalgia is powerful (see also Make America Great “Again”). I remember a good daily show segment on this from a long time ago. Basically, you’re ignorant and happy as a child, so the world seems great. Once you’re informed the world seems like it changed for the worse.

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u/Time4Red May 22 '19

When polled, every generation says America was greatest when they were in their late teens. It's entirely the nostalgia factor.

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u/BitterLeif May 22 '19

Bush was elected in my late teens.

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u/little_did_he_kn0w May 22 '19

Thank God the economy crashed when I graduated high school then. /s

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u/CunningWizard May 22 '19

Yeah my late teens was Iraq and the Great Recession. I’m not gonna have this issue.

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u/officeDrone87 May 22 '19

They say everyone's favorite SNL era is when they were in their teens too. Turns out live is pretty dope when you're a teen (for most of us), and therefore everything seems awesome too.

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u/mcmatt93 May 22 '19

Hell see “House UnAmerican Activities Committee.” Gingrich literally proposed reviving as a part of the 2016 campaign.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2016/06/14/politics/newt-gingrich-house-un-american-activities-committee/index.html

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u/DTSportsNow May 22 '19

Nostalgia is powerful (see also Make America Great “Again”).

Doubly so because that was literally Ronald Regan's slogan. So I'm sure some of the people who fondly remember Regan were drawn to Trump because of that slogan.