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One of them has, in the eyes of the law, not killed anyone. He has to be proven guilty for that, and the public does not have enough evidence to come to the conclusion that he did even if we disregard the principle of innocent until convicted by a jury.
Meanwhile the public does know for a fact that Thompson has killed thousands of people.
I asked a local youth their thoughts on the death of Brian Thompson. "Lol," he said. "Lmao."
The kids are alright.
I mean, it wasn’t old Americans making all the fancams
Well, yeah, the health care system in the US is a disgrace. Everyone who's running it should, if we're feeling generous, be given the opportunity to resign and work towards making amends, or be shot dead.
All the billionaires, too. And a lot of other CEOs that enshittify their services to make a little more money.
Too many people are like "oh we can't talk about violence" while violence is being done to most of us every day.
We can't talk of violence against these ghouls because it is their lack of fear of us that allows such ghoulishness to continue.
Lowest effort “exclusive”
Are you telling me that a 67 year old wealth hoarder didn't make this image?
No Shit
Amazing that these nerds have to poll for this.
Exclusive! 96% of people under 35 don’t like to eat poop!
What victim?
i’m convinced the majority of Americans simply don’t care but feel compelled to answer considering cultural morals, so they choose to express some level of disapproval. not caring here is a symptom of political apathy which is itself a symptom of a exhaustion from living under an oppressive and failed ideology. they don’t care that he died, whatever. worse things to focus on. but they “know that’s wrong” and respond to these questions in the perceived expected way.
so in my mind, the people who don’t care and the people who sympathize with the shooter likely make up more than anyone who criticizes them. i haven’t met a single person who hasn’t had a terrible experience with health insurance. we have all suffered in the health care industry. brian thompson was a social murderer and a fucking parasite.
Boomers have the most to lose under our healthcare system if they haven't already and yet they turn around and side with the oppressor.
They either own, or are decisionmakers in, American companies where the threat of losing health insurance is a powerful incentive for their employees to stay and accept abusive employment situations.
in the killing of health insurance CEOs there are no victims. only volunteers.
"I'm doing my part!"
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Surely that makes it an inclusive