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[–] humanoidchaos@lemmy.cif.su 13 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

That's a lie.

It's the disparity in wealth and rigged system that's inspiring people towards violence.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 7 points 1 hour ago

If that's true, then let's sue the right-wing media for glorifying every white-supremacist mass shooting as a misunderstood troubled souls, encouraging any angsty WASPs out there looking for attention

[–] Alpacaaca@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 hour ago

i think they may have a point, but will that make luigi responsible?

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 13 points 7 hours ago

Or its the overwhelming economic conditions.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

United's violence against their customers denying necessary, doctor advised medical care they paid premiums for is inspiring towards more violence, let's not start the wheel halfway already turned

[–] canajac@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 hour ago

Where's the proof?

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

It's hardly his fault that anarchists made him their poster boy, tbh. He was still in lockup when they were using him to promote violence.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 19 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Well let’s talk about that in regards to Kyle rittenhouse, the January 6th rioters, Daniel penny, Vance boelter and the endless stream of far right terrorists we are forced to tolerate. Luigi is a man of the people a real life hero in a soul crushing dystopian hell hole.

[–] Desistance@lemmy.world 14 points 10 hours ago

Good, they deserve the hate.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 hours ago

Harmful words it's not his fault everyone is outraged.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 26 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Shaggy1050@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

Right!? I kind of was hoping the wave would start.... Clearly it hasn't.

[–] silicon@lemmy.world 18 points 13 hours ago

Billionaires shouldn't exist.

[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 64 points 16 hours ago

This is such BS. There's actually been a disturbing LACK of copy cats, and dead CEO's.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 15 hours ago

Billionaires do more to inspire attacks against billionaires than anyone else, we should start by attacking that problem first.

[–] vane@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Basically all evil of the world is his fault. Nice, I hope next evidence would be antichrist bible verses.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 hours ago

Even if it were true, that's not a crime. If we could prosecute people for inspiring evil Creamsicle McHairplugs would be in jail instead of the white house.

[–] treesquid@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

Fuck I hope so. Oh, but you better kill him so other people don't kill the other CEOs who murder for profit, because murder is only okay for money, or when the state does it to protect killers that are also campaign donors.

[–] FluorideMind@lemmy.world 25 points 16 hours ago

What's inspiring violence is 95% of the world is being robbed by the other 5%.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 20 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

That's a weird way to spell 'folk hero'.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 11 hours ago

It's a weird way to say Not Guilty.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 35 points 19 hours ago

I fuckin wish dude

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 25 points 18 hours ago

Zero proof of that. Just scaremongering and sensationalized BS by prosecutors. I mean, wishful thinking and all, but still not real.

[–] maxxadrenaline@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Oh nope! Its wasnt Luigi. He was just another poor soul. Weve had so many others before him to show us how powerful we REALLY ARE. Luigis just a victim IMO.

[–] ComradeRachel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 15 hours ago

Free Luigi!

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 30 points 19 hours ago

No proof of that at all. I haven't heard of a single other healthcare ceo getting deleted.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 42 points 20 hours ago

Luigi doesn't inspire to kill anyone

CEOs inspire people to kill CEOs

[–] Corelli_III@midwest.social 16 points 18 hours ago

Luigi's continued incarceration is proof that the majority of us cannot tell hot brown-eyed himbos apart

he looks nothing like that guy apart from being a hottie with a couple similar "drivers license" features

[–] himmyguap@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

That would be correct.

[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 18 points 19 hours ago (5 children)

The American system encourages violence. You arm every citizen, piss them off and deny services and then wonder why they resort to violence. It's the method you built a to your system. Stop trying to blame the lone wolf, you are the problem.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 11 hours ago
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[–] Brutticus@midwest.social 6 points 15 hours ago

please, I can only get so erect

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 25 points 21 hours ago

Bullshit. Its the corpos' actions that provide all the inspiration

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 24 points 21 hours ago

Luigi didn't inspire anyone to kill. He was with me that day!

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 4 points 15 hours ago
[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 17 points 21 hours ago

Pretty sure it's the actions of parasitic CEOs in the pursuit of ever expanding profits with no concern for the wellbeing of the public that is inspiring people to violence.

[–] Englishgrinn@lemmy.ca 46 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

I'm late to this party but I always like to chip in on Luigi threads:

  1. That other people were inspired to kill CEOs by this killing is irrelevant. I mean, it's debatable that it's true at all. But even if it were, that feels relevant only insofar as this is a jury trial - and thats not a bug of a jury trial, it's a feature. Public sentiment doesn't really get a say outside the 12 folks in the box.

  2. There is a serious chain of evidence issue with the supposed murder weapon. Body cams are turned off, (improper) when Luigis bag is taken from him, and according to filings, that bag wasn't searched until back at a local station over 30 minutes later. That strikes people as suspect as it's outside normal procedure for cops, who would normally search a bag right away during the arrest. The cops were alone with that bag for 30 minutes prior to "finding" the gun. Most unbelievable, they expect us to believe that someone capable of this killing, and producing an inherently disposable 3D printed "ghost gun", then failed to ditch it and carried it across state lines? He couldn't find a garbage can to pitch it in over 24 hours later?

  3. People say Luigi couldn't be the adjuster because of the height/build difference between him and the security footage of Brian Thompsons shooting. I find this less convincing as the footage is extremely unclear. But I will say at the very least, nothing in that footage has been brought to my attention that supports Luigi being the shooter. No shill pundit or sweaty former prosecutor desperate for their 15 minutes has got on TV and said "See, here's what the prosecution is going to point to to build their case."

It would seem to me, that Luigi is a troubled young rich kid who wrote some critical, if meandering, things about his frustrations with US Healthcare, got accused by a McDonalds employee who was financially incentivized to see a suspect, had evidence planted by some cops hoping to catch this rising folk hero before anyone else got any ideas, and then got railroaded by the most corrupt DOJ since the Gilded Age.

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