UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson assassinated

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Nah I don't buy that this is the killer. Everything about how they caught him makes no sense and all of the details about him are seeming WAY too convenient like they all align with how you'd expect a person like this to be but a little too perfectly. IMO this guy they caught is doing it for attention or to allow law enforcement to be thrown off from finding the real killer.

H/ ws carryng a fke ID wth th/ sme alias usd fr th/ hostl in Nw Yrk

Am nt sre n.e1 els wld hve knwn th/ nme whch ws on tht ID

Also th/ phtos in Nw Yrk - thse ey-brws alne r lke fnger-prnts

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

H/ ws carryng a fke ID wth th/ sme nme usd fr th/ hostl in Nw Yrk

Am nt sre n.e1 els wld hve knwn th/ nme whch ws on tht ID

Also th/ phtos in Nw Yrk - thse ey-brws alne r lke fnger-prnts

Hmm didn't know about the fake ID thing so that's plausible but the eyebrows were actually my basis for thinking they have to be different people. If the eyebrows had been that distinct or notable in the original photo/video, people would already have been talking about them. The fact that the eyebrows weren't even really noticed until this guy was caught kind of means other people can tell this person looks pretty different than the one from the video.

 

[Dot]

Hmm didn't know about the fake ID thing so that's plausible but the eyebrows were actually my basis for thinking they have to be different people. If the eyebrows had been that distinct or notable in the original photo/video, people would already have been talking about them. The fact that the eyebrows weren't even really noticed until this guy was caught kind of means other people can tell this person looks pretty different than the one from the video.

Thre ws phto of hm in txi in NY & ey-brws wre defntly on shw thre

Ofc tht only plces hm in NYC & = nt provng tht h/ ws in th/ shootng vdeo bt am sre thy wll tst ballistcs on th/ gn etc tht h/ ws stll carryng whn arrstd

Also hs fce ws shwn in hostl phto

 

[ms_beaverhousen]

Yeah I'm not having "fun" anymore lol because his "heroic" act is over now that new details have come out. Wish he had just dumped a bucket of fake blood on him, filmed it, and posted it. But, according to him, "... it had to done." He killed his message with his own bullet because turns out, he is radicalized; and, looks to be a trustfund baby with a $5 million net worth?
If what I read was true he has a pregnant girlfriend who was going to skip town to Thailand with him but... he had to stop at McDonald's and use the wifi first. Apparently he and his eyebrows were looking suspicious so an employee called Crimestoppers... (That's literally what it's called here.)

 

[Chinaski]

Assassinating healthcare CEOs who profit immensely from the abject misery and suffering of others is still good imo.

 

[Dot]

Yeah I'm not having "fun" anymore lol because his "heroic" act is over now that new details have come out. Wish he had just dumped a bucket of fake blood on him, filmed it, and posted it. But, according to him, "... it had to done." He killed his message with his own bullet because turns out, he is radicalized; and, looks to be a trustfund baby with a $5 million net worth?
If what I read was true he has a pregnant girlfriend who was going to skip town to Thailand with him but... he had to stop at McDonald's and use the wifi first. Apparently he and his eyebrows were looking suspicious so an employee called Crimestoppers... (That's literally what it's called here.)

Yh CrmeStpprs xists in UK also

A prominnt UK presntr fr CrmeStpprs bcme a subjct herslf aftr sh/ ws murdrd outsde hr hme

Radclisd or nt h/ stll opend up a bg convrsatn & xposed th/ angr tht ppl hve 2wrds helth insrnce compnis

Whthr tht gnie cn b pt bck in2 th/ bttle rmains 2 b Cn - altho wld nt b surprsd if compnis jst incrse thr scurty & thn aftr h/ r cnvictd crry on as tho nothng happnd

Assassinating healthcare CEOs who profit immensely from the abject misery and suffering of others is still good imo.

Hs defntly opend up th/ deb8 abt wht consttutes murdr - dirct or passve & socl etc

 

[ms_beaverhousen]

Whthr tht gnie cn b pt bck in2 th/ bttle rmains 2 b Cn - altho wld nt b surprsd if compnis jst incrse thr scurty & thn aftr h/ r cnvictd crry on as tho nothng happnd

This^^ is EXACTLY what will happen, unfortunately. (Immediately security was said to have been beefed up lol.) I don't think this is the start of a revolution. Freaks have time and time again pulled this act with no success, even here in my state with a bomb, on the anniversary of a cult take down. 168 died-- 19 being babies at the daycare-- at a federal building because of the way a notorious police raid on a cult that went wrong. The Unabomber thought this would ignite change too. Ironically this new guy had a copy of his idol's manifesto (along with his own).

If you want to kill bad guys, okay sure. But that leads the door open to everyone's warped interpretation of what constitutes a "bad guy". More importantly, it's the collateral damage that have to suffer (die) at the cost of this "war". We have hated politicans being gunned down here, but if they do or don't get hit, they take the people who are within range down with them. So it can't just become a regularly accepted event, especially when we already live in "Shoot now, ask for forgiveness later." territory. You have to set a precedent, like with terrorists: can't negotiate with only a select few because the majority will follow expecting to getting the same "deal".
However, now that Agent Orange is to be at-large, all bets are kind of just, off. Bigots can come out of their bunker whack-a-mole holes and killers-in-the-making got their licenses, and the purging begins.
God bless us all.
(which the Luigi guy said we need because he's afraid of what atheists will do to society btw)

 

[Chinaski]

This^^ is EXACTLY what will happen, unfortunately. (Immediately security was said to have been beefed up lol.) I don't think this is the start of a revolution. Freaks have time and time again pulled this act with no success, even here in my state with a bomb, on the anniversary of a cult take down. 168-- 19 being babies at the daycare-- at a federal building because of the way a notorious police raid on a cult that went wrong. The Unabomber thought this would ignite change too. Ironically this new guy had a copy of his idol's manifesto (along with his own).

If you want to kill bad guys, okay sure. But that leads the door open to everyone's warped interpretation of what constitutes a "bad guy". More inportantly, it's the collateral damage that have to suffer (die) at the cost of this "war". We have hated politicans being gunned down here, but if they do or don't get hit, they take the people who are within range down with them. So it can't just become a regularly accepted event, especially when we already live in "Shoot now, ask for forgiveness later." territory. You have to set a precedent, like with terrorists: can't negotiate with a just few because the majority will follow expecting to getting the same "deal".
However, now that Agent Orange is to be at-large, all bets are kind of just, off. Bigots can come out of their bunker whack-a-mole holes and killers-in-the-making got their licenses, and the purging begins.
God bless us all
(which the Luigi guy said we need because he's afraid of what atheists will do to society btw)

Tbf i had not considered the possibility of the consequences of not speaking out in condemnation of acts of violence upon those who profit from the misery, pain and very real suffering of the general population, in responding to the death of an actual *healthcare profiteer* with indifference and, indeed, celebration we are opening the door for fascism and it is quite logical that we should all feel less safe in the aftermath of the passing of a very wealthy piece of shit who profited handsomely from the suffering of millions, from now on we should seek to defend healthcare CEOs at all costs because the alternative would be nuclear war or some shit

 

[darkshadownice]

If americans shot more healthcare ceos and fewer classmates I'd join the NRA

I read a comment on Youtube that said something to the effect of "we're only 5 CEOs being assassinated from reaching universal healthcare" lol.

 

[ms_beaverhousen]

"Tbf" I hadn't either... because I didn't speak of any such consequences. But tbf, think that. Wtf do I care?

I didn't say you have to speak at all lol. I said it's potentially dangerous for society to socially allow people to kill capital corporate assholes on the fly... Otherwise, things become distorted. It's a thought that's tied to a greater theme. Sorry you're so small-minded and think my joking about our joke of a leader is me critically fearing nuclear disaster rather than another, even more, insufferable 4yrs. My bad...

 

[NumbItAll]

This^^ is EXACTLY what will happen, unfortunately. (Immediately security was said to have been beefed up lol.) I don't think this is the start of a revolution. Freaks have time and time again pulled this act with no success, even here in my state with a bomb, on the anniversary of a cult take down. 168 died-- 19 being babies at the daycare-- at a federal building because of the way a notorious police raid on a cult that went wrong. The Unabomber thought this would ignite change too. Ironically this new guy had a copy of his idol's manifesto (along with his own).

If you want to kill bad guys, okay sure. But that leads the door open to everyone's warped interpretation of what constitutes a "bad guy". More importantly, it's the collateral damage that have to suffer (die) at the cost of this "war". We have hated politicans being gunned down here, but if they do or don't get hit, they take the people who are within range down with them. So it can't just become a regularly accepted event, especially when we already live in "Shoot now, ask for forgiveness later." territory. You have to set a precedent, like with terrorists: can't negotiate with only a select few because the majority will follow expecting to getting the same "deal".
However, now that Agent Orange is to be at-large, all bets are kind of just, off. Bigots can come out of their bunker whack-a-mole holes and killers-in-the-making got their licenses, and the purging begins.
God bless us all.
(which the Luigi guy said we need because he's afraid of what atheists will do to society btw)

Great points. Idk how anyone thinks vigilante murders are gonna help anything. Like we're gonna suddenly have cheap healthcare now because some interchangeable executive got killed LOL. Yeah I guess I'm a buzzkill, but I think society generally does not improve by simply shooting people we don't like. I completely understand the resentment that people have though.

 

[Pluto]

 

[ms_beaverhousen]

Great points. Idk how anyone thinks vigilante murders are gonna help anything. Like we're gonna suddenly have cheap healthcare now because some interchangeable executive got killed LOL. Yeah I guess I'm a buzzkill, but I think society generally does not improve by simply shooting people we don't like. I completely understand the resentment that people have though.

Thanks. Perfectly stated.
Glad somebody got it.
Like I said in my other reply, would've preferred him escaping or else having a more forgiving backstory. Could've taken the (justified) outcry further along imo.

Guess I was too dry in that it offset my satire to the point of it appearing as if I was in defense of the despicable life of a healthcare CEO from someone who enjoys profitting off the backs of "the misery, pain, and very real suffering" of the general forum. Interesting irony there. Next time I'll have to be more obvious about which side I stand on and just join the oversized fists jeering with their mouths all agape.

 

[derpyderpins]

Thanks. Perfectly stated.
Glad somebody got it.
Like I said in my other reply, would've preferred him escaping or else having a more forgiving backstory. Could've taken the (justified) outcry further along imo.

Guess I was too dry in that it offset my satire to the point of it appearing as if I was in defense of the despicable life of a healthcare CEO from someone who enjoys profitting off the backs of "the misery, pain, and very real suffering" of the general forum. Interesting irony there. Next time I'll have to be more obvious about which side I stand on and just join the oversized fists jeering with their mouths all agape.

I think you're right from a practical standpoint.

Admittedly, my reaction to this is not so focused on logic. It reminds me of how I get fantasies about getting cancer or similar, where I know it's an unhealthy desire and getting my way wouldn't be good. But, I do get a bit of a thrill seeing this vigilantism. I certainly am not taking energy to feel bad for the victim any more than I do for other people who get murdered every day but don't make the news.

But you're absolutely right that murdering people in this way will not fix our broken health insurance system. It's not like the only problem is corporate greed, although that's a big one. We shouldn't encourage additional random violence.

What a part of me finds - let's say - intriguing, is this as such a radical action both (1) against the health insurance system and (2) against the rich generally. That second point is now undercut by the fact that we know he's a preppy rich kid, but most people won't dig deep enough to know that. We had this act of violence and a LOT of people had the reaction of "nice."

Again, I don't think anyone should attack anyone else, but what this shows me is that it will inevitably happen when people eventually are pushed far enough, which I think is where the bit of illogical happiness comes from, that this is a piece of evidence that people do in fact have a breaking point. I see people say "eat the rich, eat the rich," and I've always scoffed at how it doesn't happen, people just try to go through the government to tax them or something, not actually revolting. This was someone actually revolting.

Just as I think it's good for the government to have some measure of fear of its citizens, that if it screws them too much the guillotine comes out, I think the rich as a class - the big club - need to have some measure of fear of the poor. If you're in a run down neighborhood and your house keeps getting more and more decadent and lavish and you've got more sports cars in the driveway etc. etc., eventually it won't matter if you got it "fairly" by your definition, people are going to be sick of seeing it rubbed in their face when you could provide for all of them for a lifetime and they're barely scraping by.

 

[ms_beaverhousen]

I think you're right from a practical standpoint.

Admittedly, my reaction to this is not so focused on logic. It reminds me of how I get fantasies about getting cancer or similar, where I know it's an unhealthy desire and getting my way wouldn't be good. But, I do get a bit of a thrill seeing this vigilantism. I certainly am not taking energy to feel bad for the victim any more than I do for other people who get murdered every day but don't make the news.

But you're absolutely right that murdering people in this way will not fix our broken health insurance system. It's not like the only problem is corporate greed, although that's a big one. We shouldn't encourage additional random violence.

What a part of me finds - let's say - intriguing, is this as such a radical action both (1) against the health insurance system and (2) against the rich generally. That second point is now undercut by the fact that we know he's a preppy rich kid, but most people won't dig deep enough to know that. We had this act of violence and a LOT of people had the reaction of "nice."

Again, I don't think anyone should attack anyone else, but what this shows me is that it will inevitably happen when people eventually are pushed far enough, which I think is where the bit of illogical happiness comes from, that this is a piece of evidence that people do in fact have a breaking point. I see people say "eat the rich, eat the rich," and I've always scoffed at how it doesn't happen, people just try to go through the government to tax them or something, not actually revolting. This was someone actually revolting.

Just as I think it's good for the government to have some measure of fear of its citizens, that if it screws them too much the guillotine comes out, I think the rich as a class - the big club - need to have some measure of fear of the poor. If you're in a run down neighborhood and your house keeps getting more and more decadent and lavish and you've got more sports cars in the driveway etc. etc., eventually it won't matter if you got it "fairly" by your definition, people are going to be sick of seeing it rubbed in their face when you could provide for all of them for a lifetime and they're barely scraping by.

Lol. Hence why I initially said I was no longer 'having "fun" anymore lol because his "heroic" act is over now that new details have come out,' because turns out, he is no Robin Hood. (Plus Robin Hood sings, but a certain "Chicago" song by a jailed wife who's [dead] husband "had it coming" did come to mind.) Doesn't mean I didn't find the Suspect LookaLike Contest to be hilarious or that I'm not enjoying the memes. Who knows, maybe he will get a lighter sentence because he has money. Although to actually be fair my standpoint wasn't even the real topic point here, nor was it in question until I was stopped by a certain soused hall-monitor and forced to double down. Shouldn't have to clarify, but I will for those that do matter: no, definitely don't feel bad for good ol' Brian (the CEO).

It's a bizarre happening though, and it was certainly kind of cool for a hot minute. But now what lies in wait as a result, if anything. That was really the extent of my curiosity.

 

[noname223]

I really don't think prison is going to be good for this guy. Looks a top candidate for mass rape. He must have known that when he did it too. Strange call.

Why Do you think He is a top candidate for Masse rape?I am genuinely curious which trades make you that. Because He is handsome and a Baby face?