Luigi Mangione, who is charged with first-degree murder in the ambush killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, made the comments on a website set up by his defense.
But mass downvoting is a form of brigading, just look it up. And now you’re adding insults to the mix. Well done.
Again, I personally could not care less. But by behaving like this, you’re not encouraging people to share their thoughts (unless of course they agree with you, that’s different!). And you’re certainly not creating an “uplifting” community.
To be clear, I don’t care about your downvotes. I DO care that you’re excusing the inexcusable and helping to normalize political violence.
you aren’t contributing to the discussion in a meaningful way.
Seriously? What “discussion”? There is no discussion. Everybody agrees with you except me. And yet still that’s not enough, apparently. And what have you “contributed” exactly - except to say exactly the same thing that everybody else here is saying? Do you really come to a forum just to read people who already agree with you, and then write their own lines back to them? What’s the point? Validation? I don’t get it.
Shut the fuck up.
Just to be clear to anybody else here who wants a response: this was an exception. I will not reply to comments with insults, “shut the fuck up”, "everybody thinks you are [insert insult here]’ (is that supposed to be an argument?) etc etc. I’m not at primary school any more and I’ve got better things to do. What bothers me is apology for murder. So far there’s been about 3% serious good-faith attempts to justify it, the rest has been empty anger and insults. I’m happy to reply to the former. The latter I ignore.
I’ve contributed to the conversation by pointing out you’re a part of the problem, because you are. This limp dicked thinking is the reason liberals in the U.S. have been shifting further and further right these past 45+ years.
Had more been done to stop these people sooner, sure - we may have the luxury of not calling for people to die. We are running out of time, globally - and yes people like you need to get out of the way.
Where’s your attack on the violence dealt out by so-called health insurance companies then?
Just asking because you seem to have an issue with normalizing violence.
Your agenda is very one-sided.
Whatever that is, it’s not murder. My agenda has two points. I am against the killing of defenseless unarmed people in the street, whoever they are and whatever they have done, on grounds of basic ethics. And I’m against political assassination, on the grounds that it’s gratuitous and counter-productive.
So you choose to ignore corpo violence, because it’s not murder in your opinion.
That way you kind of normalize that violence.
I’m against the killing of defenseless sick people by health insurance denying claims.
I’m against economical assassination on the grounds that it’s despicable to collect insurance premium and embezzle insurance benefits instead of granting them.
And I’m happy that Luigi gets mail.
How is pointing out that Healthcare United had the highest claim rejection rate in America, known for its profit-based healthcare system, political assassination? “They’re making me look bad by pointing out the things I say, do, and believe!”
The downvote button is just a “I disagree” button. By saying you don’t want people to downvote you, you’re saying you don’t want people to disagree with you.
now you’re adding insults to the mix. Well done.
That’s a bit passive aggressive innit? I don’t think that was close to an insult.
you’re not encouraging people to share their thoughts
I think Luigi’s (theoretical) actions are the opposite of excusing the inexcusable. Murdering thousands a year for profit is inexcusable and should be stopped immediately. If that takes the death of the person orchestrating the murders, so be it. I see it as indirect self defense that’s just more controversial than direct self defense.
The CEO chose to kill people and accepted the risks that come with it.
First, to re-clarify, I don’t care about the downvotes myself. I’m a pretty resilient person, that won’t be enough to shut me up, which is apparently what you all want. I do care about the effect of the downvotes, which is to announce to everyone browsing this “discussion” that there’s a mob out, and you better say the right thing or else.
And I absolutely care about what so many people are doing here, which is to excuse murder and to normalize political violence. That’s because murder is inexcusable, period.
As if it matters, I also think that the abuses of the US healthcare system are also inexcusable. And therefore I’m not excusing them. To be glib, two wrongs do not make a right.
But mass downvoting is a form of brigading, just look it up. And now you’re adding insults to the mix. Well done.
Again, I personally could not care less. But by behaving like this, you’re not encouraging people to share their thoughts (unless of course they agree with you, that’s different!). And you’re certainly not creating an “uplifting” community.
To be clear, I don’t care about your downvotes. I DO care that you’re excusing the inexcusable and helping to normalize political violence.
You comment a lot for someone who could not care less.
Should I shut up so that nobody contradicts you?
You should probably shut up because nothing but shit oozes from your maw. Keeping your mouth shut so you can handle your shame in private.
I did. You’re lying. Check this if you don’t believe me: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brigading
They’re discouraging takes that go against the hive mind. Simple as is. Yours just happens to also be a really shitty take.
You cared enough to make a comment about it.
No, all of these people are telling you that you aren’t contributing to the discussion in a meaningful way.
These people are slowly but surely destroying the fabric of society and you’re sitting here clutching your pearls about murder? Shut the fuck up.
Seriously? What “discussion”? There is no discussion. Everybody agrees with you except me. And yet still that’s not enough, apparently. And what have you “contributed” exactly - except to say exactly the same thing that everybody else here is saying? Do you really come to a forum just to read people who already agree with you, and then write their own lines back to them? What’s the point? Validation? I don’t get it.
Just to be clear to anybody else here who wants a response: this was an exception. I will not reply to comments with insults, “shut the fuck up”, "everybody thinks you are [insert insult here]’ (is that supposed to be an argument?) etc etc. I’m not at primary school any more and I’ve got better things to do. What bothers me is apology for murder. So far there’s been about 3% serious good-faith attempts to justify it, the rest has been empty anger and insults. I’m happy to reply to the former. The latter I ignore.
I’ve contributed to the conversation by pointing out you’re a part of the problem, because you are. This limp dicked thinking is the reason liberals in the U.S. have been shifting further and further right these past 45+ years.
Had more been done to stop these people sooner, sure - we may have the luxury of not calling for people to die. We are running out of time, globally - and yes people like you need to get out of the way.
Stopped reading there.
Where’s your attack on the violence dealt out by so-called health insurance companies then?
Just asking because you seem to have an issue with normalizing violence.
Your agenda is very one-sided.
Whatever that is, it’s not murder. My agenda has two points. I am against the killing of defenseless unarmed people in the street, whoever they are and whatever they have done, on grounds of basic ethics. And I’m against political assassination, on the grounds that it’s gratuitous and counter-productive.
So you choose to ignore corpo violence, because it’s not murder in your opinion.
That way you kind of normalize that violence.
I’m against the killing of defenseless sick people by health insurance denying claims.
I’m against economical assassination on the grounds that it’s despicable to collect insurance premium and embezzle insurance benefits instead of granting them.
And I’m happy that Luigi gets mail.
How is pointing out that Healthcare United had the highest claim rejection rate in America, known for its profit-based healthcare system, political assassination? “They’re making me look bad by pointing out the things I say, do, and believe!”
Some misunderstanding. Was talking about what the shooting suspect (almost certainly) did.
The downvote button is just a “I disagree” button. By saying you don’t want people to downvote you, you’re saying you don’t want people to disagree with you.
That’s a bit passive aggressive innit? I don’t think that was close to an insult.
this is !upliftingnews@lemmy.world, not !unpopularopinion@lemmy.world.
I think Luigi’s (theoretical) actions are the opposite of excusing the inexcusable. Murdering thousands a year for profit is inexcusable and should be stopped immediately. If that takes the death of the person orchestrating the murders, so be it. I see it as indirect self defense that’s just more controversial than direct self defense.
The CEO chose to kill people and accepted the risks that come with it.
I doubt that.
First, to re-clarify, I don’t care about the downvotes myself. I’m a pretty resilient person, that won’t be enough to shut me up, which is apparently what you all want. I do care about the effect of the downvotes, which is to announce to everyone browsing this “discussion” that there’s a mob out, and you better say the right thing or else.
And I absolutely care about what so many people are doing here, which is to excuse murder and to normalize political violence. That’s because murder is inexcusable, period.
As if it matters, I also think that the abuses of the US healthcare system are also inexcusable. And therefore I’m not excusing them. To be glib, two wrongs do not make a right.