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> But this was also murder. If your sense of empathy is so fucked that you’re pro murder, you need to speak to a professional. A quote comes to mind - “I do no
by pixelatedindex 2y ago
> But this was also murder. If your sense of empathy is so fucked that you’re pro murder, you need to speak to a professional.
A quote comes to mind - “I do not wish death upon another human, but I have read some obituaries with great delight”. This is one of those instances.
I have more sympathy for his family than him - he did not have to choose this line of work. Do people have sympathy for Bin Laden or other terrorists? If they don’t, do they need to see a therapist?
Anecdotally, the only people that I’ve spoken to who has sympathy are other extremely well off individuals who have questionable ethics. I also think it’s interesting that because the victim is an elite, there’s a sense of justice from other elites that is not there when a common man is shot and killed.
The whole thing is a double standard on multiple levels.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> whole thing is a double standard on multiple levels Not really. The double standard is in excusing murder as a political tactic because you don’t like the victim. In this case, the Twitterati will hold their court. And then a real court with real people on the jury will convict. There may also be an inquiry into UnitedHealth, but it will be able to be bludgeoned into partisan death by the law and order bloc. > only people that I’ve spoken to who has sympathy are other extremely well off individuals The ones I’ve seen who sympathise with the killer are largely college educated, urban, active on social media and make more than the median wage. If you’re only seeing one side of this, you’re in a bubble, because the truth is it’s not top of mind for most of America.
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- pixelatedindex 2y agoAgree to disagree I guess. The double standard in my eyes is that because an elite was murdered there’s an outcry for justice from the wealthy. When the police shoots someone or when there is a school shooting it’s just “thoughts and prayers” or “they were probably a criminal anyway”. I do see both sides but the opposite of what you mention though - the ones that sympathize with the CEO are wealthy people who believe almost any method to make money is legitimate, or support the existing healthcare system because it hasn’t screwed them yet. If you think the healthcare system is messed up then you tend to support the killer.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoSchool shooters are universally condemned, as are egregiously brutal police. People of all classes sympathize with the victims. Nobody cheers on the school shooters.
- pixelatedindex 2y agoThey are definitely condemned but no real action is taken to solve the issue, that’s my point. So if they do something when a CEO dies then that’s the double standard.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoWho's doing something about the CEO and what are they doing? What would taking meaningful action to solve the issue mean to you in each case?