Trying to poison the right wing against someone who stood up for them and for all of us. And the sick thing is that it will work.
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I went to r/conservative on Reddit just for fun and some of them are already flip flopping. Most are getting down voted to hell, but it was noticeable. But at the same time I wouldn't be surprised if it was bots trying to turn everyone against each other, as is tradition.
The elderly at my job all are rallied against the guy. Been trying to explain to them regardless of how they feel it's a lens into the public opinion.
Watching the media machines gears turn with this one are especially transparent.
If it is him, getting caught threw a wrench in the meaning of his actions. Before he got caught, the only news was about how evil the execs are. Now it's all about him.
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Of course it will work. They are objectively terrible people that will openly celebrate any pain done to anyone, including themselves, if they just get to add one more ounce of hate to the world.
After the headline-grabbing execution, questionable portions of the internet immediately began thirsting over images of the alleged killer while denouncing the corporate greed showcased by UnitedHealthcare and its peers.
Lol questionable.
Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly similarly slammed Mangione’s declaration on X writing, “His ‘lived experience’ is about to be punctuated by 3 squares a day and a fear of showering.”
Fuck you.
…with far-right political activist and former political correspondent for One America News Network Jack Posobiec writing on X: “There’s a reason the left supports murderers who shoot businessmen in the street.
“It’s a feature not a bug.”
You make it a feature.
After news on Mangione’s arrest came to light on Monday, Fox host Jesse Watters weighed in on the 26-year-old’s potential future in prison, claiming that he’s “not ready” and that he’s “gonna get annihilated.”
“I don’t think anyone’s ready [to go to prison],” Watters said on The Five. “This guy’s not ready. He’s way too soft. He’s gonna get annihilated on the inside, and good.”
“If he’s not gonna get the death penalty, maybe someone will do him justice behind bars,” he added. “That’s all I have to say about that.”
You get a fuck you too.
Remember the cardinal rule of the right!
rape good, murder bad!
Of course.
Unless one is murdering an unhoused man of colour causing a disturbance. Of course.
"Well the only thing he did wrong was not rape the man while he was passed out before squeezing the last bit of life out of him"
Murdering miscarrying women by refusing them medical treatment is definitely a-okay. Supply-side Jesus loves that kind of murder.
rape good, murder bad!
Well, unless someone they don't like is murdered in prison, because that's just justice...
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The left supports killing businessman in the streets.
The right supports killing babies in their cots.
and kids in their classrooms.
If the public reaction to his gets one potential school shooter to rethink their plans and instead shoot a single CEO, that's a net gain. Bonus points if they start talking about gun control and Democrats reply with "it's too soon to talk about that, thoughts and prayers. Maybe install litter boxes in board rooms?"
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Jesus, I didn't plan on reading and just these quotes alone get me. Fuck those people so hard.
“His ‘lived experience’ is about to be punctuated by 3 squares a day and a fear of showering.
It's interesting how many still casually "joke" about prison rape in this country. At least when it comes to male rape.
If he’s not gonna get the death penalty, maybe someone will do him justice behind bars
This kind of pairs with the rape stuff. There are an awful lot of very gross people that wish for rape AND murder to happen in prison. The idea of our system supposedly being about corrections is a complete farce as long as so many people like that are among us....
They are reflecting on the level of damage they've caused to society and it's clearly terrifying to them that using liberals as the scapegoat isn't always gonna cut it.
All the Maga voters I know have been pretty supportive of the killer, despite the irony that they voted for privatized healthcare.
They haven't been told what to think yet. That's what's happening now.
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Wait until their demigod speaks on the matter...
They fear "Government death panels". I wonder how they rationalize a "for profit, private death panel" being any better.
Socialism
My favorite is "communist socialism".
My favorite is when people talk about communist Russia (a capitalist oligarchy) or china (a capitalist...authoritarian state?).
For the life of me, I can't understand how people think Russia is communist. Like, at least the PRC is nominally communist and describes itself as a communist state (even if it's not really doing communism).
But Russia? The USSR was dissolved decades ago. The Russian Federation never claimed to be communist. Are these people just stuck in the Cold War?
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I tend to forget the impact of 7 decades of rabid anti-socialism propaganda Americans have been bombarded with. They are not going to think "Sweden" but "Stalinist USSR instead".
It doesn't matters who it benefits, it's the naughty word so it's bad. Keep voting for the leopards.
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Watter's assertion that:
"He’s gonna get annihilated on the inside, and good.”
Is probably bullshit. To have the balls to walk up and ice the 21st century version of a vampire will be huge in prison. They hate corporate America just as much as we do.
Exactly, his actions are being received positively among the people who have been burned by society, which would have more representation in prison.
They frown upon murdering children and shit like that, he is probably gonna get lots of high fives.
Of course they would. They will be the “CEO’s” for the next couple years. Gotta squash it before it grows.
May their incompetency be their undoing
In general, with them it's less that they believe they'll be CEOs, and more that because of their belief in hierarchy, they believe that anyone in power deserves to be there and should be respected. Just how they believe that women and BIPOC belong below them on the ladder, in their "proper" place (yes even the women believe that, internalized misogyny is a bitch)
This guy seemed a little iffy in his background - I would think quite a few of the right are celebrating this guy. It would make sense the elitists are trying to pacify that bunch, and try to paint this guy as some kind of leftist, though...they probably don't want the base that has been groomed for violence to suddenly get ideas about a mass movement of vigilantes like this guy stalking and killing the billionaire class.
MAGA worship their billionaire overlords. And private Healthcare. Because the socialized programs many of them benefit from are from the devil.
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Snowflakes lol
I think donvict supporters can be expected to pitching a fit over a lot of things, if the 2016 result was any indication. They got even more angry after their "win".
I think nothing will make that type happy, TBH, but I think what really got to them was that not everyone started treating them like they were special or something. If anything, people treated them even worse - tried to avoid them, cut them out of their lives, etc....
Very true. They won the election and they're still bitching and complaint about anything and everything.
MAGA pitches a fit every day of the week that ends in y.
it probably chaps Trump's ass that this has gotten so much more attention than his assassination attempt
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I don't give a shit.
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