Re: The Hypocrisy of Luigi Mangione's Leftist Fandom

On 12/26/2024 11:56 AM, Rhino wrote:

On 2024-12-25 11:40 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Rhino  <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

On 2024-12-25 2:44 PM, moviePig wrote:

On 12/25/2024 2:28 PM, Rhino wrote:

On 2024-12-25 1:50 PM, super70s wrote:

On 2024-12-25 01:36:44 +0000, BTR1701 said:
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According to the Left, the death penalty is unfair, unjust, immoral,
and
evil.
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Unless you have the opportunity to walk up to a rich guy you don't
like on
the sidewalk and shoot him in the back. The only form of the death
penalty
that's okay for the Left is the form that doesn't include a judge,
jury, or
court, and where the executed person has not been charged with,
convicted
of, or even accused of any specific crime.
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This is the actual position of millions of leftists in this country.
Not a
straw man. It's what they believe.

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Why do you presume Mangione's fandom is "leftist" exclusively?

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Because you leftist types love anything that can be portrayed as a
blow against capitalism and assassinating a CEO absolutely SCREAMS
"Down with Capitalism!"

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Umm... why doesn't it absolutely SCREAM "Fuck our health-system!"?
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If you don't like the health system, you should be changing the health
system, NOT killing executives from that system. But the Far Left LOVES
the whole notion of destroying the existing system - "burning it all
down" - with only an implied claim that something better will come along
to replace it - eventually - and then failing to deliver.

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I'm with Netanyahu on this one: Kill enough of the enemy's top leaders
all at once till there's someone left who is suddenly willing to come to
terms.
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 I agree that this approach has worked better for Israel than anything else they've ever tried - and they have tried a LOT of things - but I'm not sure murdering insurance executives should be a FIRST resort in reforming health care.
...

Only because we accept that murder is wrong in principle.  But as a step towards reforming health care, it's hard to think of a more effective recent attention-grabber.