A grainy image of his face drew comparisons to Hollywood heartthrobs. A jacket similar to the one he’s wearing on wanted posters is reportedly flying off the shelves. And the words written on the bullets he used to kill a man in cold blood on a sidewalk on Wednesday have become, for some people, a rallying cry.
Four days after a gunman assassinated a top health insurance executive in Midtown Manhattan and vanished, the unidentified suspect has, in some quarters, been venerated as something approaching a folk hero.
He’s not only hot; he’s making an example out of cruel millionaires … millionaires who prefer money and let people die, without ANY hesitation. So yeah, it’s not like being attracted to Dahmer, it’s more like being attracted to Katniss Everdeen.
In grim twist, corporate media tries to guilt people out of having hope
Three incident in the last 4 years where billionaires owned media got caught lying. Covid, Gaza, and now this. In all of these they didnt gave shit about innocent people dying, finding excuses and twisting words to gaslight people.
I don’t know why they don’t just add it to the unsolved pile like all the other murders they see?
I see that the corporate owned media is sweating bullets.
Good.
I have a right-wing neighbor who voted Trump three times, says climate change is a hoax, and hates me for sometimes wearing a tie-dye jacket, but he says with a grin all over his face, “Did you hear about that insurance CEO who got shot dead?” and he laughs and laughs and gives me a thumbs-up.
America stands united.
Funnily enough the death of a United Health Care CEO has United Americans in a feeling of well deserved schadenfreude.
A few more of these and we’ll all really see how much we actually agree with one another, and how much the split and hate is manufactured.
My trump-loving in-laws are the same. Voted 3 times for shitler, but they’re thrilled about this. It’s one thing in the news that we can discuss.
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What’s grim about it? Of course people are gonna look kindly upon someone who kills a mass murderer.
Is it a twist if nobody is surprised?
Perhaps this should actually read “in grim reality, most see suspect in C.E.O. Killing as Hero or Heartthrob”.
The only grim aspect is how much time, resources, and energy the NYPD has wasted trying to solve this. Statistically, there have been other murders since this one. They should move on and add this to their “unsolved” pile.
It’s been almost a week. And every day they don’t catch him the lower their chances. I’m starting to have hope they’ll never catch him.
I don’t condone murder, but I also dont feel sad about a mass murderer being gunned down.
That’s pretty much what condone means. From MW:
To overlook, forgive, or disregard (an offense) without protest or censure. synonym: forgive.
From Cambridge:
to ignore or accept behavior that some people consider wrong
So you’re perhaps not encouraging it?
Hmm… TIL The word condone means something slightly different than I thought.
That said, one can still want a murderer to face justice while also not being upset about the victim death.
But I suspect this story has quite few people realizing they do condone murder in some cases.
Yeah, I looked it up to be sure. Not to be a dick.
And yeah, perhaps we should just condone condoning certain things and draw the line at encouraging or assisting?
It’s not without protest though. The protest is… was this guy a mass murderer? Yes? Well ok then
Cops have long had the Punisher.
Now big Insurance has The Adjuster.
Someone killing thousands through corporate policies: Not grim.
Someone killing that person: Grim.
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Yeah fuck the title of this article. What a shit way to introduce bias.
A twist?! Stupid sexy hitman
I’d say it’s grimmer that some people feel sorry for the CEO.
