• poo@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator
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    Can’t remember the last time that a headline about someone being shot and killed brought a smile to my face, but here we are. Brian Thompson deserves no sympathy.

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      Comment’s still up after an hour, yup, looks like the mods here are pretty good. I like this place. Over in /c/news the modlog is insane, looks like it’d be easier to just remove themselves from the Fediverse rather than try and remove all the comments that might hint at “celebrating violence”.

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        Hopefully it stays that way! Most communities here seem to have a fucked up version of moderation where going “I’m glad Hitler is dead” yields a ban for celebrating violence lol

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        The thing is that none of us celebrate violence and certainly not murder, but when this is the closest thing to justice that we get for people like him?

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          Oddly enough, this is an example of when satire becomes the safest place for discourse. I’m all for it, lol!

      • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
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        Huh, from your post I’d assumed it painted a brutal picture of him. Instead, it’s basically just his family and company saying “he was such a nice man”.

        I expected better, NPR.

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          Don’t expect a mainstream news outlet to condone an assassination.

          Also, don’t feel the need to have a mainstream news outlet validate your ideas.

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            They don’t have to condone assassination, they just need to point out all the harm UnitedHealthcare has done.