Lasherz12,

Maybe it’ll bring him back online? Of course that would invalidate the running theory that Republicans are caused by brain damage. I feel horrible that Giselle was involved, she’s been through hell and back with his ever-changing personality basically discounting her lived experience with immigration and now this…

Raiderkev,

What final destination sequel is this dude living in?

BluesF,

Well he seems to survive every time so… Penultimate destination?

Passerby6497,

Eh, there’s usually one or two people who survived to be murdered off screen or in a later movie.

weker01,

I’m not from the US but I get a lot of drive by news from over there and every time I hear of Fetterman it’s in the context of some medical thing. Be it depression, stroke and now this. I don’t know shit about his political stances but I think he deserves a break!

Btw his last name looks like “fetter Mann” which in German literally means fat man, which sounds kinda rude :/

RizzRustbolt,

Damn Gritty, you work fast.

MeaanBeaan,

See, your mistake was driving in Maryland. It’s Mad Max out here.

nicgentile, (edited )

This. For the past 3 months I’ve been driving down the 95 at dawn. Around 5.30 AM it’s every person for themselves. Around this time, people casually cruise at 80mph. The person forcing you to move from the overtaking lane while your car is breaking a sweat at 85mph is an unmarked cop car trying to get to wherever faster than you are. Cops drive far worse here. It’s the one place PG cops just let shit slide. You don’t bring your nonsense to the 95 at dawn.

kandoh,

Let’s keep hitting him in the head till his politics improve.

littlewonder,

Oops, accidentally a serial killer.

Classy,

I think you a word there

cristo,

This guy just cant catch a break

demizerone,

If homeboy is so brain damaged he turned Republican, he probably shouldn’t be driving.

lazynooblet,
@lazynooblet@lazysoci.al avatar

It is likely he was at fault.

Sen. John Fetterman was briefly hospitalized after rear-ending another driver on a Maryland highway

nypost.com/…/sen-john-fetterman-rear-ends-driver-…

jeffw,

This article says that too, you didn’t need to link to NYPost lol

sarcasticsunrise,
@sarcasticsunrise@lemmy.world avatar

Praying that this somehow glitches him back to the one politician I was actually hyped for back whan

MehBlah,

The problem with people who claim to to want change. Who claim they want to drain the swamp that once they are floating on top of it like rest of the scum they only see an opportunity to get what they want.

samus12345,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

I mean, he was already a mayor.

MehBlah,

As a mayor he is just that fuzzy scum you can vaguely see growing on the roots of the plants through the murky waters.

errer,

Well that’s…incredibly suspicious

jeffw,

Which part?

Red_October,

The part where he didn’t read the article and jumps to the conspiracy conclusion off of the headline.

errer,

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  • errer,

    See my other comment. Time for you to do some reading.

    beansbeansbeans,

    Not really, especially if he was headed to/from DC. Some of the worst drivers in the nation regularly frequent 495.

    athairmor,

    The DMV has some the highest car insurance rates in the country for this reason.

    theonyltruemupf,

    If you are rear-ending another car, you are the problem 100% of the time. You always need to treat other drivers as if they were complete morons. That includes always keeping enough distance to safely stop if they suddenly slam they breaks.

    0xb,

    Yes it is, if you didn’t read the article and also know nothing about anything.

    errer,

    Man with brain injury who recently had been publicly eviscerated for a rightward swing maybe is a little bit careless when driving. Yeah it’s suspicious.

    0xb,

    People who turn conservative or less progressive don’t get into car accidents so if he did that’s unusual?

    errer,

    The dude is possibly having a mental breakdown. Trying to cause yourself harm can be part of that process. That’s the suspicious part. People really, really can’t read.

    0xb,

    Nah, you are trying to salvage this situation by changing everything you meant. Suddenly you are trying to sanitize every reference you made to political ideology and try to dress up this as concern. Now you accuse everybody else of conspiracies and extrapolation when you used ‘suspicious’ (which has a very clear connotation about a malign or hidden background www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suspicious) instead of ‘indicative’, ‘concerning’, ‘worrisome’, ‘troubling’. People can read, and they read ‘suspicious’ which along with your references to political ideology really says who is the one thinking about conspiracies.

    errer,

    I don’t necessarily believe his story that this was an accident, I believe he was trying to harm himself and others. That’s what I’m suspicious of. Come back a few months when this dude completes his mental breakdown and does something really fucked up to himself and others.

    inb4_FoundTheVegan,
    @inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world avatar

    Man with brain injury who recently had been publicly eviscerated for a rightward swing maybe is a little bit careless when driving

    Yeah? And? There are accidents all the time.

    Yeah it’s suspicious.

    Total non sequiter.

    Just come out and say what you think is going on. Was this some convulated failed assassination? Was he trying to murder suicide? Did the deepstate cut his brakes because he told Bill Maher too much?!

    errer,

    A bunch of bad stuff happened in his life recently and he had a bit of a mental lapse when driving. Maybe you should stop reading so many conspiracy blogs.

    errer,

    Also: I find it hilarious how much extrapolation people replying made here. Y’all are just as bad as the rightwingers you think you’re better than.

    inb4_FoundTheVegan, (edited )
    @inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world avatar

    Lol wut? You’re the one claiming something suspicious happened in this extremely boring non lethal non interesting event that happens every minute of every day, but now I’M the consisparcy blog nut?

    There is no consisparcy here! You are making so many wild jumps here. I was laughing at you with those 3 “”“theories”“”.

    errer,

    I never said the word conspiracy, nor implied it. I don’t know why this is so difficult to understand.

    inb4_FoundTheVegan,
    @inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world avatar

    Then what exactly is suspicious?!?

    errer,

    That he got into an accident after a series of negative things happened to him. I’m saying I doubt it was an “accident.” Dude is possibly dangerous to himself and others.

    inb4_FoundTheVegan,
    @inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world avatar

    I’m saying I doubt it was an “accident.”

    That is literally the definition of a conspiracy.

    errer,

    A conspiracy of one person? I’m saying Fetterman is possibly lying about it being an “accident.” Just him alone.

    inb4_FoundTheVegan,
    @inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world avatar

    Jesus. You should’ve just said that from the start. Maybe he is, who knows.

    But look at the mass downvotes and negative responses to your original comment. You need to understand that conspiracy nuts think everything is suspicious and part of whatever grand master plan they believe in. So when you talk like a nut, people assume you are one and treat you as such.

    errer,

    A single person’s actions should be able to be called “suspicious” and not automatically go down some crazy conspiracy theory rabbit hole. That’s what I mean by wild extrapolation by commenters here, it’s literally the behavior of the far right.

    inb4_FoundTheVegan,
    @inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world avatar

    should be able to be called “suspicious”

    Its easy to say everyone misunderstood me, but you should look at the common factor in each of those misunderstandings. You can think you communicated perfectly, but if the net effect is so many people didn’t understand you, then perhaps it’s time to consider more precise word choice instead of vague thinks like “suspicious”.

    errer,

    The common factor is that everyone wanted to score easy internet points by painting my original comment as something it was not.

    inb4_FoundTheVegan,
    @inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world avatar

    🙄

    “Everyone but me was wrong.”

    errer,

    Yep, classic groupthink.

    inb4_FoundTheVegan,
    @inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world avatar

    Or… classic arrogance. Everyone else can mishear but impossible for you to misspeak?

    You sound like a teenager.

    errer,

    I made myself very clear in responses to the original comment what I meant. If people chose not to read those responses, that’s on them. And yeah sure: continue name calling, just like the other commenters here.

    inb4_FoundTheVegan,
    @inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world avatar

    I made myself very clear in responses to the original comment what I meant

    Come back to this thread in a month and re-read. You were vague on top of vague.

    samus12345,
    @samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

    What, so he intentionally rear-ended the other car? If he wasn’t intending to hit the car, it was an accident, regardless of any impairment that might have caused it.

    errer,

    Yes, that’s exactly what I’m suggesting might have happened here. He’s not in a good way right now, that’s plain as day from his wild ideological shift.

    samus12345,
    @samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

    So what would his motive be? He suddenly wanted to try to kill himself and his wife?

    errer,

    Yes, at least himself. But the timing is very suspicious here given what has been happening with him (clinical depression, sudden change in personality, etc.). I would not be shocked if this is the start of more reckless behavior.

    Fedizen,

    guy who had stroke not driving well? Ancient alien theorists believe…

    muse,
    @muse@fedia.io avatar

    Spin the wheel of TBI suddenly changing his politics. Where is he now? Supporter of the IRA? Neo Apartheidist? Neo-Liberal?

    TropicalDingdong,
    Xanis,

    Wheel of Fortune is a lot different than I remember.

    eletes,
    @eletes@sh.itjust.works avatar

    Well yeah Pat just retired

    muse,
    @muse@fedia.io avatar

    Wait for real?? End of an era

    nickhammes,

    Anarchist? Monarchist? Georgist?

    Kowowow,

    I wonder if he’ll be more like his old self after this like cartoon amnesia

    rigatti,
    @rigatti@lemmy.world avatar

    Unless a bruised shoulder treated by frozen peas is severe enough to indicate amnesia, I doubt it.

    njm1314,

    What old self? I keep hearing people say this, but I don’t think they were paying attention to who he was before. This is who he is. He was always at best a neoliberal. He’s a man who represents a State aptly described as Pittsburgh and Philadelphia with Alabama in between.

    londos,
    CptEnder,

    He literally ran on the same progressive talking points as Sanders/AOC. I don’t care if “this was always him” either way I’d be pissed if I voted for him.

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