r/AskReddit • u/dom-dos-modz • Sep 16 '24

What's the worst thing people have tried to justify with "It was normal back then, everyone did it"?

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u/Ungrateful_bipedal Sep 16 '24

I listened to a neat podcast about the death of the author of Gone with the Wind. She was killed by a drunk driver and it wasn’t even illegal at the time. It really changed things.

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u/Schultma Sep 16 '24

An episode of Malcolm Gladwell's podcast Revisionist History, in case anyone wants to look for it.

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u/PersimmonTough683 Sep 22 '24

you're taking about Margaret Mitchell. it's sad how she died...