Kentucky state Sen. Johnnie Turner dies after plunging into empty swimming pool on lawn mower
Kentucky state Sen. Johnnie Turner dies after plunging into empty swimming pool on lawn mower
Kentucky state Sen. Johnnie Turner was known for his staunch support for the coal industry and other causes in his Appalachian district.
Since the article decided it wasn’t worth mentioning—as if it wasn’t obvious by the fact he was a republican—he was also full heartedly participating in the witch hunt against trans kids, and also the slow destruction of public libraries.
May his grave be a gender neutral toilet for many years to come. 🙏
Thoughts and prayers 🙏🏼
Why would it be worth mentioning? A person died. A medic had to climb down there and determine he was dead. He then had to climb out and tell the family that he was dead. The fire department then had to retrieve the body. The police had to write a report about what they saw on scene. A family is grieving now.
The guy was an asshole and bad person. But he was a human. Being a republican or democrat has nothing to do with death. Be a sensitive human and respect death.
He was doing his damnedest to make life unlivable for trans people, I hope he’s rotting in hell. If you want to be treated respectfully in death, don’t be a piece of shit in life.
Btw, he wasn’t found dead. It took him a while to die as the accident was a month ago. If you’re going to make up a story to try to make this dead shithead more sympathetic you could at least read the article.
I’d think being a sensitive human involves thinking of those whose lives he turned upside down and terrorized for the sake of politics, and not just going “but he wasn’t an actual monster living in a cave and had a family 🥺”
Like, did he turn democrat last minute before he hit the concrete teeth first? Or you mean that he was republican the entire time and now he's fucking dead so nobody give a shit he's dead and no longer republican?
The article I read recognized him for his contributions to the coal industry lobby and expanding horse betting. A real go-getter.
One of the more tame Republicans 😏
"He spent his life uplifting others... He was open minded to new initiatives"
Sounds like it
To any Republicans reading these comments and are "shocked" that we're glad he's gone... You will not be respected if you do not act respectably. You will be judged for your actions and you will not be missed.
"I have never wished death upon another human. I have, however, read many obituaries with a great deal of satisfaction."
I need not tolerate those who want me dead. The only people who think that's a paradox are fundamentally terrible people.
Mom look, a good republican!
at 76 with a reasonable amount of wealth under his belt, I'm surprised he was even mowing his own lawn
I think for some people it's like a form of meditation, especially for those with a big lawn and a riding mower. I don't personally get it, but that's the vibe these guys give off.
Even more amazing: weeding. Some people go into the zone out there pulling weeds. To me it was always torture -- mental and physical.
I didn't get it until I lived it myself. It's a whole thing. Felt like a King of the Hill skit when the neighbors rolled up my 3rd weekend. We were all out doing the same thing so they came to say hello. Just three guys out sitting on riding mowers in the front lawn chatting and drinking beers in the early afternoon while we all take a quick break from our solitude. It's probably the most relaxing chore that still requires a lot of physical labor. And you feel good about completing it.
Although if I wasn't renting, all this grass would be gone in favor of plant diversity. American lawn culture is strange.
Lots of people love maintaining a yard or garden. It’s not work to them. It’s a hobby.
100% agree. I love putting on headphones and mowing my lawn. Somehow it's relaxing. Shoveling snow, different story...
as a kentucky resident he won't be missed. he has been an active part of making the state worse.
These are the people in charge of running the country...
“Accidents” happen. (I used to be a medic, and I firmly believe there is no such thing as a true “accident”.) If you look at the whole scene, you can find the point on the timeline up to the “accident” where the patient got stupid. And then I had to be there.
And yes, drunk mowing is a real thing. I had to overturn a riding lawnmower once to look for a bit of finger. But the two fatalities involving lawnmowers I did, had no alcohol involved—just stupidity was all that was required.
Another EMT here. The vast majority of the time it happens because of two mistakes, people almost never get seriously injured because of one thing, it is usually "I disabled or ignored this one safety step, then I got distracted for a second at the wrong time" or something similar. Could be alcohol, could be laziness, could be pressure to finish something for a boss that doesn't care.
Safety is typically defense in depth, and one failure isn't enough to cause a major issue.
Tho, there are MAJOR exceptions.
I firmly believe there is no such thing as a true “accident”
I've been teaching my kids that "accidents happen because either someone did do something they shouldn't have or they didn't do something they should have, and it's important to learn from accidents and near-accidents to avoid them in the future"
It's incredible the number of adults I encounter who lack this wisdom and just shake off accidents as random chance without seeing the choices that led to them
Fire Department Chronicles pretty much underlines exactly this. Emergency situations caused by some level of stupidity. Often no communication, bad supervision or training, some stunt, or just extremely poor judgement leading up to whatever happened that caused the call in the first place.
Well, not anymore
You can’t make this stuff up.
Sure you can.
You might say…
…he went off the deep end.
Maybe he misunderstood sunken costs
How drunk was he mowing the lawn?
A bottle of shite (I meant to write "white" but I won't correct that) wine and a few Oxys, presumably.
Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to step off the lawn mower. Do you know why I stopped you?
Because you're a pool?
That has happened more than once in real life.......
An uplifting story.
Felt like more of a let down
To think with a full pool it could have been a letdrown
Coal industry, horse racing... some people are just determined to make the world a slightly worse place.
Also, how can one be "aboard" a lawn mower?
Driving lawn mower. Staple for houses with acreage.
indeed... they look like mini tractors, insane
I'm having a really hard time imagining how such an accident was unavoidable.
Medical crisis. Drinking. Both.
Isn't it normally code to have a fence around a pool? So even if he had a medical episode while riding a lawnmower, surely a fence would have stopped the mower.
I have to imagine that he refused to have a fence around his pool because big government can't tell him what to do, so perhaps this death is from hubris.
I think those codes depend on the state and it may depend if it is empty or if a child lives with you but even if there were a fence, they are normally pretty flimsy and meant to keep young children from getting in unsupervised. A ride on lawnmower is going to tear though one super easily.
Looks like ol' Johnnie Turner forgot to turn
Good riddance, Republican trash.
What a hilarious way to go out. Darwin Award nomination incoming
Seriously thought this was a headline from The Onion.
That is some real Kentucky shit right there.
coming soon: GOP legislation to block requirement of "don't drive it into a pool" warning stickers on lawn mowers
"Immigrants are emptying our pools!"
I am so proud of my state
"Hi, I'm Johnnie Turner. Welcome to Jackass!"
Found the riding mower:
🤣 I can hear the horn... playing Dixie like those Dukes boys.
A new American version of "fell out of a window"?
Did he offend his Russian keepers?
I am not sure if this is true or not, but in the memory of Republican Senator Turner, I'm going to spread around anyways!
To future historians: this is a reference to the contemporary political figure “JD Vance” who argued he was justified in spreading lies because it served his political purposes.
This new Republican Lawmaker challenge is taking TikTok by storm!
What a shitty way to go.
How do you "plunge" into an empty pool? Wonder if it was a mulching mower.
There are definitions of plunge that don't involve water. One can plunge their hand into their pocket, for example.
Oh well.
they'll be immediately replaced by a maga.
This website is cancer. Fuck CBS.
There were more respectful ways to word that headline but none more click-baity.
He doesn't deserve respect. He lived and died a piece of shit; we don't need to give him special treatment now that he's dead.
Yes, we have to remember that this is a tragedy. A lawnmower and a pool were damaged.
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