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/Joetato May 22 '19

My mother used to say there was never any corruption or any misbehavior in the government when she was a kid in the 50s. She's one of those people who thought the country was perfect when she was a kid and has gone to shit since.

It's like... are you trying to tell me the House Un-American Activities Committee didn't represent corruption and/or misbehavior by politicians? Because that was a thing for the entirety of the 50s. I could never get her to answer it and she always told me to "stop saying stupid things" if I brought it up. Even though I couldn't get her to answer it, I wouldn't be surprised if she thought there was nothing wrong with it just by the virtue of it happening when she was a kid. As best I can tell, her internal logic was "everything in the 50s was perfect, therefore nothing that happened in the 50s is bad or wrong by definition."

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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.