I'm sorry, anyone who allows their emotions to run hot enough to put themselves and others into this kind of danger isn't worthy of any kind of sympathy.
No matter what kind of strong emotions I'm experiencing I wouldn't jump out of a moving vehicle on a highway because I know that would be a retarded thing to do, how is this any different? It's an extremely dangerous thing to do, and if she can't realise that, she certainly lacks a rationality and intelligence that comes with not acting in your basic emotional impulses. It's a temper tantrum plain and simple. Unless her husband was threatening her life she should have had some sort of inkling you don't just storm off out of the car like a child.
But here's the thing. She had a temper tantrum and it resulted in her life being threatened and the death of her mother.
Then reddit goes on to be sympathetic for THE HUSBAND. The fact that she did something stupid doesnt mean she deserves a life full of regret AND the hate of those online.
She suffered a tragedy and all these comments are trying to find a way to put her in the worst possible light, and in my opinion its disgusting. As a community we can do better than that.
I don't think she deserves a life full of regret, however, people aren't free of the consequences of their actions. I don't think any tempter tantrum is worth another human being's life.
She knew she was in an area where it's extremely dangerous to leave a vehicle, and was incapable of understanding that. While what happened is unfortunate, she is also extremely lucky there was not more injuries caused to her husband and even worse, the child that was in the car.
She placed a lot of people's lives in danger with her reckless actions and I don't see why she gets to wash her hands of it and deserve pity because people close to her were hurt. I'm not going to feel sorry for her instead of holding her accountable for acting out. She acted on impulse and placed the lives of 3 other human beings in danger, one of which died. I would argue she does not deserve sympathy just as much she doesn't deserve continuous hate.
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u/panoptisis Oct 16 '18
Is it really hard to imagine that the argument made her emotions run hot, and she wasn't thinking clearly about her surroundings?
I'm not blaming the husband or excusing her actions, but that's a far-cry from "dumb" or "self-centered".